What do you think about gingerbread-evo-deck ROM?

[fixxxer2012]

it's better than cm7 IMO. i used it for awhile until i found salvage-mod, now im hooked on that one.

[lkillen]

Originally Posted by johntiger

I kind of miss sense too but with me having a job where I can't keep my phone plugged in all day you can't beat the battery life with deck's rom. I mean I can easily get through my 12 hour day with more than half a charge left even with tree email apps both facebook and twitter widgets and the engadget widget running. It would be really nice to figure out what sense is doing that's sucking the battery. If I could only get the stupid GPS to work correctly and a better contacts act because the one included sucks.

Sense we are going to have a Rim fight here, I have to agree with you. Non-sense makes a world of difference.

The gingerbread to rule them all will have a Sense/NonSense switch.

[princem131]

Originally Posted by PropagandaX

Triple agree. Android by itself is not that polished. HTC has made some nice changes to the UI, not just the widgets. Decks rom was nice but I too always end back at sense. I give him kudos for bringing one of the first EVO ginger-roms to ppcgeeks, i much prefer this site than xda anyday.

I guess I quadruple agree lol... I've been running Deck for a few weeks now and it is great; VVM and GPS fix worked flawlessly. I just really miss Sense. Every time I look at my gf's Shift I almost switch back. I've installed a lot of apps to get as close to Sense as possible but it is just not the same. I really just can't believe how far behind stock android is from Sense with some very basic features and functions imo. I had to download:

- Beautiful Widgets to get my clock and weather widget back (really nice since you can easily customize the widget)
- SyncMyPics to get Facebook contact pics back
-TouchPal Dialer to regain the ability to dial a persons name to search right in the dialer (completely RIDICULOUS that this is not a a default Android feature!!)

One small bonus has been that I can use the wiimote controller app now that the Sense bluetooth issue is removed. I'd have to say I definitely like it better than CM7 but I may be headed back to a Sense rom soon, Gingerbread alone is not worth it and I haven't noticed as extreme improvements to battery life as you guys have been posting.

But a great stable rom. Great job DECK!!!

[BlackDynamite]

I too am a pretty big Sense fan. I think I am going to try that new SPB Shell 3D and put it on the Evo Deck ROM. It seems to have all the features of Sense (and even more) so it might be the best of both worlds.

[mac_evo]

@ 12 hours in, no complaints. Have been on several other ROMs, but this is the first GB ROM that has been giving me good battery life. Not sure I really miss SENSE but we will see.

[Phase202]

I have been running deck's rom for the last week. I love sense but there are many benefits to gingerbread that you cant overlook. I love being able to use the wiimote (with a classic controller hooked to it) and palying my favorite games. I too have seen a tremendous gain in battery life. But i am also a very indecisive person, so i bought a bigger SD card so i can switch freely between my fav roms

Now running deck's but i switch often between CM7 RC4, Virus Airborn RC6, & Warm Z . 2 gingers and 2 sense Decks Rom is awesome. Definitely one to keep around.

[calebt]

Originally Posted by BlackDynamite

I too am a pretty big Sense fan. I think I am going to try that new SPB Shell 3D and put it on the Evo Deck ROM. It seems to have all the features of Sense (and even more) so it might be the best of both worlds.

Thats exactly what I did. Runs smooth needs more widgets though.

[BlackDynamite]

Well I am having a couple issues with the Evo Deck. I installed SPB Shell 3D right after the ROM so I don't know if my issues are related to the ROM or SPB Shell 3D.

When my phone rings, it only rings in my bluetooth headset. Same thing with alarms, when an alarm sounds it only goes off in the bluetooth headset.

Of course if I unpair my bluetooth headset or turn it off, then the phone and alarm sounds go through the phone speaker.

[lkillen]

I just flashed Plutonium because I am such a Rom ***** and cannot resist a new one. But I am getting ready to flash back to Deck's. I just don't see the big deal of a Sense rom. I have always turned off all the auto-synching and did it manually anywho.

I like the screen control of Decks. The visuals as so kool.

I also like MIUI's rom but it still has too many things that don't work to be my main Rom. MIUIs are so close to an Inception dream. (a theme I am working on, BTW)

[lkillen]

I was running Plutonium for a day but going back to Deck's. I hate to plug his Rom but I really like to be rid of the Sense cluter. The simple size of the install tells it all. Deck's runs less that 80 meg whereas the typical Rom is 190MB.