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[EVO 4G General] cobirch2:
Why is Cyanogen the most widely discussed/used rom rather than MIUI? I just tried MIUI for the first time yesterday and im pretty impressed in about every way. It comes with an integrated way to customize every part of the rom, with lots of options. It comes with a firewall and a task killer, even if you probably dont need them. You can change the effect when moving between home screens. Customize the toggles in the status bar. It comes with a built in blacklist. Even the settings are more extensive. I mean the music app even find the lyrics to the song your listening to!

Is it just because it looks like the iphone, so you disregard it even though it has more features integrated more seamlessly?
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
Why?

CyanogenMod is supported on more devices thanks to a large dev team, faster (Android version) update pace & its a generally clean ROM with great codec support & other little tweaks that make a big difference. It has been around longer.

MIUI is a unique rom made by a great team of devs in China. It offers a great set of feature & a new experience. It requires a little more outside help (as far as U.S. users go) to get it going on other devices, not to mention the translation changes & hardware support. Hasn't been around as long.

Its not really a matter of it reminds me of ___, better than, as good or it does __ ___ __. That Cyanogen gets more viral commentary .vs any ROM.
[EVO 4G General] lombas:
MIUI is closed source. CyanogenMod is open source. Thats reason enough for a lot more discussion in here.

Besides... MIUI incorporated some good stuff from iPhone, but also some really crap things , like removing the app drawer. IMO
[EVO 4G General] Fadakar:
Also, where the hell is 4G? They've had it "in the works" for months and nothing. When they actually make it a fully-functioning EVO rom that makes use of the hardware I paid for, then I'll switch back to MIUI.
[EVO 4G General] jdgiotta:
I echo these same sentiments as the same reason why I haven't fully adopted MIUI. Beautiful launcher and Core apps is really how I think about it (and IMHO a little too iOS).
[EVO 4G General] popper668:
Cyanogen is Awesome, but MIUI is a dream. To me aleast, don't have no 4g in San Diego so who cares. I put all my app's in a folder and named it "app drawer" as for closed source, oh well. I'm not a developer by a long shot, so I don't care. It's all about preference and mine is MIUI. I'm hooked like a bad drug. :-)

Sent From DEEZ
[EVO 4G General] plainjane:
Use Alt Drawer for your app drawer. I use it with ADW EX, even though there's already an app drawer. I'm running MIUI, but missed ADW so I switched back. It's really good and fits well with MIUI. Find an app drawer icon that you like and put it into your theme mtz with the package name for Alt Drawer & put it on your dock. Or do what I do and use an app like Button Shortcut to open it when you long-press the search button.

If you don't know how to change the icon, pm me and I'll do it for you. It's actually a bit faster & easier to do it than it is to explain it.
[EVO 4G General] Braneless:
I've tried MIUI twice, but I just can't stand it. Too much like iOS and I dislike the home screens.

I prefer my android to look like android, especially aosp.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
That has been answered 10,000 times. There will NEVER be 4G for MIUI unless the Chinese get 4G in Shanghai or they release the source code. If a tlittle bit of a faster data connection is enough to keep you away from the most innovative ROM out there, then buh bye.... Trust me, no one using MIUI will miss you

Also, other than no App drawer, MIUI is nothing like Iphone. I'm sick of that comparison, too.

Considering a large number of users use LPP, ADW EX and GO, not many are missing an app drawer, anyhow.
[EVO 4G General] AA27:
^Agree with Hipkat, MIUI is not to be compared to IOS. Only thing tht is happening to it is the 4G and that is subject to the chinese opening their source. As far as everything else, I had MIUI and is eye candy. One of the best made for androids phones.
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
Folders FTW!
[EVO 4G General] Steven 1:
The question shouldn't be "which is better" but rather which fits you best. Both roms are excellent but one might keep you away from other due to the way it operates. Cm has tons of extras including adw launcher, 4G, etc which makes it the way it is.

While miui has the "iphone" look (yes it looks like iPhone so get it over it) and has that awesome customization market that let's you change almost anything on the phone.

I personally don't use either due to the fact that both have some kinks to work out but that doesn't stop me from trying both out every now and then
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Yah! Folders, FTW!!
[EVO 4G General] slimno19:
Hey Nick where did u get that background

HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
App drawer is a matter of preference. I'd rather organize my apps in different home screens or folders rather than be lumped into one massive list and hunt thru them. I have no idea why the app drawer is considered a great feature.

And if you really want it, there's an app on XDA which will do it.

In everything else, MIUI is leagues beyond other rom's. Contacts, dialer, sms, backup, theming, notifications, monitoring - all of these are best in class, and to even get close you have to get a bunch of extra apps in other rom's.

It may be inspired by iOS but it has more features than iOS or Android, is updated weekly, and runs faster.
[EVO 4G General] reggiedarden:
Cyanogenmod never really did it for me. Granted I haven't tried it on the Evo 4G yet (used to have a Hero CDMA). All the extra stuff they added just never really grabbed me and the performance just never seemed as good as pure AOSP.

I really love MIUI. It's super fast and being able to customize everything really is nice. Plus since I'm an update junkie I love that there's new stuff every week.

I'm in Reno, NV, so there's no 4G so I don't really care about that. As for the app drawer, I don't see what the big deal is. Once I have the apps I use on my home screens I hardly every go into the app drawer.

I don't think one is better than another it just really comes down to preference.
[EVO 4G General] larry2513:
I love them both and bounce between both. They both are great rom's based off a great os, so really do you have to pick? Just enjoy the freedom of being able to have a choice and not stuck with what your given... just my two cents...

Sent from my Free Evo.
[EVO 4G General] Vegasrich:
I use both, usually get board about every other week and flash.
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
It was deep in the online wallpaper section. I found it while sitting in a meeting. :-)
[EVO 4G General] MultiDev:
4G is my main reason that I haven't tried MIUI.

And in my area, I do get 4G and its significantly faster. There are lots of sprint users where I live, but most of them are on 3G it seems, so bandwidth on 4G is much more available. Now, its not that much faster than 3G if you are in a good unsaturated 3G area, but I am not. The 3G around here is very saturated.

So for me, 4G isn't a little bit faster, its way faster, so don't be quick to judge. If it weren't for lack 4G, I would definitely try it. I don't mind the iPhone inspiration that some others have issues with and I have heard very good things about MIUI, but lack of 4G really is a dealbreaker for me.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I'm biased. I get WiFi at work and at at home, and many other places.
[EVO 4G General] pkilla:
I rooted my evo4g and this is the first and only rom I

installed on the phone this rom is allmost complete

and perfect it saves hella battery it's buttery smooth

the only thing missing for me is my 720p recording

that comes on the evo 4g for some reason this rom doesn't support

720p HD besides that this miui is the **** what rom u know gets updated

Every week
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
For $3 you could buy Bootmanager from the market and boot MIUI off the SD card and still keep your Sense ROM with 4G.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I wonder, how does that work for switching to sense to do a GPS fix, instead of nandroid'ing back to a Sense ROM.

Probably works well, huh?
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
I will try it!
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
It'd be nice, becasue doing a new setup now is a pain.

Make a nandroid of current

Nandroid back to Stock/Rooted. Update any apps that are available, which means making a new nandroid of Stock.

Delete old stock nandroid. Delete old Current Nandroid

Do the fix, flash MIUI, nandroid New Setup....

Grrr, all those nandroids make it an extra 1/2 hour of setup time.

BTW, my 8.26 Setup is looking Badass, indeed
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
So I will flash the following from Amon RA recovery:

Testing: Unfortunately I did not get to get a before reading from outside prior to applying the GPS fix zip. From my desk it said 1400 meters, but where I sit people with Verizon have to hold their phones up to get a signal. :D

Using Bootmanager 2.0, I have a Sense Rom as my PhoneRom, MIUI 1.8.26 with Tiamat 3.3.7 sbc installed as Ext4 in slot 1 on my SD card. While in the Sense Rom I rebooted to Amon Ra recovery, cleared dalvik cache, and applied the GPS fix above. Once installed I rebooted back into the Sense Rom. While in the Sense Rom I used Bootmanager to boot back into MIUI 1.8.26. Once in MIUI I opened up Google Maps, making sure wifi was off and GPS on.

My results are attached. An accurate lock while outdoors within 8 meters.
[EVO 4G General] madigan82:
When it comes down to it, it is a matter of personal preferences. MIUI has features that overcome the shortcomings it has. 4G isn't an issue since I never used it when I had 4G. My biggest complaint is that it is a closed source rom.

Pluses

Theming

Dialer/Contact

Music App

Lockscreen (actually use Widget Locker)

Toggles

OTA updates

Battery life (I get 40+ hours with light usage)

Minus

Launcher - replaced it with LauncherPro

Closed source

Translation bugs - hard to read text under certain situations

No 4G - use wifi 90% of the time and never used 4G when I could due to battery drain

Random bugs - I read about them but rarely get them myself but they do crop up for lots of people

I've used MIUI months ago on and off but kept leaving because of bugs. After 2 months of being unrooted (thank you revolutionary), I tried it again and most of the bugs I ran into were fixed. I've used Cyanogen off and on too but I don't care for the UI and refuse to use an ugly interface. Does that make me vain?
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
No, that was always my issue with CM, too .It's just not attractive, and I know ,there themes for it, but I like that I can theme certain aspects, easily, instead of having to flash a complete ROM theme.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Ive never been impressed with cyanogenmod. The only reason I ever even used it was because it was good on battery life.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Best battery life I EVER got was on Koni III with Netarchy-Toast SBC. That was unreal. I think I tested it once to see how long it would go with light use and it was like 54 hours til I plugged in at 19%
[EVO 4G General] Prugor:
This isn't an imageboard.

Evo'd & Tapatalked
[EVO 4G General] DonSolo:
I USED to be a heavy Cyanmod user. I used to always revert back to Cyanogen after I played with a new rom. MIUI has come a LONG way! It's aOS and iOS smashed together to form a perfect atom! But to each their own! This is my opinion and everyone is entitled to theirs.

As long as its AOSP, I'm loving it!

~walks out~
[EVO 4G General] raikoujin:
I think cyanogenmod is perfect for me plus im in a 4G area so i would like to use my 4G lol even tho as of late i havent used the cyan
[EVO 4G General] sog1971:
Long time CM7 user. I love it. However, yesterday I was really bored and made the foray into the MIUI world. First impressions, It is very polished and pleasing to the eye. I don't have 4G in my area -- so no big loss there. Will try it out for a couple of weeks before deciding to go back to a plain jane AOSP rom, or stick with MIUI.
[EVO 4G General] Duke4eva:
I love MIUI, only downfall is no 4g.
[EVO 4G General] Braneless:
Same here - I am/was a diehard Evo Deck user and I flashed MIUI again last night to give it another (3rd) try.

Running miui since last night and I'm actually liking it this time. I've got everything thing configured on the stock launcher, flashed SZ2.2.1 bfs sbc, and it's running well.

I'm big on customization and am really enjoying the theme capability - w/o having to seek out theme apks or zips. We'll see how it goes over the next day or two.
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
Yo hipkat mind tossing up that wallpaper pic?
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Just click the link in my signature, it'll take you to all my wallpapers and lockscreens
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
I did earlier and when i did all the pics were grey with writing on the bottom of them and i couldn't see the pics... o.0
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I fixed it. That post was to my old server host. Deviant art and I had a falling out, more or less.

I updated the link
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
OK thanks :)
[EVO 4G General] Crippius:
I used CM7 during months and was very happy about it, but decided to give MIUI a try.

Here are my very first impressions :

Pros:

* Better polishing, especially on menus

* Theming is way better than CM7 : lot of choices, full customization/modules, etc...

* Nice lock screens

* Better Contacts and dialer apps

Cons:

* "Appshare" application displays apps in chineese, can't find my way to change this

* I hate this iPhone feel on launcher
[EVO 4G General] Braneless:
You can easily install an alternate home launcher such as ADW, Launcher Pro, or Go Launcher if you don't like the built in version. Those apps will also return your app drawer.

I was a loyal GO user when running Evo Deck, but I happen to like the Miui launcher. The folder operation is pretty slick. I also like the "Page" transition animation that Go doesn't have.
[EVO 4G General] Illenc:
I don't exactly now the difference, but I basically chose Cyanogenmod because it includes my native language, as simple as that. Miui as far as I know doesn't include catalan as an interface language.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I wonder if there is a way to get and install random other language packs for any ROM
[EVO 4G General] polar2792:
People saying miui gets weekly updates??

I've been running miui for bout a month now and not a single update.

Can u please point me to them?
[EVO 4G General] Braneless:
It did when I ran it with my Evo, but miui has largely blown off the Nexus for some reason.
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
You should have the Updater app. Open the app and check for a new version. Even if it says you have the latest one, if you click on download it will download the current version.
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
I've been using MIUI since bcnice20 first ported it. The biggest disadvantage is the lack of 4G, but the other features are what keeps me happy with MIUI.

I never understood the argument about the lack an app drawer; I much prefer having a few folders to organize my apps than searching thru a single drawer. But to each his own. This is one reason why I keep coming back to MIUI.

As for looking like iOS, I don't think my phone looks like an iPhone, but I don't really look at the iPhone at all so I can't say if it does or not.
[EVO 4G General] canievision:
I've tried both ROMS, I like Cyanogen better. Cyanogen runs smoother. As far as I can recall, all areas of Cyanogen are in English, which is easy for me to read. MIUI does have smoother graphics. I think it has a higher dpi (dots per inch). Both ROMS do not support 720p video recording.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Everything on my MIUI is in English....
[EVO 4G General] Neitmrh15:
If you change themes sometimes things will not be in english like with the quick settings in the WebOS theme.
[EVO 4G General] polar2792:
I try that in the updater app I hit menu then download latest update and it says it cannot connect to server
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
MIUI has so many things integrated that you need extra apps in other rom's to achieve. The performance of all aosp rom's is about the same - any differences are due to kernel, config etc. The lack of an app drawer for me is a plus, since the app drawer is a useless concept IMO, its just like having apps across your screens, except you can now organize them much better.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I know some of the themes have that issue, but usually, not always, usually a reboot fixes that after you install it.
[EVO 4G General] OGPI:
I'd like to try miui but it lacks the WIMAX that use so much of nearly everyday. I know there are others with that feature but I choose cm cause of the community and the speed.
[EVO 4G General] workindev:
I tried MIUI out and was very impressed with it, but the stock email client doesn't support security features for Exchange Server 2010 so I was unable to get email on it. That is a non starter for me. If that gets fixed, I'll likely change back to it.
[EVO 4G General] beezy69:
thinking about trying MIUI, coming from CM7, can someone tell me what all needs to be done to get the latest and greatest MIUI up and running the best it can. like if there is any fixes that need to be done ie: GPS, voicemail, kernal, etc.... and any other pointers...thanks

also, is there free wifi hotspot on MIUI
[Android Themes] xamilek555:
Hi all!

Few days ago i bought a this gelaskin http://gelaskins.com/store/skins/pho...Intl/Bookshelf and I was wondering about some theme for cm7 which fits to this gelaskin. It don't have to be something spectatular, only some mods of status bar and setting. I'm using LauncherPro instead of adw so i don't want any mods of adw in theme.

I'll be thankful for it and mayby someone else will use it too

If it's easeier, it can be MIUI theme because I can change ROM to MIUI

(sorry for my engilsh)
[Android Themes] mattfmartin:
If your going to make requests like that, you better be backing it up with some cash.

R.I.P hd2 hello Evo 3d
[Android Themes] xamilek555:
Sorry, but that will be very hard to do, beacuse i'm not 18 yet. I'll try to convince my dad to pay for it :( I was counting on people's kindness or something. :(:(:(:(
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
Hello, i have serious problem,

I was running Android GINGER... and after one restart i god 1234.... FAILED bla bla

After that i went to MAGLDR and tryed to reflash another rom but no succes

MAGLDR froze!!!!

I did TASK 29 on it and it removed everything, after this i am UNABLE to install MAGLDR 133 or any other on my HD2. its a 576MB from UK, using it in CROATIA.

HAD T-mob WIN 6.5, Android 2.1, and above mentioned 2.3.3 ver.

ANY IDEA HOW TO INSTALL MAGLDR AGAIN???

HSPL is COTULLA 2.08 HSPL

Did i bricked it? can i undo?

p.s. i did hardreset, didnt work.

CAN I TRY RETURN SPL and how to return to stock so i can try WMO6.5 again?

HELP i am desperate! help, payed alot for this phone, i am broke now without phone!
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
calm down man we've all been there at some point,

ok if you wanna go back to stock go to the htc site and download a official rom,

does your phone turn on?

can you get in bootloader?

if you can does it say spl or hspl ??
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
ops

i am sure you havent been there.

I GOT HSPL 2.08 by beppe and Cotula

I,ve tryed official rom, it starts counting, but at approx 10% it stops and bar goes red, and triangle with exclamation point appears next to it.

I OFF:... F**** it UP. i am so screwd!

-phone does turn on, and goes to white screen, saying htc and nothing

-i can go to 4colour bootscreen, sayes SERIAL and USB after i connect

ty for trying to help me
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
white screen hhmm Radio - do you happen to know what radio you have flashed, if not go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611787 chose say 2.15.50.14 down load it, i dont have micro usb on my phone no more so you have to options put phone in bootloader wait for it to turn to usb and run the ruu for the radio, or extract it find the .nbh file and rename it to LEOIMG.nbh pop it in the phone keep holding volume down till u get a grey screen and follow the instructions to flash the radio, and then try again,

you said you had android before? did you use cwm or clk so you can recover??

oh and by the way i nearly bricked my hd2 on release day so i no how u feel lol

EDIT = you can try and flash the stock rom and start again, by using 7zip to extract the official rom, find the .nbh file, rename it to LEOIMG.nbh also pop it on a micro sd card smaller than 8gig (just to be safe) boot into bootloader and follow through that way.
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
i sayed i had android on cwm, i tryed recover but magldr crashed, and since then i have problem loading MAGLDR.

RADIO FAILED TO UPDATE, i tryed that version that you sayed but it goes to 100% then shows again that triangle with !inside. F***** i am loseing my mind!

Your way of upgrading rom wont work, gray screen shows for a glich of a second and dissapears to 4colour bootscreen.

I wish i died! i ****ed all up.

BTW i bought a phone in uk and on the back of battery sayes only serial numbers in this order:

S/N99HJY005-2

35412003-754967-0

no imei, no nothing else if helps.

i am dead, payed 500$ for it last year for this amazeing phone and now i ruined everything.
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
ok im with you on what you have and havent done, to me it sounds like a hardware problem if it wont flash, do you have another micro sd car you could use to try and go back to stock??

did you format the sd card first ?
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
I get it , how to do GRAY FLASHING THING, but i got RADIO EROOR

SAYES:

00018003

LEOIMG.nbh - FAIL

RADIO_V2 - RSA Fail

Update Terminate

UPDATE FAIL

this happends when the bar gets to the 100%
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
do you have access to another pc mate with a different operating system from yours??

are you connecting phone via usb to the front or back of the pc?

have a read through this thread im reading alos

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618084
[HD2 General] orangekid:
Take out the battery and keep the phone off in a very cool air conditioned room for a couple hours (maybe even the refrigerator).

Put the battery back in and flash stock again.

edit: hmm. Just read that other thread, yeah you may need to jtag it...but I'd still try the fridge thing.

Edit2: worked for this guy:
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
ok what i did dunno, but this is whats happened

downgraded to spl 1.42 or something,

started official ruu winmo 6.5 got an error, cellphone shut down and now it wont even turn on.

Ty for all the help, realy realy realy thank you !!!!

I am off to bed, tomorow i will throw my hd2 to trash can!
[HD2 General] orangekid:
Which stock ROM did you flash?
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
either you have a bad flash and its gone tits up or its bricked, either way someone will be here tomorrow when u return
[HD2 General] davor.klobucaric:
STOCK ROM:

RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship

IT WAS WORKING BEFORE!!!

i left batery out for a couple of minutes,and now it goes to 4 colour bootscreen,

BUT! I have another problem, 1,42.0000 works, but its SPL, and if i try to go HSPL 2.08 PROGRAM CRASHES on my comp.

This is so fu**** up. I would rather send to someone who knows how to repair this. anyone interested?

Lost my will to live with this phone. i am suicidal! :D (joke, don't call social services)
[HD2 General] orangekid:
That is the correct ROM.

you need to flash it via SD instead of RUU, that way it will put the correct SPL on your phone without you having to do anything from you computer.

edit: to clarify, flashing via RUU it cannot replace your SPL version, but if you extract that file, then move the NBH to the root of your SD card, then rename it LEOIMG.NBH, then go into bootloader, it will recognize it and ask you to flash. hit power to flash and it will restore to stock SPL, Radio, ROM, Boot Logo, etc.. you're good to go.
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
your phone turned off??? is your battery dead??