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[Desire General] lathanub:
It all comes down to personal preference in the end.

I always preferred the AuraxTSense ROMs from Neophyte but I do not like the newer Aurax ROMs so I have gone to Ginger Villain and find it to be just great.

I've tried every ROM except the MIUI ones and the Oxygen ROM. CM7 is quite good and more than enough people enjoy it's stability, but it is not for me I don't think. I like the way GV is a customised version of it.

I still prefer the old Sense ROMs but maybe it's because I just prefer the look of them. LeeDroid ROMs are incredibly stable and fast, so I suggest to start there. His LeeDroid 2.5.0 is a great build and if you feel like a Gingerbread experience, go for the GB version of LeeDroid instead.

I originally went with LeeDroid, so I feel it is a good start for others.
[Desire General] H1tmanx:
Hi, to narrow it down.

I would prefer a rom based on the original rom. But with mods so that it stands out, and it runs at the phones full ability?

thnks for your reply. much appreciated.
[Desire General] k3lcior:
You mean ROM running on Froyo 2.2?

Then LeeDrOiD defintiely.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768703
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
So much threads here with senseless question. There isn't any rom at all, it depends on your needs. Just try it out.
[Desire General] anandpo:
Best sense based rom is insert coin a2sd or cm7. both are stable, fast with sense 3.0. Go for it.
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Cyanogenmod 7 (aka cm7) is an aosp rom and so not sense based.

Sent from Oxygen
[Desire General] Heisenberg:
CM7 is a very fast and stable ROM.. its not Sense based but I think its very close to it. Use the s2e app to overcome the internal storage issues inevitable with Desires and you'll not only have a fast stable ROM but you'll also have a lot more space for apps :)

PS. this is the first ROM I flashed, for a newcomer its a very easy starter
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Flashed cm7 yesterday. Much slower as oxygen, imho.

Sent from Oxygen
[Desire General] Xairo:
Using miui for a while now had no problems so far and its faster than the leedroid rom i used before.
[Desire General] Thorm:
I would highly recommend you trying a couple of the more well-established ROMs before making a final decision..

With things like this, advice and recommendation can only go so far ..

Like some of the replies above, some of the most popular ones are e.g.

CM7

LeeDroid

Oxygen

I run the ladder and am greatly satisfied.
[Desire General] daniels7:
I can recommend the AcesMod007 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113070

It's quite new, but it's a very stable and good Hybrid ROM of Sense 2.1/3.0 and gets many Updates. Besides it's very fast and saves Battery quite a lot.
[Desire General] EasySR:
Using Leedroid from its begining now on 3.0.8.2 Data++. No problems at all.:)

BR
[Desire General] evilpraeotor:
MIUI roms have useful feature and very customizable. u should try them. :D
[Desire General] ValmarWeln:
You will go through several roms until you find one that you like (I have had my desire since launch so i went through loads :) )

As far as speed goes i would say go for rom without Sense, CM7 for example.

I used Leedroid for a long time and can not fault it.

However in the end I settled for this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988570

It does require a bit more fiddling than most roms, but as long as you read the guide/FAQ you should have no problems.

I have been running this rom for a couple of months and have had no problems at all.
[Desire General] Primum Agmen:
I'm currently using CM7, but I really do miss aspects of Sense which I sacrificed in favour of improved battery life and speed. The browser on CM7 just isn't as pleasant to use, and I really do like and use various Sense widgets. I love the notification screen in CM7 with the wifi/BT/GPS options, but it just doesn't feel quite right to me. MIUI looks a bit much like an iOS for my tastes, though I may give it a shot at some point.

Currently trying to flash AceSRom007 and having my fair share of trials and tribulations with it. The actual look of the ROM is wonderful, but I may have to flash back to stock to try and get it to work.
[Desire General] Angen:
on my desire I have installed sgbs rom...most reactive and stable;)
[Desire General] Bcroc:
As was stated above, it comes down to personal preference mostly.

In terms of speed, I didn't notice big differences between the commonly used ROMs as a non-expert user.

I tried CM7, Oxygen, Insertcoin, Reflex, and now experimenting with MIUI, which fits me well for now :)

The best thing you can do, is try out a few of them for a few days, and choose that, which appeals the most to you.
[Desire General] Da Big D:
You need to download and experiment. Oxygen is blazing fast AOSP rom, CM7 has more features and is slower than Oxygen, MIUI is the iPhone lookalike if you want anything like that, and there is this gargantuan selection of Sense roms which are slower but give you the Sense experience.

And when you say a "rom based on original rom", you mean with HTC Sense?
[Desire General] paolo-red1:
As AOSP you can try Oxygen and CM7. On the other hand if you want to stay in sense GUI try LeeDroid, sgbs and AceSmod007. I'm using the last of them and I'm very satisfied.
[Desire General] reddy_a:
Can anyone please suggest a good sense-based rom with data2sd? I'm currently using Gingerburst. It's pretty good but slows down every 3-4 days. Have to restart my phone.
[Desire General] vrolok:
latest rcmixs-cm7 works just fine for me. cant be any happier with it!
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Did you configure your sd card with min 1 gb ext4 partition?
[Desire General] erklat:
Which class that card is? Gingerburst uses the latest sibere's script. I don't think you could do better with any other data2sd solution.
[Desire General] hiteshjivani:
The MIUI XJ Rom is excellent i've found. I've experimented with all of the AOSP GB Roms and sense roms, but MIUI is fast, smooth and has plenty of features!
[Desire General] shinyazz52:
+1 for miui xj
[Desire General] reddy_a:
It's a class-4 card only. And got 2gb etx4 partition. Will try it out for another week or so.

A noob question. How different is user interface of CM7 compared to stock gingerbread as on nexus one/s?
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Thread opener asked for a data2sd rom which is based on sense. Miui xj is based an aosp rom, and so not based on sense.

Totally agree.
[Desire General] Maffo:
So far I've tried a lot of different Rome over a period of about 4 months.

The main reason I choose to root my phone was of course due to the low internal management and to a lesser extend the battery life.

From my own experience I like different aspects of the different types of ROMs,

The AOSP rooms are very clean and work very stable, the biggest problem I had with them was that they got boring after a while.

The sense ROMs look great (tried RCmixHD/RCmixS and various others) they certainly are nice eye candy, but then again, somehow they didn't feel right after a while. Sometimes they became a bit laggy and usually I switched to another rom pretty fast.

MIUI is like some people say very similar to iOS, and then we mean in appearance because the functionalities are entirely different and MIUI is highly customizable with the different downloadable themes.

So to get to the point here: just try out different ROMs and see what fits you best.

If you make Nandroid backups regularly you can always go back to an old rom.

Currently I run CM7 and will see how long it will take till I change back to sense ROM
[Desire General] reddy_a:
I rooted because I wanted to try CM7. Wanted to see how different it was compared to HTC's version and for 2.3. Was unsure if HTC would update Desire. Think I used it for 2 days. It felt very amateurish. And I just couldn't get facebook integration in contacts to work as well as it did in sense.
[Desire General] Vinny1967:
I agree ;)
[Desire General] thompson2009:
I tried a few different roms. But was not happy due to lag mostly. Then installed insertcoin's rom and it's super fast compared to the others i have tried.

Never seen a rom load so fast. just put that new ram script on also. And it's even faster.

My desire now flies and i love sense 3.0. Don't think i could go back to anything else.

Cheers.
[Desire General] kuraikaze:
This is a +1 for LeeDroid :)

I've been using the Froyo v2.03d since January, and it's competely rock soild stable.

I've just upgraded to the HD gingerbread version because I want the Sense 3 bling ;)
[Desire General] smhtc:
DroidZone has 3 data2sd sense roms. StarBurst, supernova and gingerburst. Starburst is froyo based, stable and fastest. Other two are gingerbread based, and supernova is slower than gingerburst.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
really?

that's slightly surprising as the supernova is based off the desire leaked GB rom, and gingerburst is a Desire HD port... I'd have thought a rom built for the desire would be pretty snappy
[Desire General] erklat:
That base is buggered, so roms based on it indeed lag a little. Then again, people swore everything is so fast and smooth, but when I flashed those super smooth and stable roms, they all worked in similar manner, so I sticked with that buggered asian ruu, while I stopped believing in every nonsense here :D

But calling anything Gingerbread 'fast' in the same sentence with official Froyo builds is ridiculous. At this moment at least.
[Desire General] sterankin:
I really like LeeDroid also - was using the Froyo v2.3d for months, and just upgraded to the Gingerbread version.

I have also been testing out Redux also and its pretty good for a non-sense ROM. Couple of minor niggles still so I might flash back to LeeDroid..
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbracht:
I'm using BAMF and I just noticed superuser is gone. I tried granting root access to Titan backup and it doesn't work.. wtf? Any help would be awesome

Sent from a cellular telephone
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
Try manually flashing the 2.3.6.3efgh Superuser zip from recovery.

You can find it here http://goo.gl/VjOjR
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbracht:
Thanks but that still didn't work.. now what

Sent from a cellular telephone
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
Honestly, that should have worked. Are you sure it flashed (said successful in recovery)? I'm not personally familiar with BAMF so I don't know if they have some custom way of hiding it or anything.

It's not listed in the drawer correct?

Is it listed under Manage Applications (All)? If so, force stop and clear its data.

Is Su.apk in /system/app and su in /system/xbin?

There was a signature problem around the time 2.1 was first released where some people lost superuser and had to flash 2.0.3 but honestly, that should be fixed now so it shouldn't be that unless there's something you may have done that you didn't mention. I suppose if it comes down to it you could try some older versions of Superuser.

Other than that, I'm not sure how you'd get it back without restoring a nandroid or reflashing the rom but flashing the su zip should have accomplished that.

Edit:

Just thought...check to see if Superuser shows up in your Market and will let you install. If su is already installed and just broken, that may fix it. Worth a shot anyway.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbracht:
Wow. I feel dumb. I got it fixed. I just went in with root explorer and deleted the superuser file first. Then flash the file you sent me and boom. Worked. Thank you very much for your time

Sent from a cellular telephone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lizardking666:
Hello

The stock gmail app does not sync. It does not even push. Have to manual refresh to receive mails. Wots the problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fall Guy:
Settings/Accounts and sync/click on gmail account check that Gmail is ticked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeitgeb3r:
You prolly have the phone go into power saving mode when the battery drops to 50%.

When it goes into power saving mode, autosync turns off.

If u want autosync most of the time, then change power saving mode to 10%.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troed:
Even more funny with mine:

since yesterday 6.30 pm stock email app won´t do anything anymore, not even manual sync. Sync circle stays forever. Worked some minutes before faultless.

Tried to register server newly with my gmail address but green bar stayed forever ........

Clicked "cancel", went back to mail app and mail app told me: "account or password wrong"

It´s now completely dead. Tried to switch off, batt off, clear cache but it is dead .................... Google Gmail app works flawless as well as calendar, docs and all othet google account related apps.

Only thing I dedected: when I look into system - running apps - under Samsung mail app it says "Reboot" ???? (in German NEUstart) ...................

Wonder if anyone has an idea how to solve THIS ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troed:
Am I stupid or what ?

I don´t find the register in the menu where I can SELECTIVELY and ONLY delete the account for the samsung stock email app .......................

Am I blind ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troed:
Just for Info (I´m SOOO stupid)

Open stock mail app, long press on Gmail left upper box, choose "delete".

Then register same account again, voila, it works again .......... :D

(Found it in a German forum .......................... )
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelboruta:
I have probably the same problem, although it could be something different. Teh gmail sync can be turned on under Accounts&Sync menu, but it turns off every time I reboot / turn-off the phone. I am using CM7, but I am not sure if this problem is CM7 related... I have reflashed GAPPS but it didn't help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bornwilder:
am facing the same problem not only my gmail does not sync properly, my whatsapp msgs are coming in really slow. am gonna try to delete the account and sign in again. see if it helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelboruta:
In my case deleting account didn't help. It still happens for some reason that the Gmail sync doesn't work and when I go to Accounts & Sync preferences I just see that the Gmail sync dialog box is unchecked. So, then I just check the box and it starts working until it, due to mysterious reasons, stop syncing and I need to repeat the process to start the sync again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bpivk:
Do you have the battery saving feature enabled and if so check the settings.

Because one of the settings (I don't know which because I disabled the useless thing) disables sync or at least it did on my phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelboruta:
I have CM7 ROM and I don't use any other special tweaks or settings. The thing is only gmail stops syncing. When I open the sync settings (Accounts & Sync) I often find gmail unchecked, but contacts and everything else syncs just fine. When I set the gmail to sync, everything works until I restart my phone (I have it turned off overnight...).

Hope it described my problems well enough. I have already tried reflashing ROM, GAPPS, deleting my account, cache and all kinds of things I was able to think of. Nothing helped.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelboruta:
I couldn't find such setting. If you mean wi-fi sleep policy I have it set to never. The thing is Gmail sync box is being constantly unchecked whenever I turn off an on again my cell phone...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastergflash:
Is there a method or known workaround that provides the capability to use CWM recovery with the leaked KF1 build?

I have seen talk about it in other posts, but it never seemed to lead anywhere.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
Check out Cognition Thread

There is a link in the OP for the Beta 2 kernel. Flash that and you will have CWM 4.0 which is compatible with CWM 3.0 files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastergflash:
Can it run with stock or is it just for loading CWM files only?

Ok. Now from what I was reading though, there is issues if you try to boot into the phone with this kernel flashed, is that correct? Or does run ok with stock without flashing COG?(I am just waiting till its out of beta).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
I haven't tried it myself though you can just try and test if for w/e reason it dosent work just use the 1 click here to flash back to stock KF1 with out bootloaders so there's minimal risk (I'm assuming you already have GB bootloaders and all). From what i know Cog's Beta kernal is modded but it should work with stock KF1.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastergflash:
It worked like a charm. I was just leary to do it at first as I have been toning down my phone experimentation lately. But it looks like I am back in business.

Thanks to both of you guys. (And of course, not that he will see this here, but as always, thanks to DG for providing what makes my phone what it should be)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk74:
Running CM7 Nightly 118. The game installs fine, loads full screen, but the graphics are just large white boxes on a black background. The menu, gameplay, everything where the actual cannon would playable is this way.

The game itself is still playable - kind of.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IFLATLINEI:
Have you tried adjusted your screen resolution? I hear that helps with some games
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk74:
You mean the density? No, I haven't...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IFLATLINEI:
I'm sorry. Yes I meant screen density.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pk74:
Have a suggestion on what to set it to? And will it mess up the display for other things that currently display full screen?
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
http://peoria.craigslist.org/mob/2469555658.html

Not getting what you want out of your android??

Wanting that Free wireless tether everybody talks about?

Craving Custom Roms, Overclocking, and more?

I can root your android devices for cheap and get you hooked up with the above....

some of the devices i can root are:

Motorola Droid

Motorola Droid 2

Motorola Droid Pro

HTC Thunderbolt

HTC Evo

Droid Charge

And Many Many More.

i can root just about any (if not all) Android Phones on the market for you and get you set up with just about anything you want or need

I can also do some tablets as well.... for all of you tablet lovers

If you want to get the full power out of the phone that YOU paid for, let me know

So, I emailed him and told him if he can root the Evo with 2.3.3 on it, he'll be a Hero and he replied, $25.00 and it's done!!

lol
[EVO 4G General] jadden:
lol i bet he cant
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I told him that if he came here and said he can do it, he'd be a legend...lol

I never heard back after that
[EVO 4G General] alaman68:
I'll put $10 down that he mugs you and steals your phone
[EVO 4G General] Mark_Hardware:
Hey if it's on Craigslist, it must be legit.
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
I'm sure he just doesn't know any better. He's probably been successfully rooting/flashing phones for a while but likely doesn't own his own Evo and isn't up to date on all the latest firmwares and their troubles.
[EVO 4G General] TheIceCreamMan:
This is most likely the case, wonder what his warranty look like tho..:D
[EVO 4G General] SGTSTEW75:
HA..... Thats it, thats all I can say to that....
[EVO 4G General] cranbiz:
i can root just about any (if not all) Android Phones on the market for you and get you set up with just about anything you want or need

Sure you can, I have a Sensation and a 3Vo to root too!

And I'll also send you a cashiers check for $5,000 to pay for it, you keep your $50 plus $250 for your trouble and send me back the rest.
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
Well from first hand experience and this is a known fact that no one ever lies on craigslist or ebay. 100% assurance of quality of product also.

I have people in my area trying to do the same thing. I usually contact them through email asking why they are charging someone for something like this. Anything for a buck I guess.
[EVO 4G General] ihavapro7:
if he cant root it are you going to lose money?
[EVO 4G General] Kiduno99:
please send me $24.99, I will beat all competitors. I also include a Michael Jackson's lifetime warrant. please send funds to paypal account thanksforthemoneysuxass@gmail.com
[EVO 4G General] blackte4:
lol.... send it... you will be waiting..... old school scam..
[EVO 4G General] eniamg02:
Fun craigslist story http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154590
[EVO 4G General] tnerb123:
Money sent! Now were the hell is my Root!
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
Anyone can root an Evo with 2.3.3 Gingerbread, but only if it is already S-OFF.
[EVO 4G General] cranbiz:
What a surprise, the ad is gone.
[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
Some people would rather pay a small fee and get the root done, rather than learn about it all, the various methods etc. Not everyone wants to be on Xda and flash a new rom daily :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ecpht:
i'm new to android so please bear with me.

i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)

since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.

i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.

it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.

also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] diggity82:
I use filemanager from the market and it recognizes my external as........"_externalSD" also allows me to transfer files between the two.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ebennick:
When you have your phone plugged in pull down the alert bar on the top of the screen and press the "USB Connection" option. It should ask you if you want to turn USB mode on and have a picture of an Android. This will allow you to mount your internal and external sd as if they were regular flash sticks. You can then copy whatever you want to them. I also like to use drop box in combination with Astro for moving things to and from the cloud.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
1. G2x has the internal sd card partitioned into 2 parts (1 for OS & apps & other for storage & apps).

2. Sd card's class does help but it is not something important until you're running a high def video.

3. Use any file explorer app (File expert etc) for copying files from Internal SD Card to External SD Card.

4. Most of the app's setting menu gives you an option to physically select the storage destination folder i.e. external sd card.

Hope I helped.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ecpht:
so say i have podcasts and other files on my computer i want to copy to the 32GB SD card - do i just make folders on the card and copy the files over from my computer?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
Yes, just simply copy the entire FOLDER of the particular file to your External SD Card & if in future, if u download something directly from your phone then simply just copy/paste it from your using any file manager app.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ecpht:
so i have the phone connected to the computer and I see 2 No Name disks. That's fine. I put a folder called music at the root level of the 32GB card. Now I find that folder in File Expert and I go to play something and it says that file isn't supported. I tried Google Music and Doubletwist. Just mp3's from a CD. are there certain settings for android i need to know about? and do i need to go to File Expert to play this music everytime? Or should I be going through doubletwist on my mac and using it like itunes?

thanks you any help, i'm pretty clueless with this aspect of android right now, trying to catch up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ecpht:
also both SD cards randomly unmount themselves. is there a reason for this or a way to prevent this?