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[One (M8) General] Sheppie:
For the 2 years that I've got this nice phone I flashed the following ROMS on it:

Android Revolution HD: Android 4.4/5.x and 6.x. Don't know all the different versions but the last one I used is the 53.1

ViperOneM8: V5.0.0/V5.0.2/V6.0.0/V6.1.0(current one)

Skydragon: V4.0.0

CrDroid: Don't know the version, but I think it was android Lolipop that I used this one.

CrDroid

First of, I just like the sense feeling, so I didn't stay long with CrDroid. Just to much difference I guess :eek:. Can't say much about it because of the limited time I used this one, but it was really fast.

Android Revolution

The Android Revolution Roms by Mike are just awesome and rock stable. Never had any problems with any app that I use. Big ones like Snapchat, browsing, banking, notes... games and more ran just fine. The overall battery life of stock, non-flashed M8 device is good, and so is this Rom. With normal use (whatsapping, browsing, navigating (waze) I get through the day.

If you're looking for stable, this is the Rom that in my experience is the best one.

ViperOnem8

But... I like to try different flavors, so I switched to Viper for a long time, with all the iterations in between. What I very much liked about this one is the quick custom settings you can use with the quick launch icons and the different styles that come with it.

The best version however is not in the 6 range, but V5.0.2. to be precise. The problems that I have in V6 and higher is that some apps crash mid use and that they close much faster i.e. respond slower when opening that same app again. Because i'm currently on V6.1.0 of the rom (yes, i know that 6.2.0 is scheduled in the near future), this one will be replaced.

So, as i'm writing this, my browser is downloading the latest ICE rom with the addition of the elements X kernel.

Skydragon

I flashed, wiped, flashed, wiped again and even did a full RUU wipe, but so many of my apps crash some way or another. Even if I installed them from the play store and didn't restore the data from Titanium back-up.

In their defense, i must state that it wasn't the current one (v.4.0.0.) but 3.x. So in the latest version, chances are that this is fixed. I certainly don't blame the devs because it works for other people and they are happy about it :good: .

ICE M8 with Elements X

T.B.A.

I hope some of you find this helpful. For additional info, my routine for flashing is TWRP --> Full wipe --> install rom without bloatware --> install Xposed --> first time config --> restore apps from Titanium Back-up --> download redding theme from themes app (just because i FFing love the styles of his icon's and wallpaper)--> remove blinkfeed --> ???profit???

It could be that some roms won't work because of the TB restore, but that is one key aspect that has to work for me. If it doesn't, bye bye Rom.
[One (M8) General] MotoE2014:
It goes on used safely . True?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
sometimes, after a clean install, it stucks on boot. one or two hardreset, and after this it runs like a charm.

I don't had this small problem.

The r64 is rock stable and all is working properly.
[One (M8) General] MotoE2014:
I trust his experience
[One (M8) General] Oel:
Make always a backup from your current. Rom.

Ciao
[One (M8) General] Oel:
This is what i get on performance with the IC r64
[One (M8) General] thorepck:
Just installed the ice-8.0.9_REPACK-M8_UHL_MM60_SENSE80GP_HTC_WWE_6.12.401.4, and wow! - that's a keeper. Very, very smooth and unbloated, as well as customisable - and of course it has NFC :)
[One (M8) General] Moon75:
I tried many ROMs here Sense, GPE and CM13 Marshallow

-Sense ROM, I like ICE Rom most I used 8.0.6 and 8.0.9, for R64 mentioned properly similar as it's same rom and Dev. It's one of the best for performance, battery life, smoothness if you want to try Sense Rom. But I think it you can't change screen DPI, default is 480 dpi if you change Sense Rom going to behave not normal. Sense have custom kernel if you want to customize it.

- GPE I tried few Roms too like Wolla and keep TWRP backup few of it. Have few custom kernel for customization.

- CM13 ROM, I tried CrDroid, Mokee, and few other. Lately Slim6 (AOSP I think) is great but no custom kernel for customization.

So I switch around these ROMs, keep TWRP backup of ICE rom, GPE Wolla (Marshallow) and 1-2 of CM13 Roms. for my backup Sense and GPE is big size 3.5-5GB whereas CM13 is 1.5GB-3.5gb if you don't have many apps/games. It's good to have many Roms to choose from, thank you to all the Devs.
[One (M8) General] deton24:
Wow. Lots of a great responses. Thanks.

Despite of the unavailability of duo camera in CM based ROMs, have you noticed or read in some ROM descriptions, about camera quality improvements in comparison to other ROMs?

Though I use Pro HDR Camera anyway, and it does a really nice photos, I recommend. But screen has to warm colors (too much yellow) to make such photos icorrect, and I changed it by Screen Adjuster app:

+1 Red

+3 Blue (even 5 sometimes)

Too much changes of colors which adds blue and takes out yellow, have negative influence on overall deep of colors

I'm also curious about working of Boom Sound on such ROMs as Ice which you describe as the best. Especially after installing and using Viper which may also have used separate setting profile when nothing can be set, so whether only installing Viper disables Boom Sound, or can we just keep it disabled to preserve Boom Sound on speakers. But probably it may be enough to disable Viper to preserve Boom Sound, if Ice ROM have it at all.
[One (M8) General] :
do we have similar roms like Sony's Concept Marshmallow? basically it was aosp with core sony apps :D I am on Verizon M8 :D
[One (M8) General] Moon75:
hi, if you want you can download Sony apps (apk file) like from apkmirror.com and install them, I use app like movie player, album etc.
[One (M8) General] jshamlet:
I'll throw another vote in for stock US Developer Edition. I'm running the MM DevEd release, and it is darn near perfect. It's trivially rooted, doesn't have permissions issues on /system, and has very little "bloat" to begin with. You also get a nifty Windows based RUU to set it up or reinstall it.

I've tried several alternate ROMs, but I always come back to the DevEd ROM. Everything works, no exceptions.
[One (M8) General] Xhemal1325:
whats the diference between DevED Rom and internacional one (6.12.401.4) ?
[One (M8) General] cmoore1115:
I have tried just about every one of them.

If you really like music, then don't waste your time with anything other then S-Rom. If you want solid and stable with all carrier features working( T-Moble/ Wifi-calling/Name ID). Then Ice Rom is for you. If features and tweaks run your rom life check out ResurrectionRemix5-7-2 Rom. Viper Roms use to fill that spot, but lately have been very slow, and tend to drop signal for no reason. Try a few of them, everyone has different tastes. Good Luck!
[One (M8) General] mada2485:
Hi guys, i am currently running cm 13, but I am looking to get another rom. I just want it to be very very smooth. Help me pick one please
[One (M8) General] fearfighters:
ICE has been amazing in terms of battery life and smoothness for me.
[One (M8) General] Oel:
That's right!
[One (M8) General] mada2485:
intalled ice today. I liked it a lot. But i have an big issue.. i can't connect to snapchat whatever i do, no xposed, not even rooted.. So, is it worth to switch to the s-team one?
[One (M8) General] TharakaKS:
Lately, I'm using Slim6 and it performs very well. Most stable AOSP/CM rom for me.

I have been thinking to try ICE Rom. Can anyone post Screen on times with app usage on ICE Rom?

Which ICE rom you guys prefer? Ice v8.2.0 or Ice r64?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
R64 and R 71 are very fast, very stable and extremly battery friendly.
[One (M8) General] Krendelrus:
There is no such thing like a best ever rom, you should try them all and make your own opinion.

I'm going with the S.Team roms though
[One (M8) General] khoabachbk:
Do u have link of r71? please give me, thanks!
[One (M8) General] MotoE2014:
with what settings?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424961295

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With ElementalX-m8-7.00.11-Sense_alex6600 kernel, 2,5 ghz max, min 268 Mhz.

smeejaytee's_M8_Booster_v5.

Thats it.

Brightness 50%

Soundmod v4arisefx

Thats it.
[One (M8) General] khoabachbk:
can give me setting in ElementalX-kernel?, no have choose for 268Mhz.
[One (M8) General] sk4ze:
Link for the r64 anyone? Thanks in advance! :)

REPOST: Found it!
[One (M8) General] sk4ze:
Sense = ICE r64(Just flashed this), JW 5.4.0 + Sense 8 transformation mod, ARHD!

All of these with Elemental X.

AOSP/CM = Slim6!

Can't stress this enough, best AOSP rom out there.
[One (M8) General] Oel:
Ah, ok.

For others:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424948751
[One (M8) General] kmry:
is that GPE or Sense?
[One (M8) General] Mastermind_hassan:
ICE?

Ice r71(ice-8.1.0_M8_UHL) is sense 8?
[One (M8) General] Zile995:
It's hybrid, Sense 7 ROM with Sense 8 apps.
[One (M8) General] Mastermind_hassan:
Recommend which one is faster? ICE rom or Google play edition rom like blues ?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
I like the Blues rom, but ICE is faster. And better battery.
[One (M8) General] Mastermind_hassan:
Which you recommend me as a daily driver?
[One (M8) General] kmry:
ICE r64 or 71? or the new 82?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
R71 ist the best. 8.2 is buggy and have mor battery consumption.

I was going back to R71 and i am happy with that.

No bugs, unbeatable in fluitness and battery.
[One (M8) General] NiffStipples:
Did you do a dirty flash to downgrade or setup everything from scratch?
[One (M8) General] Oel:
Always a clean flash.

It's safer.
[One (M8) General] NiffStipples:
Of course you're right - i'm just lazy ;) Do you have links to the ElementalX-m8-7.00.11-Sense_alex6600 kernel and Soundmod v4arisefx you've mentioned 2 pages ago? I just found a version back from April on the official ElementalX page?
[One (M8) General] Zile995:
ElementalX 7.0.11 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=69050122
[One (M8) General] lmentor:
ICE 8.2.2 is good for me. You can try it.
[One (M8) General] SumanthBv:
Which would be a better custom kernel for cm based ROM like the Sudamod?
[One (M8) General] osidacarlo:
After reading this thread I am convinced to try ICE Rom. But when I checked their available roms on their site for m8 I cant find r64 version. Why is that?

Also, what's the diffeence between 8.2.0 and r64?

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Anyone tried wolla m8 sense or gpe. Thoughts on the rom? :)
[One (M8) General] Virtxer:
Hi i looking for sense based rom without xposed, any solutions ?
[One (M8) General] ahmed.ismael:
Flash any sense rom and don't flash xposed :silly:

Try s-rom,ViperOneM8,LeeDroid or ICE

The greatest battery life was on this rom on both sense&GPE ( i didn't try the latest )

Give it a try it's a good rom
[One (M8) General] ichiai:
VenomRoms

-- my go to rom for the customizable features - it was great until version 5.x, because after 6.x the ppl behind started to focus more, i believe on htc10, and now the latest 6.1.0v is really buggy. had to ...

Dirty Unicorns

DU is my go to rom on my nexus 7 and after VenomRoms for HTC M8 had been sort of abonded i need something more stable and swtiched to this. I really enjoy it, except it crashes frquently, and I believe NYChitman discontinued both m8 and nexus 7 .

I have tried SKY Dragon - and it was ok. had some things I didnt think were necessary to me so left it

I also tried ARHD and have same useless opinion as my SKY Dragon.

I am not crazy on the hk and sound mods, nor using elemental x

Right now becaues my two fav. roms have been abandoned I see there is good word on ice r71. which should be fun.
[One (M8) General] ushabuntu:
This article made me come back to S.Team ROM and it's amazing!

I had a problem with my camera and general performance with my Stock Marshmallow ROM, and I bumped into this thread.

I installed JW 5.4 with the Elemental X kernel (which is optional to directly install within the Aroma installer from the S.Team ROM)

AND WOW - Stable and functional as Stock, much faster, and Camera app with a couple more useful features (slow-mo that is easier to access and Hyperlapse)

Important to note - I used the S.Team and other ROMs in the past, but had a couple of issues that made me go back to Stock. Apparently I didn't try hard enough, and this proved me wrong :)

So thanks again to everyone commenting and giving feedback. It's really great to be back :good:
[One (M8) General] Netherdrake034:
Hello guys i am going to flash ice-8.2.2_M8_UHL_MM60_SENSE80GP_HTC_WWE_6.12.401.4.zip

Is it good?
[One (M8) General] Netherdrake034:
I flashed ICE and now its stuck on HTC logo! WHAT TO DO?
[One (M8) General] osidacarlo:
Any updates?
[One (M8) General] Leon:
Yes.

Did you manage to fix it ? Probably you don't have last version of firmware and twrp. This is my suggestion,
[One (M8) General] Netherdrake034:
Yeah i fixed it. Had to go into recovery and clean Dalvik cache.
[One (M8) General] tunnex190:
Please which one of ice rom r71 and 8.2.2 is advisable to flash?
[One (M8) General] ChristopherXI:
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R71 is 8.1.0
[One (M8) General] tunnex190:
yeah I know about that... Just asking which of the two is more stable?
[One (M8) General] ChristopherXI:
R71 is better than the latest one .
[One (M8) General] matique:
After trying ARHD, Viper, ICE, CM14 and GPE, I've decided to go down the GPE route as it is the most stable + smoothest imo.

Here's a summary of my setup:

GPE MM rom

Elemental X kernel [MENTION=3058039]2.2[/MENTION]ghz

Xposed for customisation needs

Sense gallery and camera for best photo quality, relatively speaking.

Won't be playing around roms for much longer, until CM14/Lineage becomes daily driver friendly. Very happy with my current setup.
[One (M8) General] HypostaticOnion:
I'm basically settled on the same thing. I need to tune my kernel settings and check out the sense stuff.
[One (M8) General] osidacarlo:
can you give me the link for sense camera and gallery? And is your rom official gpe rom or custom roms like wolla/skydragon/blues gpe?
[One (M8) General] matique:
Hey there. I'm running the official GPE ROM. You can grab it here, along with the sense camera and gallery from the OP:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708589
[One (M8) General] Zile995:
GPE is smoother with Skydragon kernel. :)
[One (M8) General] osidacarlo:
Okay thanka bro. Another thing, does dt2w works on the flashable gpe rom?
[One (M8) General] matique:
Haven't tried on stock kernel. Works fine with elemental kernel :)
[One (M8) General] alloyd76:
Dev edition

hi can someone tell me

whats the difference between the DevED Rom and the european one (6.12.401.4) ?

thanks
[One (M8) General] Netherdrake034:
Guys here is my experience.

I flashed ICE rom first. Its GUI was bad but performance was excellent. Got bored very quickly and annoyed by the wifi speed icon on top left.

I quickly then flash s.team JW 7.5.0 and i am loving it since. Its user friendly, much better looking compared to other roms and best performance. Its htc 10 sense 8 total port to m8. Dolby atmos works perfectly. I get SOT of 2-3 hours if you consider that my battery is totally finished and my phone turns off 20-35%. I have elemental x with this ROM. I am using nova launcher currently.

I would totally suggest you to flash this rom. Dont listen to other people saying flash ice, viper or something else because there performance might be great but they are roms not user friendly.

I have made my phone look like google pixel ui :D

I am going to replace my m8 battery soon and will tell you about the new sot which will be probably going to be b/w 4-6hours i.e. is great for a 2600mAh phone.
[One (M8) General] :
How did you made it look like the pixel? I wanna try it too! :D
[One (M8) General] :
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[One (M8) General] Netherdrake034:
Nova launcher.
[One (M8) General] ujinking:
Why Jw version instead of SL version? I want to flash SRom too
[One (M8) General] krokanic:
Deleted...

Sorry guys, i thought i am in s.rom thread...;)
[One (M8) General] prxy01:
guys can you give me the link for ice rom r71 please. thanks
[One (M8) General] Xhemal1325:
are you using it ? I really love GPE, but its not so faster compared to stock sense, i tried elemental x kernel, but cant say much , but not tried skydragon kernel ?!
[One (M8) General] idovgart:
AFAIK, SDkernel doesn't have latest GPU-fix, so you have to flash it and then flash latest ElementalX repack, which does have all latest fixes. But on GPE I've faced noticeable battery drain with this setup, compared to lyapota kernel...
[One (M8) General] Xhemal1325:
GPE, is slower compared to sense, idk meaby RAM manage problems, but its slower compared to sense, i tried it with elemental x but doesnt fix much, i thought any other kernel may make it better :)
[One (M8) General] Zile995:
Sense has faster animations. Also GPE has bad scrolling. With SkyDragon, scrolling is better, but that kernel doesn't have stock GPU settingg. It would be smoother and faster with stock GPU settings.
[One (M8) General] FIFATG:
I'm running (M8 Google Play Edition | Marshmallow 6.0 MRA58K.H15) with ElementalX kernel & Xposed.

Good combination of a stock ROM and added features.

Works great.
[One (M8) General] Nathan2:
Is there any difference in audio quality between the different custom ROMs? Is there any funny business like the DAC and/or headphone amp working under the official ROM only?
[One (M8) General] osidacarlo:
Hey guys what rom has the full Sense 8 look and features?
[One (M8) General] Zile995:
S.Team ROMs.
[One (M8) General] erlange:
IMO full Sense 8 visual must meet the following criterias:

1. Home launcher UI including BlinkFeed

2. Settings app look and feel (colourful icons would be a plus)

3. Quick Settings display and customisation

4. Card view or grid view of Recent apps

5. Acceptable fluidity and performance

I found the following ROMs fit into abovementioned:

- ICE

- ARHD

- SkyDragon

- LeeDroid

The followings are not:

- ViperOne

- RR

- S-ROM

- and other CM-based ROMs

I like the wider range of customisation features of CM-based ROMs but hate them also for the appearances of Quick Settings and the Settings app. I can even hardly change the Card View in the Recent apps into Grid View in those CM-based ROMs. They simply brings torment to my old eyes.

While this is only my personal opinion and may seem ridiculous to CM fanboys but those are the most used features of a phone that I will use daily. One might argue on this subjective mere visual matters, but I really am that shallow: when it looks nasty then bye bye ROM.
[One (M8) General] ahmed.ismael:
I see your opinion Trend to stock based rom and not for something other than stok base ( good for you )

But aosp/los,s-rom,viper 6.1.0 are more than just stock base

Also viper 5.0.2 and below is stock base with a lot of customization and tweaks ( almost have all features exist in all roms in one )

That's just my opinion ( i'm a cm/los/aosp fanboy though ) :silly:
[One (M8) General] kempactick:
Did you replaced the battery? new sot?
[One (M8) General] Moon75:
I tried most of the roms here, best MM stock rom would be Ice or ViperOne. Nougat roms maybe Slim 7.1 and AOSiP. Sound is better on MM stock roms. System speed for install/update app much faster on Nougat roms, MM stock is quite smooth when use the phone, battery similar but you can set kernel for more battery life.
[One (M8) General] bradley_e_smith:
Echo on Speaker with CM

I didn't see anyone mention it, but on CM based ROMs the other caller gets an echo (unless they also switch to speaker phone). I find that with GPE or Sense ROMS, this is not an issue. I read once that the CM issue is due to using the wrong microphone when using the speaker phone.
[One (M8) General] Nalub:
Hello. I will receive my HTC M8 phone on Monday, and I have read this thread in order to make a decision about which ROM I should install, and I will probably install ice rom r71, based on the opinions about the battery life, because this is a pretty important aspect. I imagine that the sound will be ok, like on the other ROMs, if it is so, then I will go with it. I have read that it is a good combination with ElementalX-m8-7.00.11-Sense_alex6600 , that is a custom kernel. I have found the file, and I am downloading it, but can you tell me how to install it? I imagine that I need to flash firstly the ROM, and after the kernel. I don't have big experience with this, I have installed many custom ROM's, but many years ago, when I've had an Orange Boston phone, and after I have used only decives with ios, so any advice is welcomed, about how to do this
[One (M8) General] deton24:
Why are you asking here instead of dedicated topic, or in some other kernel's topic? And you may have readme file inside.

BTW. Use 500-700mA charger, not 1600, or even quick charge, it may deteriorate battery life painfully. At least avoid normal 1600mA. You can even use PC USB on night.
[One (M8) General] ckpv5:
First thing you need to do is make sure your device has the latest firmware on it. You can see the OS.no on bootloader for the firmware. Most latest Sense based ROMs are on Marshmalow so your firmware need to be on same level.

You should have OS no. 6.xx.xxx.x and be sure your device variant GSM or CDMA (verizon, LRA, sprint).

Some ROMs work for both GSM & CDMA, some not.

CDMA ROM won't work on GSM.

Use latest TWRP version for Marshmallow firmware. First install custom ROM zip then custom kernel zip.
[One (M8) General] romirom:
Searching in progress...

I want:

- !Motion launch gestures (preferably with swipe to sleep/wake)

- !My banking app to work -> need to use Magisk as root (don't need safetyNet, becouse IKO only checks root and it can't detect magisk)

- !Xposed for PBMC

- !Good sound -> Only stock MM roms

- Stock gpe quicksettings

- A bit of customization

I tried:

ViperOne - great customization options!

6.1.0 -> Stock gpe quicksettings with better mobile data toogle than GPE, battery - 4 days of little use on one charge(airplane during night), but ADB authorization doesn't work - had to manually install adb_keys - annoying. Also when you install magisk motion launch stops working, ewen with EX //dealbreaker.

5.0.2 -> Sense QSWhen you uninstall superSu (to change for magisk) it doesn't boot.

SRom - (JW) Nice rom, many sound effects to choose from. Stock gpe QS with better mobile data toogle than GPE.

but when i try to set up IKO it stops when i have to choose my PIN -> can't pay with my phone //next!

Will try ICE, but i know it has Sense QS ☹

Maybe GPE rom, but don’t know which – SD, stock GPE, Others And then the kernel – ElementalX, EX repack, SD, stock?
[One (M8) General] erlange:
AOSP is fine with me so long as it has Sense QS and Sense Recent Apps (not China Sense) which I haven't found in any AOSP ROMS so far
[One (M8) General] Monzer_:
Guys what is the most updated stable rom out there ?? doesn't matter if its nougat or mm
[One (M8) General] CrazyTurk42:
Which one is the most energy efficient ROM? I'm asking this because the phone is only going to tucked down somewhere. (for home automation)
[One (M8) General] romirom:
Strictly for battery i would choose ResurectionRemix N and don't install play store nor google play services (battery eating monster). Eventually stock with most apps&bloat removed/disabled (including store and gp services)
[One (M8) General] nastelroy:
I vote jazz rom#006 by lonelyx

HTC m8 Verizon (LRA)

F2FS filesystem

Undervoltage -25 mv

Overclocked 2.65 ghz

Always thick high performance mode in developer options

Change all animation to 0.5

Force gpu rendering

Change battery to their M9 battery

Sot 4:25, sleep 25 hrs, combination 9 hrs

That combination is inevitable.