Reccomended ROM and some general questions...

[randomguy321]

Hey everyone...Im the new noob ;)

Just wanted to say hi, awesome forum to find and alot of good information available!

Its all a little daunting at first though (a lot to take in). I'm going to be buying a P4350 for myself (Its what the Herald is known as down here) and am interested in flashing to a new ROM and overclocking the device!

Ive read about and downloaded a app to overclock the OMAP processors, but apparently each time the device comes out of sleep mode, the overclock needs to be re-done...Is there a workaround or a different app that can create a more permanent overclock?

Also, with all the ROMS floating around, could anyone reccomend one?? Is there a big difference in speed when compared to the standard HTC ROM? Im looking for a ROM thats going to be quick but still has alot of functionality and apps!!

Thanks alot guys :)

[cookiemonster55]

in battery status you can check overclock on wakeup

[fzzyrn]

Custom roms are generally faster and better performing than standard roms (we call them RUUs). Here's why

Newer build of wm- if you're familiar with linux, you'll know that there are a bunch of different linux distros and kernels out there. Roms are like distros and the builds are like the kernels. The only difference is that we get new builds like every 3 days or some other ridiculously crazy rate.

pagepool- The pagepool is.... this thing that your phone uses to do things. All you need to know is that it takes up ram and that the RUU rom for the herald has it set to something asinine like 12mb or so. We generally choose 6 or 4, and this frees a bunch of ram.

registry optimizations- this is the same as on any pc. The registry is sometimes slightly malformed and inefficient, so we can cook registry edits into the rom to save the trouble of reapplying them.