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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
Dear all,

In an attempt to organise the discussion, I have noticed that there are several threads aiming at discussing the best ROMS for the Milestone.

Some of us are using Shadowmod, Froyomod, CM7, CM6, Motofrenzy, GOT while some use Stock.

REQUEST 1: Each user, after updating to a new ROM/Nightly should state their ROM here, its version, and describe her/his own experience with the ROM.

REQUEST 2: If you have used more than one ROM, can you post comparisons of your experience with your ROM?

This should help in better understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each ROM and each nightly and even help developers of each ROM work together and exchange tips.

Thanks!

Also: CHECK THIS THREAD for links to ALL ROMS under development

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=966812
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
My first post:

I am running Cm6 pre final. I removed facebook and Twitter and some other apps from system, installed them from market and moved them to SD. Not many mods, except heap size is 32, and no app2ext.

Very stable, very occasional reboots. Battery life is as expected, within standard cm6 range. Battery lasts 12 hours average, assuming you USE the phone and keep the display open significantly. Slightly laggy from time to time, but otherwise there is nothing to report except problems with languages that have a right-to-left orientation.

I love the mods. Just downloaded froyomod and considering a test drive for a day.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
UPDATE > TESTING FROYOMOD 2.6.1.b

I just installed it, and am using it with basic settings. I only changed libwebcore.so with one that supports basic arabic reading in mail and web.

My general impression is that it is much faster and snappier, less laggy and generally lighter than CM6 Pre Final. Will keep testing it of course, but it generally seems to be a better ROM actually.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
COME ON! :))) WRITE your own REVIEWS of the ROMS YOU USE! :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
Best froyo atm is FroyoMOD 2.6.1 once the gps issue is sorted.

Best GB rom is Cronos 1.2.

But i am a stock rom person. I am at present using xt702 with arabic kernel,themed and a few mods by myself.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
I have heard people talking about Cronos, but it doesn't seem to be as well-known as CM7. Is it faster or more stable?

I have used both FroyoMod 2.6.0 and CM7 RC4.1(current).

I find that CM7 is VERY polished. I had one reboot and it's been close to two weeks I've had CM7 on my phone.

With FroyoMod, I found that it was not as polished as CM7 and had some bugs, but it definitely seemed better optimized for the Milestone seeing as it's running Froyo.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=910
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Can you apply this ROM via AOR? Or is it nandroid?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
Just like CM. via apply update in AOR.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Thanks! Flashing right now. :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Saeen:
UPDATE > TESTING FROYOMOD 2.6.1.b

I just installed it, and am using it with basic settings. I only changed libwebcore.so with one that supports basic arabic reading in mail and web.

My general impression is that it is much faster and snappier, less laggy and generally lighter than CM6 Pre Final. Will keep testing it of course, but it generally seems to be a better ROM actually.

......................................................................

i am on stock eclair update 1 with arabic rom. when i copy libwebcore.so from my current eclair to any stock froyo or any cm, my web cannot read arabic. only contacts and messaging read arabic.

can you guide how to activate arabic in web.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
Hey Saeen! here is not the place for this, but here you go :) Get libwebcore.so from the official 2.2 Arabic release or that file which has been online somewhere. Navigate to system/lib using root explorer, activate the permissions, paste it there to replace the current one (make a copy of the one there, just in case)., and reboot. You can read it Arabic, but it does not fix Right-to-left issues.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XDyuXD:
Well, i'am new here and i have an Motorola Milestone. I'am from Brazil so my english is kinda bad, but whatever. I'am running stock 2.2.1 from brasil, and my Milestone runs very smoothy! No FC or reboots for 1 week! Iam running it at 1ghz @62vsel. The brasilian official froyo mix motoblur elements with the original android, so the lockscreen for exemple is the same as the motoblur one, and the keyboard is the same as motoblur, the white keyboard. I'am making a video, when i upload i post it here :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
Thanks! This is so useful and interesting! Waiting for that video :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jumbz55:
Miui 1.2.25

So I have found that MIUI 1.2.25 ROM from lalit79 to work the best for me.

The one thing that brings me back to it every time is its battery/power management plus it's fairly stable performance. Usability is the most important thing and I find its interface easy and speedy. Plus it comes with some great apps.

I have tried using the Gingerbread versions of it and they seem to be improving with each update however it is still lacking in the performance and stability of 1.2.25.

Other mods I have used are ShadowMod, Doshaka's CM6, Cronos and ofcourse the stock motorola.

All of which worked fine. However one problem i found across these roms was memory management. If I was using an intense application like angry birds and then revert back to the Home Screen I would find that all my icons would take a bit of time to load up. Only ROM where this has not happened is MIUI.

Hope my experiences help! :)

edit: I should also add that I use the old boot.img file in 1.2.25 as I experience random reboots if I do not. This applies to all mods mentioned above.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] neato4u:
hey jumbz55, I had the same memory management issue as well with non stock ROM. So far I'm happy after reverting back to Eclair from Froyo, but this MIUI ROM that you mentioned interests me..

What MIUI ROM would you recommend? I'm sure there are many flavours out there. I need one with good memory management and of course care about the battery.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Memory Management got fixed real good
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
EXCELLENT WORK AS ALWAYS, Zeppelinrox :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] James91:
Roms I have once used:

5:) in total

1. Froyomod 2.6.1/2.6/2.5

stability::):):):)

smoothness: :):):):)

comment:

very nice with great memory management,

launcher seldom gets killed,

App2sd works well, the apps can be loaded quickly

Disadvantages:

GPS doesn't work

some demanding 3D games like NFS don't work (immediately get killed)

2.Shadowmod b3, b6

stability::):):):):)

smoothness: :):):):):)

comments:

The best rom;), thanks Edgard

app2sd works perfectly (after rebooting, the apps get loaded within 30s)

After playing 3d games like NFS, apps in apps drawer still need not be loaded again.

No laggy feeling (no kidding~!!!), launcher seldom gets killed but it can be loaded in no time.

3. Cronos gb 1.2

stability: :):)

smoothness::):):)

comments:

If u use app2sd, don't try this rom....

coz the apps reload frequently,

launcher always get killed after surfing internet, not to mention playing any games.

Overall, don't judge a rom's ability by just looking at its popularity in xda....

The most common;y used rom may not be the best one;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zamana:
Which version: CLARO, TIM, VIVO or RETAIL?

What your impressions about the battery performance?

Thanks.

Regards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zamana:
I installed this version a few days ago and my phone became unusable. FC on every app. Very weird.

Yes, I did a full wipe.

Using ShadowMod (0.9.16) now.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
AMAZING POST! THANK YOU! And I have been hearing a LOT of stuff about shadowmod as well. I am thinking of giving it a try, just based on your recommendation.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Legza:
My experience:

1) FroyoMOD (2.2-2.5). Not bad, pretty fast, lots of memory, good compatibility with older apps. But men, why nobody tells that phone.apk on FroyoMOD contains several bugs, that, as I know, still are not resolved yet. But as for me, they make the phone unusable:

- when using PhoneMOD, you practically cannot assign the custom ringtone from SD for contacts. If you do this, you will hear 25% times custom ringtone, 50% general ringtone and 25% you will miss the call, because you will hear nothing!

- when using Stock Phone, when somebody is calling you, you see the half of green handset button and the big red button, i.e. they are misaligned.

I use my phone mainly for making calls, so I can't understand, how can other be reconciled with these facts. So, I do not use FroyoMOD anymore.

2) ShadowMOD. Excellent ROM for me. Nearly no bugs, no problems with ringtones, games, apps. The only problem is that most of apps that use color LED notifications cannot light the LED. I think that LED API might change, or something like that. My favourite app, Easy Reminder, does not ligth the LED any more, but still works good. However, some apps are already updated to Gingerbread and work.

Yes, and free RAM is less that on FroyoMOD, but still it's OK for everyday using. Great ROM.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andray:
zamana, i've got the same issue after 2.6.1b update, but then i freed some space on phone and it's ok now
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vesparados150:
IceNfire cm6 rom (29/1/11) its abit outdated..

-Added few tweaks.

-I dont use the phone to play games. The phone for me is basically a scheduler, Road Navigator, Music Player(up to 4 hours a day) and Internet browser.

been using it for quite some time now. almost 4 months. will update soon. it works quite flawless that I dont feel that i need to update it.

using it for 4 months!!!

My opinion:

Pros;

1) No random reboots experienced..yes zero reboots!

2) One of the most stable rom I ever had. (tried a few roms in the process and didnt like it.

3)superb battery life

4) smooth as silk

5) NO FC's ..xcept if there is, it is always the app is the problem..=)

Cons

1) DSI errors: =(... its not so major for me cos when i hit screen off button and then unlock, it will return to normal. only happen once in a while. In a day, maybe bout 5-10 times.I am also aware that there is a fix for this.

Conclusion:

This is by far one of the most stable rom in my opinion. I dont usually stick to 1 rom for long because I'm addicted to flashing like some of you. If I flash a rom, it wont be long till I return back to this rom. Im using the word stable because it is not as fast as hell like Cronos Mods but It is perfect for a daily, non gaming, internet freak, "depends on the phone to run your life" type of user like me.=)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XDyuXD:
TIM version, the video is here:

[YOUTUBE]4PVRwvEGdmM[/YOUTUBE]

Sorry for poor quality, but i recorded it with my mom's camera :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] s0ulreaver:
Roms I have tested:

1. Telus 5/5.1/5.2

stability :):)

speed :):):):):)

Loved the speed but it would crash often on my phone. Removing/changing the overclocking didn't make a difference.

2. Sileshn APAC

stability: :):):):)

speed: :):)

battery life: :):):)

Big thanks to Sileshn for all his help in our community!!

3. Cronos (all versions 1.6 to 1.8)

stability: :):):):)

speed: :):):):)

battery life: :)

My battery life on Cronos was the worst of all I tested. Switched to other roms when I saw new versions (2.2 based) don't get released anymore.

Thank you Feyo! Your rom was 'my 1st love' :o

Too bad you didn't fit on this board to share your knowledge.

4. Froyomod 2.6.1/2.6/2.5

stability: :):):):):)

smoothness: :):):):):)

The one that I'm using now.

The best I've tried so far. Awesome battery life for me (even with the default overclocking). Got it working for more than 10 days without a reboot or crash and I use my phone heavily.

I'm a fan this mod but here are a few annoying bugs:

- GPS

- 3D gallery crashes often (not a show stopper 'cause I can use the 2D)

- phone sometimes rings, sometime doesn't (very random)

Quote:

...

Overall, don't judge a rom's ability by just looking at its popularity in xda....

The most common;y used rom may not be the best one ;)

...

+1 on this one

After reading the above posts I think:

- I should try ShadowMod;

- I would try MIUI but i don't like the ipod/iphone interface

All of the above are nothing but personal opinions, I appreciate all people involved, THANK YOU!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] neato4u:
Hey s0ulreaver, wow.. you're a hardcore when it comes to trying out ROMs! lol
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Abazel:
Eclair stock

- stability 9/10

- smoothness 6.5/10

- battery life 8/10

ShadowMOD

- stability 7.5/10

- smoothness 9.5/10

- battery life 7.5/10

CyanogenMOD 6.1.2

- stability 9/10

- smoothness 8/10

- battery life 8.5/10

Currently using CM6.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jumbz55:
Lalit's Miui rom which is on this forum is what I use. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850276

Version 1.2.25 seemed to be the best for me. As I said the gingerbread versions still have some lag/reboot issues on my Milestone. I haven't tried the 4-15 that just came out but I might wait a few more versions until I flash it.

But yeah 1.2.25 works great. I haven't yet tried Froyomod yet but I do like the user interface in Miui.

Edit: I would definitely try Froyomod if this GPS glitch that I read about was fixed!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XDyuXD:
Someone knows a ROM that use GPU aceleration in browser and UI?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Where the hell is CM6? lol
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zamana:
Free space? Weird (again...;-)

I'll try this ROM again.

Thanks.

Regards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zamana:
Hi!

And what about the battery life?

Thanks.

Regards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XDyuXD:
The battery life is ok, i chage it evry day and i make heavy use of 3G and wifi.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
You guys should try out the latest Miui build 4.15.

Very very good.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Does MIUI include automatic ext2 partition? Just like in CM7 and FroyoMOD?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
Just use Lalit's mod from here. You only need to have your ext partition. Read the OP.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] James91:
sileshn, is the launcher laggy in this Miui build 4.15 ???

I have tried Miui before but found that the launcher is too laggy even after oc to 1000mHz....

But as it is recommended by you, I think I should try it tonight~!:)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
I don't use the miui launcher. Its too laggy. I replace it with LPP. But the best miui gb build for me. DSI error hack removed thru build.prop edit. I am loving it ATM. Battery life 22 hours with regular wifi use, 60% left. Plus all the miui goodies.

Edit : This rom is OC'ed to 1000Mhz by default. I did not have any problems with it when i was using the default miui launcher.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] efjbdejong:
Can u please say something more on the boot.Img u r using?

Is this another kernel?

Thx

EJ
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] _crAss_:
I have been using ice and fire v1.8 based on Cyanogen Mod RC3 since it was released. I have used the tweaks proposed by zeppelinrox

- VM Heap Size = 48 mb

- JIT enabled

- bulletproof launcher priority of 0

- minfree = 6 - 8 - 24 - 26 - 28 - 30

On top of that since I had some random reboots because of DSI errors I applied the fix nadlabak proposed (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1003338)

Now the phone is fast, very responsive, the home screen never gets redrawed, have no more random reboots and I am overall very happy. I haven't noticed any quality drop in graphics because of the dsi fix (probably don't use an app that would show that).

I have to mention though that when running iGO for long trips above an hour the CPU gets hot to the touch. This doesn't happen when using NDrive. But since I do not like NDrive I just manually revert the frequency/vcell of the cpu lower (default for ice and fire is 1 GHz) when starting a big trip and all is well.

So to be honest I do not really know if there is anything to expect from an update...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jumbz55:
So You only really need this if you are experiencing random reboots. It's a possible fix. Just go to: code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod4milestone/downloads/detail?name=bootimg0.04.zip&can=2&q=

Download that boot.img file. Unzip your Rom. Then just zip together this boot.img with the 2 other folders and load it up.

:)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] blackomegatm:
I'm Using the brazillian retail 2.2.1 rom.

Performance is OK, not really up to speed with shadowmod which I used before, but the official rom solves some bugs almost every other rom I tried had. The one thing I like about this particular rom is that the physical keyboard stopped double typing the keys I pressed. This alone was enough reason to stay in this rom.

The other reason is the lack of updates for shadowmod.

The main problem with the official 2.2.1 rom is the memory manangement, which sucks, and some times slows down my phone.

I'm waiting for a new shadowmod version based on the official rom as Edgar had promissed.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Richardprins:
So what rom would you recommend if you're primarily looking for good battery life and stability? The shadowmod?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] elpicard:
Hi, Im using FroyoMod 2.5, I didnt upgrade yet because it runs smothly and with 0 reboots since 1 month ago...:)

however, I have the same issue with the phone.apk.. is there any chance that Luca will fix it for the 2.7? I cant post in his thread yet... :(

also I have no problem with the GPS, I barely use it, but no problems so far....

in your opinion, I have the old Telus 2.2.1 as froyo for the mod, which is the best to use? I mean, with the last stable Kernel and 2.2 sys?

Right now, Im doing the Battery calibration (not on the fly)

Regards from Argentina!;)

Milestone - Movistar - Telus 2.2.1 - The FroyoMod 2.5.0 (waiting the 2.7 or final)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] LuigiC6:
I've used a lot of the Gingerbread roms (cyanogen, shadowmod, ice and fire) but they all take a heavy toll on your battery, and are not very stable (random reboots, low memory, poor memory management overall). Not saying they aren't good, as I have been using them for over a month now, and overall I was very satisfied, but I like to not have to worry about my phones battery dying halfway through the day, or the phone rebooting if I just want to play a game.

Because of this I went back to froyo roms. I stuck with TheFroyoMod for about a week, and gave CM6 a try, but they both contain annoying bugs and those pesky dsi errors, and I hate the screen tearing that the fix provides.

So recently I went to stock 2.2.1 from motorola. I have tried it before, but was instantly annoyed cause of its origin from motorola, but going back to it, rooting and applying overclocks, it is not so bad. At the end of the day I still have 70% battery left. That's with a practically continuous texting, about 5-10 mins talk time, constant wi-fi, 20 mins internet browsing, and some music player use. For now, this is proving to be stable and satisfying. Just thought I'd put my experiences here.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] James91:
For battery life,

Stock rom is always the best

But i am satisfied with shadowmod

For stability,

Shadowmod b3 is the best,

Only a few bugs exist

1. Freeze on 3d gallery (just use 2d instead)

2. Aggressive auto kill, can be solved by using memory manager and setting vm head size to 40mb/48mb
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] nowforever:
I'm using CM6 after I've tried so many ROM: CM7, shadow, Cronos...

CM6 is so convenience for daily uses and faster than CM7.

I also updated latest kernel.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
How would you rate CRONOS vs CM6?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tintin814:
Hi Sileshn, may I know what's the app of the snapshot?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
CPUStats... it's title is on the top.

But more importantly, you can find it in the Milestone app/theme forum.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876705

[APP] CPUStats - simple cpu statistics (updated 06.03.2011)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tintin814:
Thanks zeppleinrox. I have tried to search from the market by the title "CPUStats", but no result.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
Its not available in the market.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
yeah, that's what I figured :)

Thanks sileshn, I was too lazy to dig up the direct link to the thread lol
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MakeW00t:
Which one of these GB roms is the most stable one? CM7, Shadowmod, Miui or Cronos?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
It differs from person to person. What works for me may not work for you.

Also, it depends on what you mean by stable. My choice, Cronos followed by miui.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
QUESTION: Does anyone else experience significant slowness when opening and closing Launcherpro on CM7? Do you use any other Gingerbread based ROMS which do not have such slowness, other than Cronos?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] UnitedOceanic:
i'm running cm7 now but i am not really happy with it.

i tried different memory setups but i think it is way to heavy for the milestone.

i thinking about switching to the telus lite eclair mod, would anyone recomend it?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sinach:
i dont know if you have any problem with CM7. just switch to latest CM7 from CM6 and i love it. it's not really smooth but ok with me. i'm not experience any problem with FC, reboot, launcher redraw etc after apply some AMM and OC to 1000MHz. perhaps i'm not running too much widget and not really a game player.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bandroid842:
Hey! There is a slew of new updates that just rolled.

1- I tried CM7. Was brilliant, with proper RTL Language support. However, it was heavy. Launcher pro suffered significantly. It requires more RAM for sure.

2- I updated to Froyomod 2.7. Froyomod remains the best, for me, but the DSI ERROR FIX (which can be removed) does make the graphic performance of the machine a bit laggy, with tearing in menus. Also, battery is DRAINING 30% faster at least! I will go back to the previous version.

3- Any updates to CRONOS yet? How is LauncherPro on Cronos?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
FroyoMOD is VERY good right now. When I ran Cronos, everything was nice and snappy(I had LP running on "Light" memory preset). I've learned to deal with the screen tearing, but have not ventured into the realm of non-DSI fix. :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rrohanjs:
m currently on cronos ginger 1.1 . n trust me its the fastest snapiest n best rom for milestone ..

CPU speed: 900Mhz

Voltage: 56vsel

Autokiller Memory Optimizer:

Hidden app = 24

Content provider = 28

Empty app = 28

this gives me enuf ram to play ne game :)

vm heap size 32m .. good enuf ..

launcher pro plus 0.83 with few settings ..

WOW SUDDENLY I LOVE MY MILESTONE EVEN MORE :)