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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Hello everyone, I'd like to start this out by saying that I hope to not get flamed with this post. I do not own an Incredible (however I have played with MANY roms over the past two years with my various Android Phones). That being said, I've got a very... Well known client (public figure) who uses an Incredible. He has had *nothing* but trouble with it, especially since after the Gingerbread update (low storage space issues, needed to restore phone more than once, etc etc).

He is talking about getting an iPhone, but I would like him to get the "pure" Android experience before he makes a definitive decision. Essentially, he is tired of all the bugs and wants something that "just works".

My question to you guys:

Without me having to go through countless pages upon pages of posts, what in your guys' opinion is the best "stock" (whether that be CM7 or AOSP ROM) for the Incredible? What bugs (there area always bugs in ROMS right?) should I expect from the ROM and what should I notify him of in advance?

At this point in time, i'd say anything is better than stock gingerbread with HTC bloat that screws everything up constantly.

I just really need to make sure I put a solid ROM on his phone so that A) He will be happy and B) I will not be discredited on the air to hundreds of thousands of listeners.

Again, i'm not looking to be flamed for "not searching". I run a business, I do not have time to go through every single AOSP/CM thread to see every minute bug that is reported. Also, since this is not my phone, and he is a very busy person, I will have limited time to get this "right". I am just merely looking for your recommendations and experiences.

Thank you in advance everyone!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmeadows013:
CM7 if you want a full pure android experience. If you want Sense, try one of the stock Sense roms that gets updated (Not mine. My inc died :)) like Stock+ or McSense. Best of luck with your client! Don't let him switch to an iphone lol

Very few bugs (If any) on these. I can provide links if needed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Excellent thank you. I was leaning towards getting away from Sense entirely (AOSP or CM7) because he is absolutely sick of the way HTC has treated his stock incredible. All of these bugs are simply inexcusable. I know that the versions of Sense here on XDA most likely do not get the low storage issue... But i'd rather get him on pure Google. Them upgrade him to ICS when that hits ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtcarnes:
CM7.1, definitely. Mine's stable as a rock. It's a lot more stable than ANYTHING I've messed with on it, including stock.

I'd recommend putting CM7.1 on it until the Galaxy Nexus comes out, then convince the client that they need it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Oh believe me, i've already planted the Nexus seeds! Any major bugs with CM7.1?

I know previously on CM7 builds (not for the Incredible) i've had broken wifi at times, broken GPS, etc, etc. As long as this is "rock" solid like you say... I'd say that is the most viable option! Thanks man!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmeadows013:
No bugs that I know of. I only ran it for a couple of days though. The nightlies tend to fix any bugs, but may have bugs of their own.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnaCore:
Bugless Beast is an aosp alternative to CM. It still runs on nightlys but the latest build is like 99% working and is rock solid. Stock GB.

Wtf is an iPhone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeRom:
Bugless Beast is the best AOSP option you can get. So smooth and fast. I haven't had any issues so far.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Just wondering also, is there a solid MIUI build for the incredible? Just curious because I know that really impresses people as well lol!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Div033:
CM7.1 is my vote. McSense if going the sense route.

I've not tried bugless beast yet simply because I love the ring lockscreen that the CM team cooked up. I also love the theme chooser that CM7 has.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmeadows013:
Yeah. I personally don't like MIUI, but if you check their website, they have the latest build up. The last one I tried had a few minor bugs, but not bad. I'm sure they have been fixed though.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Cm 7.1. With the flashable adrenaline mod and incredikernel. Its been rock solid for me for almost a month.

-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threepio:
Root that thing and throw CM7 on it. They wont complain anymore. Ive been doing CM7 since it came out for the DInc and it has only gotten better. 7.1 is incredibly (pun intended) stable. And runs very smoothly. I think its probably more stable than stock. My DInc used to restart on its own all the time. I have not had that happen once with CM7. Battery life is great. With heavy texting, email, facebook, reddit usage. I get thru a day and usually have some juice left over. It can get to around 18% but still would last overnight if i forgot to plug it in, and still be at 18% in the morning!

Mine flies with CM7 and hasn't had any problems. My sister also has a DInc. She has been experiencing the low memory problem, I finally talked her into letting me root it and Rom it. CM7 is the way to go for a flawless experience. It is a little tidius to flash CWM and downgrade using ADB. It actually really inst necessary to downgrade and get s-off. I was able to install CWM on her phone and flash CM7 and gapps without a hitch. You have to use unrevoked 3.22 exe and do a custom recovery in administrator mode. (there is a write up somewhere here.)

after CWM was installed I flashed CM7. and it works great with s-on. The only time i think there would be a problem is if you wanted to flash an unsigned rom. but CM7 is signed so no biggy.

I will be sad to let my DInc go when I upgrade to either a galaxy nexus or a rezound in the next few months.

Good luck.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petecraig612:
Use Bugless Beast if you want him to stay on Android, otherwise there is a highly underrated ROM called IncDeck 1.3... It's probably on the second page of the forums but that is the single best pure google ROM. The reason no one posts anything to the forum is because they have no issues to speak of lol.

Edit: I typed this from my droid 2... but I got it on friday lol. I'm not just talking out of my ass.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Excellent thank you for the suggestions everyone! I have to say, the Incredible userbase is much more friendly and forthcoming than many others I have encountered here on XDA (coughSamsungDevicescough)!

As of right now, I am leaning towards Bugless Beast, as I really want him to be impressed by the speed. Also, since he wants things to "just work" I think the less options (like those extras presented in CM7) the better.

Should I worry about the rooting process for the Incredible with the Gingerbread update? Do I need to downgrade firmware, etc?

Also, I know right now he is using stock Verizon VVM... Is that an issue to get working on this?... I may try to convert him to Google Voice if that is the case.

Thanks again, you guys rock!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pete_kowalski83:
I would possibly suggest using the ext4 no limit mod as you had said he was getting the storage full message.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
I was hoping that would be resolved by getting off of stock gingerbread alone? I've met numerous people with this issue... Even though their phones have HUGE amounts of free space, the Incredible reports that their storage is full. This results in FC's getting no emails etc. I've tied it to the HTC mail app, the Peep app, and a few other programs. If you clear cache/data it is a temp fix but then it will occur again at some point, much to their frustration.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marcismo55:
People have had success downgrading to 2.2 with THIS.

As for VVM, I'm not quite sure if it works on AOSP so it may be better to put him onto Google Voice. It's free and it is much easier to use.

The full storage error is what many Inc users that updated to the GB 2.3.4 update faced. That particular update screwed up a lot of peoples phones but after rooting and flashing a different ROM, he should be fine.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
One final issue i've had... This client has always saved his contacts as "phone contacts" rather than "google contacts". Does anyone know of an app that will batch upload them to Google?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marcismo55:
Use Backup Assistant and backup all their contacts then login to MyVerizon and export contacts to a csv file. From there you can import then into your Google account.

I made that mistake when first rooting my phone. Never again...lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Oh man thanks for the wisdom. My livelihood would be lost if I were to not have my contacts!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andytseng:
if you're still deciding, i would def. do cm7 and inc-deck. bugless beast sounds like it will be great, but the dev is still working on it. i.e. yesterday's build had an issue with the dialer where you couldn't make or receive calls.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Bugless indeed! Lol, I was not aware that deck had a rom out for the Incredible! I've been rocking his ROM on my Evo Shift for the last... 4+ months? Truly Incredible (har har) stuff!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Also, i've got at least a week or two until I am doing this (I think). So if there are any major changes that any of you are keen to keep me abreast of, please do :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petecraig612:
incdeck is the best ROM, as I said before it is probably on the second page of the dev forum. I had to put down my Droid 2 like four hours to get back on it because it is so damn good, and I'm not going back anytime soon.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badogg:
Um, is this phone a one that has never been rooted and running the OTA 2.3 gingerbread update? If so, has anyone figured out a way to root it yet? I don't think so unless i missed a thread, which is entirely possible.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris7os:
Incdeck. Period. You WILL be impressed by the speed and stability. Everything just works. No need for workarounds. There are a couple of advanced tweaks if you are so inclined to invoke them, but you can't break anything. This rom is both perfect for base users who don't want to have to mess around with anything and those who like to tweak.

Again, EVERYTHING just works. It will remind you of how great and fast this phone really is.

And personally, it's why I've decided to hold onto my beloved Incredible until at least the next round of super phones after the gnex/rzr/reznd.

Here's a link to the thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14630430

Sent from SkyNet's Matrix in a galaxy far, far away, where no one has gone before ...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
Although I don't reccommend any of the Sense 3.5 Roms, I have to say that Sense 3.5 is a vastly improved experience from Sense 1 on the Incredible. Just saying for future reference ;) The Rezound will deliver a substantially better experience out of the box.

I'm running Stock Plus with the Warm Theme and Smart Keyboard Pro, and I used Titanium Backup to freeze (deactivate and hide) several of the bundled apps I don't use. My phone rocks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
..... He got an iphone over the weekend -_-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petecraig612:
Ain't that a *****... I tried saving my roommate the same way you did and he came back with an iPhone too.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmperorX:
Yeah.... Well, after all the trouble he's had with the phone (stock) I can't really blame him... However, I should have ICS on my phone soon since source dropped today. Next time I head to his place to do work I will shame him! I have a phone upgrade in December as well. I have a feeling he will regret not listening to me and waiting a few weeks for the nexus... Bah
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevman8396:
Is it just me or are any other hot mail users having problems using the hotmail app or setting up hotmail in exchange activesync. Activesync worked fine for awhile with push mail but all of a sudden it will give me a "failed to create account error" and the hotmail app gives me an internal error when trying to log in. I can log onto hotmail on my pc with no problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
Mine works, but its delayed. I got the message you're talking about and it ended up being all good a minute later and sent my message.

I personally just bookmarked my hotmail in the browser. Its fast enough in there and actually deletes the messages.
[HTC Incredible S] aviram83:
please delete the post
[Touch2 General] ammadzs:
Dear Users,

is there any alternate software available which can save my mobile data to any internet space ... just like microsoft my phone service do ... i have HTC Touch2

ROM Version 1.33.110.2(81021)

ROM Date 2/23/10

Radio Versio 3.53.25.20

Protocol Version 61.54t.25.35H

Microsoft My Phone Service no more working
[Touch2 General] Exsoul:
I use SPB Backup. It can backup all your data in a single file and it's easy to restore that backup (full) or just a few thing of it.

If you want that backup in the cloud you can send to yourself via mail or a dropbox.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] carthorse:
Hello,

When i enter "android system recovery <3e>",

I can't figure out what the "Ok Key" is.

I have been hitting every key and combination of keys to try and select a menu item with no luck.

Isn't the home key supposed to work as the "ok key"?

I am using the following versions:

PDA: I9100XXKH3

PHONE: I9100XXKH3

CSC: I9100OXAKH3

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
stock recovery = power button to select
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] carthorse:
Thanks, it worked after flashing a different kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
---[ UPDATE ]---

---[ UPDATE ]---

i will be updating this post with info on the donations we receive...

hello guys,

i was contacted by a few users from ur community (mainly vishal24387) with a request to develop for ur device [SGS-SL]... u guys might remember me from a few weeks (months?) back when i was requested to help out with USB-OTG, sadly that didnt work out since i didnt have device to do testing on ;)

so we (Team UtterChaos) would like to know if the user community for this device is interested in donating a device to us for development...

this is not for USB-OTG BUT for general kernel development for this device

...... Team UtterChaos currently consists of me and my dear friend Napstar and both of us are from Pune, Maharashtra, India...

additionally let me make this clear... we want a working device... you guys can work out a way to raise funds for this and send us a working device...

remember i am only posting here since the users from your community have approached and requested me to do so...

i mostly develop for Xperia devices (x10, Arc, Play, etc...) and personally have a Xperia X10 & Xperia ARC... i recently received Xperia Play as a donation from that community to work on that device... i mostly work on kernels and some fun stuff (dualboot, modified recovery, bootmanager, lots of tools, etc)... i will soon be getting a HTC Flyer for personal use/development... if u want to know wht all i have created/done/played with u can check the list of threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1141153

Napstar has a Ideos X6 (Spice MI410) and has developed kernels, recoveries, etc for that device... if u want to know wht all he has created/done/etc, u can check list of his threads:

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=4224819&starteronly=1

since u would have realized that i am pretty busy with the phones i already have, so i have requested my dear friend Napstar to take the lead in developing for ur device, if u guys do decide to donate a device to us ... i will help him out initially but later on he will be the one working for ur device...

so what do the users of this community think?

do let us know in this thread wht do u guys think...

@MODS: since i was requested for helping out with development i have posted this thread in dev section... if u think its not the correct section kindly move it to which ever section u think is correct...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
this will contain the list of users whos donations have been received in my PayPal acc. or Napstar's bank acc.

donations via paypal:

[ TOTAL: 99 USD ]

10 USD - Jesus Francisco Guerrero Molina

10 USD - kancilpintar

03 USD - lee82gx

10 USD - luiseteyo

10 USD - "JACK"

20 USD - falex007

20 USD - cansat

03 USD - Slynightdark

03 USD - Adrián Valero Gimeno

05 USD - lee82gx

05 USD - frankbel

donations via bank transfer:

[ TOTAL: 259 USD ]

20 USD - anonymous donor

06 USD - vishal24387

10 USD - ganeshbiyer

07 USD - Bojan Ivanovic

30 USD - Omar Diaz Sarda

10 USD - exctngdude

04 USD - goldy

17 USD - fbelardo@gmail.com

43 USD - clubbed (from ganeshniyer as NEFT)

10 USD - akkrish85

06 USD - manu1991

10 USD - tecorp

06 USD - minish

04 USD - manrock111

08 USD - ivAnash

06 USD - AdrenalineX

06 USD - arindammanidas

56 USD - mms99099

GRAND TOTAL: 358 USD
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
### donation updates ###

To all i9003 members

Only CM7 or CF root is not enough guys. Porting mods, themes can be done at any time guys but we all know that we really require a great kernel developer who will develop great kernels which will make phone snappier like never before. In galaxy S2 or Galaxy S section you will see lots of custom kernal which is made by them. In older days we had skin but now really we need to take major step guys for our phone. Codeworkx already said that once ICS will release all he will completely pay attention to GALAXY S & S2 phone. Then again we will be alone with our phone for long time. So guys please dont be restrict yourself upto some themes or mods. Dont make urself busy with new officially roms released by samsung. They can deeply reviewed by us later. But right now donation & more important KERNAL development is more necessary.

I just want that u have to just donate a very small amount say like 200-300 Rs (5-6 $ USD) which we usually spend on some non-important things. If we donate today it will refund us in form of high level kernal development. So please I again & again requesting u to take some initiative. No other developer will come to help us. Unless & until they have phone in hand no developer can develop kernal virtually for our phone. THINK GUYS SERIOUSLY ABOUT THIS PLEASE :o:o:o.

For some days I will just collect names of members who want to donate. If amount reached to our target amount then we will start donation.

ITS A HUMBLE REQUEST THAT PLEASE IF U WANT TO REALLY DONATE ONLT THEN & THEN GIVE ME YOUR NAMES.

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OUR TARGET = 340$ USD (Brand new phone's price)

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UPDATED LIST

NAMES (who have already DONATED)

Jesus Francisco Guerrero Molina = 10$

Ganeshbiyer = 500 Rs (10$ appro)

Estapagu = 28.53 $ USD

Bojan Ivanovic = 6.43 $ USD

Frankbel = 17 $ USD

exctngdude = 500 Rs (10$ appro) rohit_rocks = 200 Rs (4$ appro)

luiseteyo = 8$

lee82gx = 3$

total = 96.96$

Members who want to DONATE

Slynightdark = 3$

kartiksrireddy = 300 Rs (5$ Appro)

chinmay_7d = 350 Rs (6$ Appro)

arindammanidas = 5$

Jazone... = 11$

minish = 300 Rs (5$ appro) neojith = 500 Rs (10$ appro)

vishal24387 = 300 Rs (5$ appro)

Ganeshbiyer = 10$

Manu1991 = 10$

akkrish 85 = 10$

ivAnash = 300 rs (5 $)

kishan80 = 15$

anonymus = 1000 rs (20$)

kancilpintar = 10$

total = 130$

All total = 226.96$

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Request to mods - PLZ dont move this thread. I know its wrong place but its really necessary for developement of our phone.

I WILL UPDATE THIS POST WITH DONATOR'S NAME REGULERLY.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
I think its a great idea coz you have great kernel and OTG working knowledge.

I know you will rock our device. Btw do any of you can write OR manipulate drivers? Like bring video gtalk on our device?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Slynightdark:
This would be great, if you could develop kernels and USB OTG for our device :D

Sadly, I'm only a student and don't have a credit card to donate, but I would be very happy with a developer like you working with our device :P
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rohit_rocks:
I am ready to donate, Last time i didnt donate due to some problem, but this time i am ready to donate :) :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
I am happy guys by looking ur response. I am just waiting of podanimesh's response.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] frankbel:
I can donate 10€ via paypal. Of course I would see first how many people are going to support this idea. It would be great that Napster helps codeworks in getting a stable porting of cyanogen mod.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Slynightdark:
Did you read the post? This is NOT about CM7, this is for USB OTG and making stable kernels

Enviado desde mi GT-I9003 usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] frankbel:
Cool down, I did read the OP and I still confirm what I wrote. If Napster wants to develop on this device, he might consider to help codeworkx as well, I don't see any conflict in this. And I am sure that most people here would be happy to donate if this leads to a stable CM.

Do you understand now? or do I need to better explain my concept?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Slynightdark:
There isn't any conflict man, it's ok hehe :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Ammo90:
+1 @frank

ya, obviously Napster will provide many things other than the USB OTG if he has our device on hands. Hopefully he and Doomlord will make I9003 development better and better. Before that, we need to consider donating in order to get the device. I am so happy because there are a lot of efforts showed to make things better for us and our beloved I9003! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luiseteyo:
I also would donate. I think this is a very good idea, and we must do it. How many people would donate for this proyect? It would be a great idea to make a list and count participants, and that would make people be more sure about the proposition....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] akkrish85:
At what price podanimesh is going to sell his handset and how old is that.. Please make that transparent so that donors can get clear picture.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] podanimesh:
i m selling it at Rs.10,500 i took it in may 2011
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Shaglok:
That's about 220 €, no? Codeworkx's one was new and costed 250 (the biggest part of the donation came from Europe). At this price I'd prefer donating for a new one.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] podanimesh:
btw its about 170 €
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
No its like 156 euro.

10500 for may purchased device is good deal I guess. I do lots of trading of used items.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaskiratsingh:
Agreed, if the device is in good condition. As of today device cost is Rs 17000 and 10500 is a good price.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Shaglok:
Then I agree to donate to buy podanimesh's one. Sorry, maybe the web I used to convert the currencies is outdated.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nag_123456:
Ready to donate 500 INR