[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] paocavallo:
[POLL][UPD 7 feb]My personal Android Builds TOP TEN -Vote & review yours too here!

I wrote this thread with the aim of report my personal experience (7 months of tests) with android builds on my HTC HD2 [Eur512].

All builds are sorted from the best one to the "worse" one...

It could be surely improved and corrected through the suggestion and the opinion of everyone of you in order to build a more exact review.

So, everyone of you is driven by these goals, is wellcome to post anything here.

I hope this could be also useful for next developments and/or statistics.

Every review is written in a synthetic form in order to be more simply to search the feature wanted, but if you want more explaination you are wellcome to ask for posting the question here.

Everyone wants to post a his own experience about any build is kindly requested to do it using the same synthetic form like mine.

P.S.: All my tests are carried out on pure builds without any modification or fixes(=so as released by authors).

I didn't consider similar builds and builds that don't fit fine for my device (Leo512 with Italian language)

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HIT LIST:

1)

DL DesireZ v3.4[DL Data2SD/Ext4 v2.7]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913597

Main device features:

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: very good voice quality (and loud volume call)...just a little SCREEN lag when you unhold the phone from your ear...

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: very fast without any lag (just sometimes 3G data connection starts a few seconds after you switch it on)!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: very good without any database SQL language conversion issues...

- PC USB connection: everything seems OK!

- battery consumption: just like the other ones...

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK, but the system doesn't resize the attachment and data connection doesn't start automatically...

Other issues:

- JUST LIKE OTHER NAND ROMs: there is a big issue due to SD unmounting after the REBOOT that corrupts data!!!

- JUST LIKE THE OTHE NAND ROMs: the battery charging system is not good: when I charge it after switched off the device, the orange led light signals a neverending chargin time (It' always organge coloured also after 8-10 hours of charging!) -> fixed with MAGLDR 1.13

IMPORTANT:

- Over all it's very important to undermake that this build is too much customizable and the builder provides a lot of tips and small app... very good!!

2)

DL Desire Z 4.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=962600

Main device features:

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: voiceloud enough (more than the rafpigna's kernel ones), but not so loud and cleas so as the one of the v.3.5, and there is a long SCREEN lag when you put the phone far from your ear (proximity sensor issue)...

- Bluetooth: doesn't cuple any earphones!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: very fast without any lag (but sometimes 3G data connection starts a few seconds after you switch it on)!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: very good without any database SQL language conversion issues...

- PC USB connection: everything seems OK!

- battery consumption: just like the other ones...

- Wi-Fi: OK...but sometimes 3G data connection starts a few seconds after you switch it on..

- mms: OK, but the system doesn't resize the attachment and data connection doesn't start automatically in order to send the message...

Other issues:

- JUST LIKE OTHER NAND ROMs: there is a big issue due to SD unmounting after the REBOOT that corrupts all data (and dandi rescue app doesn't fix this issue too!)!!!

- JUST LIKE THE OTHE NAND ROMs: the battery charging system is not good: if you switch off the phone and then you insert the charger into the device it switch on automatically -> due to MAGLDR 1.13

- GMAIL doesn't send soon emails...

- the htc news widget is disapperad (the apposite dandi's fix doesn't work!)

- the very very very useful POWER OPTION MENU (the one when you hold the power button) has been removed...

IMPORTANT:

- Over all it's very important to undermake that this build (so as all dandi's builds) is too much customizable and the builder provides a lot of tips and small app... very good!!

3)

RAFDROID HD 2.4 [DATA2EXT][Kern:MDJ 10.3]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=908528

Main device features:

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: sometimes robovoice!

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: fast but with some lags..

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: some database SQL language conversion issues...

- PC USB connection: everything seems OK!

- battery consumption: just like the other ones...

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK!

Other issues:

- JUST LIKE THE OTHE NAND ROM: the battery charging system is not good: when I charge it after switched off the device, the orange led light signals a neverending chargin time (It' always organge coloured also after 8-10 hours of charging!) -> fixed with MAGLDR 1.13

- Often there are long keyboard typing lags (usually when just the keyboard appears)

4)

AF403 DesireHD stock based 1.1 [/data ext4onSD][Krn:MDJS10.3]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=907387

Main device features:

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: it's OK:1) the call volume is loud enough, 2) robovoice is just an old nightmare; also if the sound quality isn't perfect.....

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: OK (also if a little bit slow)

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: some issues with charge mode and notifications...

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: some database SQL language conversion issues...

- PC USB connection: sync doesn't fully works

- battery consumption: it's seems good enough

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK!

Other issues are:

- the battery charging system is not good: when I charge it after switched off the device, the orange led light signals a neverending chargin time (It' always organge coloured also after 8-10 hours of charging!) -> fixed with MAGLDR 1.13

- the htc weather city database is empty so I can't insert any location: I can only see the local one! -> due to SQL database language conversion issue...

- google syncronization is very long lasting...

- some SQL database programs doesn't work good (i.e.: carango, ilMeteo, etc..) in my language (maybe due to metric unit transformation)

5)

[DFT]LEO "Stock Desire" NAND Android ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893620

Main device features:

- Too little space for installation apps on the device and storage!!!

- Camera with working flash: OK!

Phone: it's a disaster:1) often the call volume is very low and, if I fix the issue by switching on the

loudspeacker, after a few calls/reboot, it comes back again... 2) robovoice is another big issue that come back again and again (everytime I install/unistall am app); 3) when the phone loose the signal, it never come back again (I have to switch on and then off again the airplane mode in order to let it come!)

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: ok, but sometimes there are some stucks!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: OK!

- PC USB connection: sync doesn't fully wors

- battery consumption: not very good...battery drains a little bit fast (it doesn't last for a full day normal usage)

- Wi-Fi: ok, but sometimes there are some stucks!

- mms: OK!

- touch screen: sometimes it doesn't respond to the finger touch!

Other issues are:

- sometimes, during the stanby, the device screen doesn't switch on anymore

- there is too little storage space for installing apps and when you reach the full or something like that the root access goes crazy!

- the battery charging system is not good: when I charge it after switched off the device, the orange led light signals a neverending chargin time (It' always organge coloured also after 8-10 hours of charging!) -> maybe due to a MAGLDR 1.11 issue...

- Over all, battery drains a little bit fast (it doesn't last for a full day normal usage)

6)

[SD] |/\/\/\| phiremod SkinnyEvo Final Edition |/\/\/\| [Hastarin r8.6]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=791835

According to me this is the best SD version build!

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: OK (and the sound is loud enough)

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: test in progress

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: drops very very very very often!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: OK!

- PC USB connection: test in progress....

- battery consumption: not very good...

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: test in progress

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too, but I found these issues too:

- sometimes the screen become black and everything stops to work. It's impossible to reactivate the screen and switch off the device: I must just to put off the battery and restart......

- there isn't the connection menu (data switch, plain mode, silent mode etc...) when you hold the power hard key...

- android market often crashes and/or download/upgrade processes stop themselves

7)

[SD]MDJ Revolution HD v.2.2=-[SQUASH][kernel:MDJ S9.1 OC]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=866558

- Camera with working flash: test in progress...

- Phone: OK (and the sound is loud enough) but when internet drops it stops to work too!

- Bluetooth: test in progress...

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK!

- Compass: test in progress...

- 3G/HSDPA data: drops often!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: test in progress...(it needs LED me know?)

- Keypad LED control: test in progress...(it needs LED me know?)

- Multilanguage: OK!

- PC USB connection: test in progress...

- battery consumption: OK!

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: test in progress...(it needs LED me know?)

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too.

8)

[SD] MCCM HD V2.0(DESIRE HD)[kernel hastarin r8.5.1]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=856312

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: OK but the sound isn't loud enough

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: not always accurate

- Compass: not always accurate

- 3G/HSDPA data: OK

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: doesn't work (you can fix this issue by installing the "led ne know" app)

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: not every languages supported (you can fix this issue by installing into a previos mssm version data.img)

- PC USB connection: not supported everything....

- battery consumption: OK!

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK!

Found a big issue when I open every phone book contact: process com.htccontacts stopped unexpectedly (I used some posts about this issue in order to fix it but they didn't work!)

Found a big issue when I open every Facebook contact: process com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook stopped unexpectedly

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too.

9)

[SD]Android FRG83.MCCM IR V1.7.1(Incredible)[kernel hastarin r8.5.1]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773790

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: OK (and the sound is loud enough)

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: test in progress...

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: test in progress...

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: not supported completely....

- PC USB connection: test in progress...

- battery consumption: OK!

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK!

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too.

10)

[SD]MCCM SE V3.4(FroyoStone Sense)[kernel hastarin r8.5]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841644

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: OK (and the sound is loud and clean enough)

- Bluetooth: OK (headset too)!

- Gps: OK!

- a-GPS: OK but sometimes location isn't correct (3-7km far from the right one)

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA data: often drops (but you can easily recovery it by switchin it off and then on)!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: test in progress....

- Keypad LED control: test in progress....

- Multilanguage: OK!

- PC USB connection: test in progress....

- battery consumption: test in progress....

- Wi-Fi: OK!

- mms: OK!

note: often full-screen HTC widgets (i.e. meteo, friend stream, e-mail, news) freezes and a transparent "glass screen" appear upon them with the writing "updating".

Sometimes it's also possible to delete this trasparent screen (putting it in the trashold), but the widget continue to be freezed till the next reboot......

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too.

11)

[SD]MDJ FroYo Sense Clean v. 2.4 [kernel: MDJ S6.1]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780525

- Camera with working flash: OK!

- Phone: OK (and the sound is loud enough) but when internet drops it stops to work too!

- Bluetooth: OK!

- Gps: OK!

- Compass: OK!

- 3G/HSDPA Internet: drops very often!

- G-Sensor: OK!

- LED status notification: OK!

- Keypad LED control: OK!

- Multilanguage: OK!

- PC USB connection: not supported everything....

Then everything else that works on other builds works good here too