Fastest 8525 Rom

[kaiory]

Monday I received my 8525 in the mail. After setting everything up and playing with wm5 for a few hours I switched to vp3g's latest rom. I've done some tweaks to increase speed but it's still a little sluggish.

I've looked at the benchmarks that Karhu has made but I'm still not sure which I should be trying. Of course I could install new roms and find the one I think is fastest, but I'd like to get other peoples input on this.

What is the fastest rom? I'm looking for something that switches from landscape to portrait mode the fastest and opens programs and menus the fastest.

[CUSTEL]

Just try them all, you will receive mixed opinions from users that use different rom's. You are the only one that can determine which is the fastest for you.

[scousemartin]

as custel has stated ,try them all, thats what i did to find the best rom for me :)

[galaxys]

Yes, again the same question just a different day...

Go with your instincts and try a few!

[larsuck]

Yes, try a few and then post back here with what you think is fastest to switch from portrait to landscape. I am curious.

[CUSTEL]

Yes, try a few and then post back here with what you think is fastest to switch from portrait to landscape. I am curious.
Most likely one of the roms with a larger pagepool...

[WDawn]

I've tried most of them and Black Satin and Hypercore SE feel the most responsive. Mind that you have to install your software on the SD card to keep your ROM snappy.

[CUSTEL]

I've tried most of them and Black Satin and Hypercore SE feel the most responsive. Mind that you have to install your software on the SD card to keep your ROM snappy.
Where you install software has nothing to do with the system response....

[SH4YD33]

I've tried most of them and Black Satin and Hypercore SE feel the most responsive. Mind that you have to install your software on the SD card to keep your ROM snappy.

Yep.. Most roms when flashed are quick but slow down with the amount of programs you install/run. Just keep that in mind.

[WDawn]

Where you install software has nothing to do with the system response....

Weird, i do feel that the responsiveness of the system goes down when i install the apps in the phone memory. When i install them on the sd card the system remains much snappier.

That's my impression anyway.

[MistaRip]

schaps 4.01

[nvisi0n]

Weird, i do feel that the responsiveness of the system goes down when i install the apps in the phone memory. When i install them on the sd card the system remains much snappier.

That's my impression anyway.

I feel the same on this also...

BTW, I have used both Schap's 4.00 Full, Scahps 4.01 Lite and VP3G's latest releases (3.62.3?) All awesomely cooked ROMS and props to the chefs, but the ATT official Carrier release seems to be the speediest of all.

[myv6mustang]

Now when you say snappier are you guys refering to the program running or just navigating around the ROM? My programs i need to run fast always run faster in main memory. As for fastest i like hypercore and beleive it or not the New ATT but ive been throught about 12-15 roms and versions since ive had my device and the ATT made it the longest with about 3 weeks use. :cool:

[Gman007]

...beleive it or not the New ATT but ive been throught about 12-15 roms and versions since ive had my device and the ATT made it the longest with about 3 weeks use. :cool:

Where do you find the time to constantly do updates? That and don't you get sick of reinstalling software and updating stuff? Updating this thing is a major inconvenience, especially when you have to scrap all your dates on the calendar. (I know Activesync is supposed to back this up, but still, what PITA). This kind of constant tinkering is what drives people to the likes of the iPhone (I'm not there yet, though!)

[myv6mustang]

Theres always new roms on here. Most roms take about 10 mins to update. I have all cabs saved on my memory card so it only takes about 20mins to set up the phone. Its just that everytime i come on here there is a new damn rom :o . I have looked at cooking my own but have had no luck. I actully just flashed a new rom and was looking for another before i found this thread...i dont know i may need help...

I'm sam and im addicted to flashing...

Other addicts:
"Hello Sam"

[Edvard_Greig]

Where do you find the time to constantly do updates? That and don't you get sick of reinstalling software and updating stuff? Updating this thing is a major inconvenience, especially when you have to scrap all your dates on the calendar. (I know Activesync is supposed to back this up, but still, what PITA). This kind of constant tinkering is what drives people to the likes of the iPhone (I'm not there yet, though!)


Setup a free exchange account with mail2web...that's what I did, I have my gmail forwarded there- that way, when I reflash I just have to setup the connection and it downloads my contacts, appts, to-do, and e-mail...works like a charm for me...I also keep the programs I install in a folder on my sd card, and just install them quickly as cabs, whole process takes me <10mins no biggie :D

[thunda_chunky]

Theres always new roms on here. Most roms take about 10 mins to update. I have all cabs saved on my memory card so it only takes about 20mins to set up the phone. Its just that everytime i come on here there is a new damn rom :o . I have looked at cooking my own but have had no luck. I actully just flashed a new rom and was looking for another before i found this thread...i dont know i may need help...

I'm sam and im addicted to flashing...

Other addicts:
"Hello Sam"

you think your addicted??? lol check out me and these guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=300316&highlight=addicted
when i had my wizard i flashed at least 30 maybe 40 times (some repeats)

[Dr Puttingham]

you think your addicted??? lol check out me and these guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=300316&highlight=addicted
when i had my wizard i flashed at least 30 maybe 40 times (some repeats)Only 30 or 40? Faria and I would do that in one two weeks, eheheh!

yes, the saving your cabs to your SC and having SOME kind of push mail service is a must, IMO. Indeed I'll pull off to the side of the hiway, whip out my Thinkpad and reflash another ROM when the one I'm testing goes south... and I'm back up and running 10 minutes after it's done with a months worth of emails from my Exchange server. (Of course me having one cab that adds all my settings including my User info helps :) )

[myv6mustang]

you think your addicted??? lol check out me and these guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=300316&highlight=addicted
when i had my wizard i flashed at least 30 maybe 40 times (some repeats)

Well i guess im alright...i hold roms for more than a week and i dont think i would get out of bed with the misses to flash a ROM...that was funny :D

[DRTigerlilly]

Honestly,
and i'm quite surprised myself, but i do find the ATT wm6 rom to be the snappiest i've tried. My issue now, is that there isn't enough space on it. I wish there was someway i could get rid off all the ATT stuff.
what i'd get rid of:
Internet Sharing (never gonna use it)
SAP Settings (no clue)
Push to Talk (don't live in the US)
Customer Feedback
Windows update
voice speed dial
windows media player (much prefer htc audio manager)
real player
zip (since it doesn't open rar files and i'm gonna need winrar anyways)
error reporting

oh & i want the kaiser comm manager & dialer
and to get rid of the god awful noisy att startup animation.

[myv6mustang]

for the att rom i found that if you reset before it does the customizations a lot of crap doesnt get installed...mobitv...cellular vid, xpressmail, goodlink and suff.

[DRTigerlilly]

yeah i always do that, but i only have 40+mb of space, and even though i'm installing everything to the storage card i'm getting messages about not having enough storage space.

I have 4 skyscape/medical books installed
5 astraware games
microsoft reader
htc startup animation
htc audio manager
htc plus
htc camera album
s2u2
opera 4 mini
opera mobile
skype
and i've had more than this running on previous roms w/o any storage complaints.

[myv6mustang]

I also think with opera you have to be careful be cause it stores a lot of stuff in the main memory...if you edit the .ini file you can have it store a lot of the extra crap on the Storage card. As for teh other programs im not sure. I know sometimes if i have been running a lot of programs i will be down to almost 12-15MB of memory...once i restart the phone back to 25+.

If its just storage opera may be putting a lot of crap on your main storage

[CUSTEL]

for the att rom i found that if you reset before it does the customizations a lot of crap doesnt get installed...mobitv...cellular vid, xpressmail, goodlink and suff.
The shit is still there it just doesn't relocate the shortcuts to the programs folder.

[myv6mustang]

they are in the extended rom...