Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Looking for a reviews of the ROMs out now. Maybe including:

1.) Apps pre installed with ROM
2.) Special configurations special for the ROM
3.) Smoothness of Touchflo
4.) Glitches or current bugs
5.) Your rating 1-10 (10 being the best) of the ROM including why

Please include the date or version of the ROM you are using, as well as how long you are using it. Also, include your service provider.

I appreciate all the great works all the ROM chefs are doing out there... Just don't want to spend a day trying each and every ROM there is, when I can get advice from the community here.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Moved to the HTC Touch Pro 2 forum.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

why? this is about cooked roms not general info

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Because if you read the rules, you'd know that forum is for ROM, kitchen, and radio releases only. Anyways, where's the fun in reading about a ROM? Just flash 'em! Play with it, don't like it? Flash back.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Posted by mindfrost82

To try to keep the forums a little cleaner, we are asking that you ONLY start threads in the Upgrade forums that are to release a ROM, Kitchen, or Radio.

If you have a question about a specific ROM/Radio/Kitchen, then please post it in the appropriate thread.

ALL other threads should be the the device's forum (for example, those related to hardware, GPS, bluetooth, etc).

If you have a reg edit or tweak...if it applies to multiple devices, then please post it in the 'PPC Registry Tweaks' forum and list which devices its compatible with. If it is device specific, then post it in the device forum, NOT the Upgrades forums.

If you're not sure where to post something, then post it in the device's forum and a staff member can always move it.



Thats why.....

But only you will find the true great rom you seek. There are pros and cons for each. This is a good pretty good idea though.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

why are you like this? don't you have something better to do than to post 50 msgs about how this post should be in the cooked roms forum? this has been reported.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

:protest: I still feel since this is related to ROMs and only to ROMs, it should be in the ROM forum, but I'll stage my protest later.


As for trying the ROMs myself, I just don't have the time or patience to try all of them. That's why I was looking for a consolidation of reviews for everyone that has tried the different ROMs.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

your post is not a RELEASE of a rom/kitchen or radio thats why it was moved not to hard to figure out bud.

so u want us to do the work for u lol?

a rom that i like you might hate and vice versa each user has different ways that they use thier phones. there really arent that many out right now so as far as trying them all flash one a day for a week. flashing takes what 15 minutes. set aside 30 mins each day for a week and figure out which is best for u

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

I thought he would get the hint after I made this post but I guess not:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...25&postcount=6

As for the topic, considering how much work it entails to reconfigure the phone the way you want it, I wouldn't expect someone to test out multiple ROM's just yet. Maybe a week or so, I'd suspect.

Then again, you never know with these geeks :)

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

wow so much hate.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

I've been through three so far. I'll post up some opinions tomorrow. The power is out here and I'm tired of hearing my UPSs screech. I'm going upstairs to bed where I don't have to listen to them.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Thank You!

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

I will say this:

Kitchen will MMS

Mikes will MMS

the rest wont

(for sprint)

seems unless your rom is based on a CDMA carrier good luck on MMS can send not recieve

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

I'll drop my 2 cents...pls don't flame...

First ROM I flashed after the HSPL is NRGZ Leo ROM. I'm running the "stable" 6.5.1 build.

- love the eye candy factor...the TF3D2.5 is very nice. One issue is that you feel the limitations of your TP2...since the weather animations on the home tab is smooth, but slow.

- the bottom start button and soft keys are more refined since the last 6.5.1 build I ran while using Cal's kitchen on the TP.

- Apps are your basic out of the box for most ROMs...but by no means loaded.

- MMS as mentioned is not functioning (for Sprint)...and no fix have been identified yet.

- menu items takes a bit to get used to...but all are user friendly.

- no landscape support except music and album tabs on manila...but have been reported that it is laggy (have not personally looked at that...since I don't use either in landscape)

- having the quick links on the home tab is nice...but I'm missing the favorite program tab from TF3D2.

- probably keep this ROM for a couple of "work" days to determine day to day functionality...I can't see myself sticking with this without functioning MMS (pictures from wife of the kids during the day)

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

My 30 second review of the roms I flashed

Elite team rom: FULLY loaded, great concept.... but UGLY splash screens, ram hog, and buggy

mightymike: STABLE!, low ram usage.... but only running touchflo 2.1 (positive for some people) and I didn't care for the start menu icons

Juicy: touchflo 2.5, all the apps I needed... but was laggy for me after a few hours and it killed my battery life

NRG 6.5.1 leo: great rom.... but 6.5.1 still too buggy

NRG 6.5 leo: favorite so far, no lag, no bugs so far it's what I plan on running for a while.

Now these are my opinions I'm sure everyone will have there own, like others have said, flash em and use it for a few hours, you'll determine if you like it or not pretty quick.

PS I don't use mms so those issues have no bearing on me.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Anyone else?

<<Bumpz>>

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Whats the big deal with mms anyway? what's everyone doing sexting?

Energy rom latest OS manilla 2.5 nov 25th release. - AWESOME but a bit slow and strange things started happening. Can't wait till the 6.5.1 becomes less "beta" network issues for me and lockups.

Energy rom stable build - very awesome with bling. Stable fast and looks good random network issues for me.

Mighty Mikes - Cool but the 2.1 manilla seems like win95. 2.5 manilla ftw ah hell time for mobile shell 3.5..

Juicy R1- awesome and stable no network issues. Everything running really good. Staying with this one for awhile.

I am sprint and this is all i've tried so far

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

I've used 2: MightyMike and NRG's Leo 6.5

It's not a fair comparison really--both are really good, but they offer different experiences by design.

Mike's is more stable and fast because it uses an official WM6.5 release build with a stable Manila 2.1. It's quick and reliable and your choice if you want a trouble free device. I really like the Sense/Weather clock and some of the little tweaks.

NRG's uses more in-development software, so by no fault of his own it is less stable and optimized. But it is fun to play around and experiment with and if you can live with the quirks or somewhat more slow speed, it's a cool ROM.

An obvious conclusion is that WM6.5+ and Manila 2.5+ is going to be an awesome upgrade and I can't wait for later builds as they become more finalized--but until then, I'll just play with those ROMs on occasion and use Mike's for everyday usage.

Personally I think everything I said could be discerned from the Chef's own notes--it's a pretty logical conclusion and experience.

Re: Anyone feel like doing a review of the ROMs out now?
 

Yes, I have seen the notes that each Chef writes about their ROM...but it's the actual usage that everyone gets out of it that I want to hear about. A chef may not care about doing MMS, but as u see in this thread, others do..

I for one am a little wary of using Manila 2.5 as I do a lot of going through the menu's in landscape mode (cause I am too lazy to close the keyboard). So I wanted to hear opinions on this.. Also, on glitches people may have on builds of a chef's rom (something that won't be in their notes), or even if one ROM had a better response time then another.