[KIOWA69]

Originally Posted by DaveTN

This is just a suggestion and NOT directed at anyone personally.
I know that everyone is excited about getting new ROM's to flash but it seems like there is a whole list of complaints that follow. I've been flashing custom ROM's on several phones for many years and here is a tried and true method that in almost all cases negates any issues.
Make sure your battery is FULLY CHARGED
Connect via Active sync. (Make sure you can browse your storage card)
Hard reset
Task29 (I DO NOT usually do this - personal preference)
Flash your new ROM.
(I prefer to NOT USE Sashimi or XDA-UC)
Let things settle in a bit and start loading your customizations one at a time. I start with "MyPhone" to restore my contacts. If all runs well, I'll do my email configuration next.
Wait a day and see how tings go. NRG has a pretty good set of included apps so I can make due without any extras for a bit.
Start loading personal apps ONE BY ONE and see how things run after each before moving on to the next. Each app that you add will take up some of the memory so adding a whole bunch will eventually eat up enough to slow things down.

Text messages - do you really need to back up and restore 1000 texts? The more you save, the SLOWER sense is.

Battery - every time something polls data, it consumes battery. Do you really need to check the weather every hour? I set mine for every 6 hours. Can you live without PUSH mail? I have mine set to check every 3 hours. Alos, is location service that important for you? They all consume energy. Just by making those changes, I can get a good 24 to 36 hours in a weak signal area.

Read teh FAQ's on the first page. There is lots of useful info there.

Browse the attached files (the paper clip icon) for NRG ROM. Lots of useful things like Arcsoft MMS fix, Keyboard Fix, etc.

Read the last 20 pages. More than likely, what you have been looking for has been answered in the last 20 pages. Trust me on that.

Soft reset. A soft reset will usually cure many ills. You can add a shortcut link (quicklink) for soft reset. NRG has included it as a feature in his ROM. So, if you have a case for your phone, you son't have to pop it off every time you have to SR.

Storage Card. Many issues are related to storage cards. If you are having problems, remove your storage card and see if they go away. Class V and better is a good choice for speed.
A couple notes on storage cards. They do have their limits to the number of reads and writes and eventually will die. Back up your data to a computer. Defragging a storage card is like peeing on a forest fire. Its useless. Formatting is necessary only very infrequently and will only buy you time if you have a failing storage card.
There has been a rash of conterfeit storage cards that even the big manufacturers fell prey to - Kingston, SanDisk, etc. The cards were very good knockoffs but the quality was substandard. (Read the article on Engadget.com)

This is just some of the things I do and I have almost NO problems with the ROM's I flash.

I hope this helps.

David

Wish I could hit the THANKS button more than once for this as it's true and exactly the stuff I do and don't have 99% of the issues that others have, then again if the ROM I'm running is running good then I don't flash every 3 days either, I wait until major changes come out and still then I wait a couple of days until things settle down and some kinks are worked out. Anyways thanks for the post and hopefully someone out there will listen and take heed of this information.