yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Xperia Icecream Pureness V2.3 Review

This ROM as is as fast as Real ICS lite or may be faster ! and with the same amazing UI of Real ICS …( xperia S) .. but it dosent have all widgets though. but those can be easily added by adding though. And the the notification bar and settings also look really good (xperia style). the first thing I noticed bout this ROM was how fast the apps load up! Really helps while multitasking… Didn’t find any bugs. The developer was kind enough to make a few icon packs as well .. didn’t try those but the look good and m sure many of ull appreciate it! He also provided a zip for google now ( didn’t test it , but I know it can work well on ICS).

Again I cant stress on how smooth and fast this ROM is.. I loved it but unfortunately theres always a negative... Charged the phone to 100% and didnt touch it from 1 30 am to 7 30 am .. and the battery came down to 91% ...thats abouts 1.5% per hour. but on moderate usage throughout the day the battery gave up just before 8 pm… this is not the best battery life we ve seen … itll last through the day wth light usage I guess…

Temple Run ran pretty smooth as well …

Benchmarks

Quadrant : 1364

Antutu : 3310

Check the ROM out and thank developer sandy7 for his awesome work :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852916

M saving the newer ROMs for the end… which m pretty sure are even better. Didn’t expect my lil mango could be so fast and smooth! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Spex:
i would suggest u to test on benchmark 3times

and dont test temple run its smooth on any rom

try agent dash its heavier on phone :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
First of all thanks for the gr8 benchmark scores.. Hope you can put it to other ROMS as well.....

Have tried many ICS roms and from my personal opinion,

Smultronic 3.5 + Kernel Panic = Best of best performance i've ever got!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Will do that... M testing smultronic ryt nw n damn its fast!

Press thanks if u like my reviews
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] eltonpestana:
Can you try my ROM Pestanoid v2 and Talk About... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1905976
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Sure thing .. I'll test in once v3 is out
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Spex:
UNLIMITED™_v5 is uploaded :)

and if it isnt to big problem for you can u pls test with UNLIMITED™BOOST (u have to flash it) and without
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Sure thing :) it'll b the next ROM I test.. With and without the boost...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kir3:
Nice reviews, waiting to post other reviews
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
Adding a bit Info to ur Thread :P

Smultronic 3.5 + Kernel Panic ive got 3532 as Antutu Score...

WOW this is this fastest ICS rom On my XM :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Smultronic v 3.5

I really don’t think I should be reviewing this ROM cz I didn’t experience what everyone else has to say about this ROM. This might be coz the recommended baseband is 77 and im on 72… im not sure

Anyways, the ROM is super smooth n very fast! But the UI is almost like that of stock xperia 2011 devices… no corners though. And a few xperia s apps and widgets have been included thogh not all. I really got used to the super sexy xperia S interface. There is a quick panel but no brightness slider (sadly). Apps open quite quickly. The launcher gave up on me twice in 3 days of testing. Agent dash force closed on me once. And I did notice a couple of tiny stutters while playing temple run.

Charged the phone to 100% at 12am and I was empty by ….. 4pm… :eek: :/

benchmarks

quadrant : 1299

antutu : 3327

Again I cant stress enough, this is MY experience with the ROM. many others say that the ROM is super fast… this might either be an issue of compatibility of baseband or MESA kernel. So I suggest u to avoid these combinations.

Check the ROM here and thank the dev !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1796272
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Duckie92:
This is Unlimited v5 with KernelPanic 1.25 and CPU at 1.6 with undervolts. It's so far the fastest ICS ROM around.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
Ah its very interesting am gonna try this for sure now itself :D:D:D

By the way can you pls say what is undervolting and how to do it on mini..

Thanks in advance
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Is this with or without unlimited script?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Duckie92:
Using a kernel that supports that you change the voltage of the CPU.. KernelPanic does not support this yet, but Mesa does. You can then use a program like System Tuner, to change the different voltages for different speeds. Be careful though, it's easy to go a bit to far in undervolting.

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Its with Unlimited Boost installed. Just tested Hyperbeam, and its 38 below Unlimited, so Unlimited is decently the fastest ICS ROM around.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
Thanks a lot bro. Am trying it ASAP.....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] smultronuser:
Even am waiting unlimited v5 review..its not booting in my xperia mini,its stuck at the bootload animation please help :|

sorry for the wrong thread and topic!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Post it in the unlimited thread... Ill b reviewing it soon... Im saving the best for the end :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] smultronuser:
thats the prob..i cant..am not allowed to post in their cause am just a beginner with less then 10 posts...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Make sure uve flashed the right kernel ... And make sure the kernel file isnt corrupted... Flash the kernel ... And then boot into cwm and wipe EVERYTHING ... (format system/factory reset, flash cache ... Go in mounts and storage and wipe systm n other things Der too.. Den go in advanced n wipe. Dalvic cache) then flash ROM...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] smultronuser:
in the instructions it was mentioned that it is compatible with all the kernels.and i did it all still did;nt work out..will try again from ground and will let you know :P THANKS!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KhemaraS.:
Hi and if you test my rom please use kernel panic it has the best compatiblity with my rom
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Yup :) m currently testin ur ROM with kernelpanic...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kir3:
You should add Update date so we can see when you post new review
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
No ETAs on XDA? :p. Hyperbeam cream review ll b out tomoro inshallah...

Im testing each ROM for just about 3 days...so expct 2 reviews per week... Once im done with the short reviews I might do more detailed reviews once newer versions are released if enough ppl are interested...

So thank me on the first post if u want more :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kir3:
I think you don't get right. I mean when you post review for eg. today the Title should be "Testing all ICS ROMs 03/10"

Nice reviews BTW :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Saqib Nazm:
If u r stuck in bootload then it must be the kernel.try to reflash a kernel and then the rom. U can use kernel panic that worked for me for Unlimited. Actually kernel panic works with all except CM & AOKP
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
HyperbeamCream Review

I tested this ROM with Kernel Panic cz its recommended by the dev. I guess this caused the half screen aroma installer bug. Had to use the volume keys to scroll. But dosent matter coz the setup is simple and there aren’t many options to choose.

So this ROM is fast and smooth .. but there are times when u see frames and that 1 tiny second of lag which we all hate. we can notice it while scrolling through the homescreens sometimes. But overall it is smooth but not as smooth as icecream pureness… the UI is nice (xperia S) and some of the apps and widgets are available too. For some reason I couldn’t set the location on the weather widget (which I love). The 2g 3g bug we saw in some of the other ROMS was present here too but didn’t happen as much. Multitasking is good .. it takes a sec to load up the recent app list but if the app is already open it instantly switches to it… but opening an app take upto 5-6 seconds sumtimes. I noticed a lack of consistency in the smoothness… most of the time the ROM is fast and smooth but there are times when it acts up a little and becomes laggy. I also missed the brightness slider in the notifications panel ( everyone should add that I thnk or atleast let us choose). The dev did everything possible to make the ROM as light as possible and it shows. So that also means u have to install all the apps u need from calculator to nofrills.

Battery usage is relly intresting in this ROM. Charged the phone to 100% and didnt touch it from 10 30 pm to 6 30 am .. and the battery came down to 96% ...thats abouts 0.5% per hour!! That’s the best any I got from any ROM on standby(might be because of the kernel also) but on moderate usage throughout the day the battery gave up around 7 pm… this is one of the best battery lifei ve seen … what ive noticed is that while using the evice battery drains a little faster than the other ROMs but on standby it lasts forever… so if u r a light user u can make ur fone last for a really long time! Heavy users might not get as much juice as theyd like I think.

Temple ran smooth with a few stutters.. like I said the performance is not consistent

Benchmarks:

Quadrant : 1063

Antutu: 3377

Check the ROM out here and don’t forget to thank Khemara S.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1899892
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
nice one man applicate it....y dont u try with kernel panic...one guy got 4days of battery on my rom with kernel panic..

any how keep waiting for V3 coming in next week...the rom is really good with n new UI.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
A very apt review bro!!! hats off.. :good:

Was experiencing everything as you said especially when played HD games performance wise awesome but battery drains very fast as you said.

As per you review next thing for me to try is the ICE Cream Pureness..

Of course Sandy's ROM are all outstanding:D

But before that sandy's MIUI's latest version is gonna rock with all mods removed!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Whoa!! I didn't know kernel panic could give better battery life than MESA... ill try it out later... may be with ur v3 :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Thanks bro.. glad you liked it :)

Do tell us ur experience with icecream pureness here :thumbup:

Press thanks if I helped
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KhemaraS.:
Thanks for the great review :) I will release tomorrow an bugfree Version and faster Version ;) but you dont need to Test it
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
well this in my pureness rom battery stats with lite usage like poweramp, diceplayer, chrome, sometimes antutu for benchmark tests. i use it mainly for music playback

kernel panic 1.6 OC

and antutu benchmark with kernel panic..with 1ghz

HASA miui benchmark
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
Ya sure.... As of now satisfied with MIUI..

Pureness v3 is about to come ..

Ll download that Straight and add to your review.....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
nice man...

so which rom u testing next
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
am gonna test the unlimited script now... after that the list of ROMs im gnna test next is in the first post :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
You left MIUI in your list.. Its an amazing android experience....I Got the highest benchmark scores with this... But the apps open a little bit slow.. Try to include it in your testing list if possible:).....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
I am planning on testing them once I'm done with these... there sooo many new ROMs coming out. And I'm looking for the fastest ROM for now
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ssanjay19:
Ya thats correct:good:.... the development section is flooding with new n awesome roms the third or forth day...

really confused which one to use... Take ur time n appreciate for ur gr8 work and patience testing these roms:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Sigray:
There are a lot of crappy custom rom in the dev area.

The recipe is simple : one rooted stock, some downloaded stuff from the theme section and after that a lot of init.d script from the whole XDA.

This is the born of the New Custom Speed Power God Force RoM. So sad...and a bit funny too.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tux-root:
Actually, are stock based ROMS faster/better on batty life than cm-based or MIUI roms? Is there someone out there who tested it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
UNLIMITEDtm ROM With UNLIMITEDtm Script:

UNLIMITEDtm was already quite fast but with the UNLIMITEDtm script , its blazing fast! Icecream pureness finally has competition! I was really blown away by the increase in speed and responsiveness I noticed as soon as I flashed the script. Zero lag while scrolling through the homescreens or the app drawer. Applications load up much faster, and multitasking is as fast as it can be. if u don’t care about xperia home, this is the ROM for you (if u don’t mind the ugly AOSP notification panel). Because of the AOSP styling it really does look and feel like all the extra weight has been removed from the ROM and now theres just nothing slowing it down. There is another bug I noticed, my phone has a problem connecting to the internet when it automatically switches to wifi from mobile network or vice versa. The phone connects to the wifi network but I really cant use anything (the phone acts like its not connected ).Many times I had to switch off wifi and switch it on again for making it work.

The battery life has also improved . charged the phone to 100% at 12:30 am and at 7:00 am the battery came down to 94%. That’s a little lesser than 1% percent per hour. Not bad at all. After a day of moderate usage the battery was completely drained by 8 pm.

Temple run ran much more smoothly this time. I could finally beat my high score :P

Benchmarks

Antutu : 1417

Quadrant : 3287

The UNLIMITEDtm script can also be used with other ROMs as well so u cant try it yourself on whichever ROM u want. Thank mv_style for the awesome script and do try it out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1873234
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hrafninn:
samajid, will you be testing official CM9 and/or FXP CM9? Technically they're not based on Sony's firmware and not that custom either, but it would be nice to see how they would stack up. :)

Nevertheless, I have enjoyed reading your reviews as of yet. Good job! :good:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
its gonna take a long time to test the rest of the Stock based ROMs... After that I wanna test MiUI ROMs..

If I still have the patience after that ill do cm... :p. But m hoping JB roms ll be bug free by then hehe
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andrasandhi:
what??

4 days life on 1200mAh battery??

hmm, such an amazing ROM, but i'll say "different people will makes a different result".

very 'WOW' for me to found a ROM with this longevity battery life.

my last records, im only up to 2d6h until reach 5%, it only bcoz i use 2G mode in a whole days (yup, just messaging then let it away on my bed for several hours, not use Walkman, games, not WiFi or anything).

i never reach 4 days life like that bcoz maybe inconsistentcy network (sometimes '3G' appears, sometimes change to 'H') on 2G/3G or 3G only.

but, from my experienced, battery will drainless better on WiFi than cell network, and thats a fact.

oh one more thing. pict 1 (battery usage) and pict 2 (benchmark) is different.

what u think, sandy7?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andrasandhi:
oh ya see this :

1st pict is my last day battery usage with 2g only.

2nd pict is now current battery on 3G only.

look at "mobile network signal".

thats my point for "inconsistency network" signal.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Which rom n kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andrasandhi:
ROM?

changed every weeks ;p

that is latest exmiui until now, with link2sd, a few init.d script.

for the kernel, i always using krsh v3 kernel, bcoz bunch of features.

Sent from my SK17i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rullean:
so your findings can conclude the following (so far)?

1. Pureness is the fastest but not good battery life

2. Unlimited is fast with good battery life

3. Hyper is not fast but best battery life

all other roms are either between 2 and 1 or 2 and 3?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Pureness and unlimited are almost equally fast... but UI is completely differnt... purenss looks much better

Hyper has best batry life at low usage... heavy usage its not that good...

There are many ROMs left before u decide which is the best...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
the pic 2 benchmarks are from my pureness V2.3 i had changed the systemui to JB style...

ok

edit: ya exactly i agree with u bcz wifi uses less battery than 2g or 3g.....

calibrating battery can improve its life...

and when every u try diff rom wipe the battery stats in cwm
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hrafninn:
I did some quick benchmarks on the official cm-9-20121007-NIGHTLY-smultron. I have done a lot of build.prop and sysctl tweaks and also flashed UNLIMITED™BOOST, so my result may not be that accurate. Very fluid and no lag to speak of even at 1.018 max freq, but still I got some pretty dreadful benchmark scores compared to yours. :)

Antutu: 3033

Quadrant: 1214
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] davidben73:
hello there, your post for testing some ICS ROM is very cool!!

can you test the FXP CM9 ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445821

and spartan

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375991

I want to know from you about this ROM :D

thank you :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KhemaraS.:
Hi guys im working on a new Rom "Heavy Sandwich";) optimized for max Performance on ics

ANTUTU: 4615 stock cpu settings

QUADRANT: testing right now

If you want to Test pm me

Thanks :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
CM roms I myt do when m done with stockbased... which is gonna take forever coz there more and more ROMs coming out everyday! And I'm doin ICS based roms... read the title pls...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Omg...! Your Giving steroids to our tiny phones !!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] davidben73:
I'm sorry :o

okay then I will wait it for you to done with stockbased.

keep posting bro :good:

it's very helping me to choose one of the best for my use :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Saqib Nazm:
OMG fantastic..will b eagerly waiting for ur rom :good:

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Ok so far i have tried,

Official Sony ICS

Real ICS lite r4

Real ICS r6

ICS remix

Jelly Sandwich6.2.1

Unlimited v5

MiniCMsandwich final

CyanogenTimeEscape

Kang Xperia Project

ParanoidAndroid 2.10

Hasa MIUI 2.9.29

I have tested all with Antutu. and the best I got is 3918 with Unlimited v5+Unlimited boost :good:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MoonBlade:
True dat ! +1

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Kernel Panic has got awesome battery lyf comapred to others :) and better Benchmarker score too ! but there the CWM version cud have been changed (half screen problem and unable to mount USB) in the kernel thats the only problem !

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OMG ! 4615 seriously ???

Btw i got 3496 (Antutu) on Octane ICS ROM kernel Panic !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] WandererX:
hey man :)

nice work, and thx!

could you post, when finish, a sort of top ten with the pros and cons and a little review in which do you explain what do you think about each rom/kenel?

thx a lot again! :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
JellySandwich 6.2.1 Review

This is the daddy of all ROMs out there in the dev section. U can make the ROM look almost anyway u want it too by choosing what you want in the aroma installer (which home u wanna use, what kinda statusbar, which font, which browser, email app etc). so obviously I cant possibly complain about how the ROM looks. I chose xperia t and the only complain I had was that the grid in the app drawer is just 3 X 3.beautiful themes and wallpapers preloaded which u can choose wether or not to install in aroma. This Rom is basically so many different ROMs in one. Something ive been waiting for a long time. one option I chose in aroma was to flash scripts for performance , the other option was ‘battery saver’.

First I chose performance and I was happy with the result. Im so in love with the beautiful stock UI, that I don’t ever care about the lack of features anymore. And it all runs pretty smooth too! I must say its not the smoothest i’ve seen but with the level of costumization offerd I was pleasantly surprised. Multitasking is very fast and apps open quite quickly (2 -3 secs). Over time sometimes noticed there is the slightest lag, while moving quickly through the homescreens, the kinda lag that wont slow ur work down but u can see it anyways.

The battery life is impressive too! charged the phone to 100% at 12 am and at 6 am the battery came down to 94%. That’s 1% percent per hour. Not Bad! Made me wonder what the battery saver had in store for me :D. After a day of moderate usage the battery was completely drained by 8 pm. Nice.

Playing temple run wasn’t the best experience. The game kept slowing down for a microsecond every few seconds … very irritating in a game like temple run.

Benchmarks

Quadrant : 1348

Antutu : 3315

so, iv tested the battery saver mode, not impressed.. the battery life was actually worse than performance mode :S. the performance was almost the same. i suggest you all to stick with performance mode for best results!

Check out the fabulous ROM here and thank allen hu for making this unique ROM 

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1924402
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KhemaraS.:
Yes seriously right after the First Boot i tested with benchmark and it gave me 4615 on antutu and btw:i have a class 4 sd card
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] samajid:
Every ROM has its own advantages and disadvantages... also it wouldn't be fair to the devs...

And new versions of the ROMs keep coming! Ill try to update my reviews accordingly :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pastillero:
better battery than Mesa?

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Spartan is GB, not ICS..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Kir3:
Test this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705255
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] juvyns:
Envoyé depuis mon SK17i avec Tapatalk