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Old 04-16-2009, 01:25 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

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Old 04-16-2009, 07:11 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

I was wondering if it was worth the effort also.


I disabled TouchFlo 3D and installed SPB Mobile Shell 2.0

and now my phone is pretty quick.

How much quicker can it get?

I'm beginning to think that TouchFlo3d was the major issue.

It seems like I have a ton of memory now also since I made the switch to SPB Mobile Shell.
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Old 04-16-2009, 07:16 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

I thought I was happy and had my phone where I wanted until I started flashing. Two of the best IMO are the Mighty and Juicy ROMs. I'm on MightyROM 4.16 & TF3D is enabled & my phone is as fast as it's ever been
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Old 04-16-2009, 07:30 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

It would help to see a demo of how much faster it really is.

It took me forever to set up my phone how I like it so if I'm going to flash, I want to see why it would be worth it.

Like I was saying, with SPB Mobile 2.0, it's pretty quick.

And navigation is way better than TouchFlo3d IMO.
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Old 04-16-2009, 07:33 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

To be honest, the stock Sprint rom is pretty good. It's solid and pretty much bug-free.

I tried a few roms, just for the hell of it. Mainly because I had already unlocked my phone to install a different radio.

There was always some type of annoying little problem with every rom I tried. A bug, something that didn't work right, some extra programs that were useless to me...

I was ready to go back to stock, but I tried one of Juicy's rom and I was impressed. It's faster than stock, leaner, it didn't have annoying bugs.

And now, with TF3D2, no way I'm going back to stock.
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Old 04-16-2009, 07:43 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

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It would help to see a demo of how much faster it really is.

It took me forever to set up my phone how I like it so if I'm going to flash, I want to see why it would be worth it.

Like I was saying, with SPB Mobile 2.0, it's pretty quick.

And navigation is way better than TouchFlo3d IMO.
Why not back it up (I recommend Sprite Backup http://www.spritesoftware.com/produc...p/full-edition ) unlock your phone and then flash one of the many Roms available yourself. You can always reflash & relock your phone & restore everything with a backup.

I would also recommend backing the device up twice
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Old 04-17-2009, 10:33 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

I felt the same way when i first started looking to flash my phone,, however i have the pleasure of working with Ivan at my place of business,, after talking to him and getting info on flashing i took the dive,, so after flashing 8 different roms onto my phone i was able to compile a list of things i liked and didnt like,,so i took a dive again and started to cook my own roms,, after several attemps (mainly because of forgetting to put something "vital" in) i now have a very stable, bug-free and personalizied rom built for my likes needs and wants,, then i have another rom that is a theme rom for the tv show "Doctor Who",, plus its a lite and mainly sprint free rom (ie. taking out all sprint customizations). dont get me wrong the sprint rom is just fine (insert a good comment of sprint due to the fact i work for them) for the every day user,, but for someone that wants more out of their device then a new may be your answer,,

In short what im try to convey is that its a way of making your phone "YOUR PHONE".

Flashing to another rom is like getting to try out a different operating systems on you computer,,
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Old 04-17-2009, 10:58 PM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

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It would help to see a demo of how much faster it really is.
That's what I want to know. I like TF3D but I'd love it if the phone just worked faster. I've done all the registry tweaks I can find and have a 3/9/09 build phone. Can it really get that much faster and keep TF3D? Or maybe TF3D2
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

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I have been trying all morning to send this short little audio clip to my friend as a mms message like I used to on my old Clamshell Samsung A920. I'm using my Touch Pro on Sprint with the 4.16 Mighty Rom. I read HERE that mms is no longer supported by sprint for Windows Mobile devices. There used to be a 3rd party app that you could use but in 2008 sprint started blocking it.

Is this still the case today?
That's early 2008.....This is almost mid 2009. My MMS works great as me and the wife send pics through pic mail all the time.
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Old 04-18-2009, 08:12 AM
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Re: Why use a custom ROM?

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Can it really get that much faster and keep TF3D?
Yes, it can.

I have a Sprint TouchPro (so it has tons of free memory) activated on Verizon. When I switched to Mighty 4.16 the speed difference was night & day from any stock ROM (including the leaked VZ ROM which is better than the stock Sprint ROM)

Even with TF3D enabled (I use the cfc compressed HD version as it is faster than the standard version) there is absolutely no lag whatever. Everything I click on opens/responds etc. almost instantly. The only place I get any noticeable lag at all is opening the music tab as it is seto to read mp3's from my card (always slower than main memory) & I have over 500 songs there it has to catalog.

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