Popular Stable ROM for the Thunderbolt

cdf3 · Apr 1, 2012

Glad I stumbled upon this thread. I've been searching for a good ROM to install. I saw that quite a few users like Thundershed 1.4
When I searched online for the installation files, I came across Thundershed 1.5
Ended up downloading v1.5
Took me a minute to go through the steps of getting a GPS lock, but after following the steps I now have GPS.
Ready to give this ROM a try.

Edit: The ROM is fast but I think I'm ready to ditch it. Phone has frozen twice on me and I haven't had it I installed a full day yet. 2 battery pulls so far. MMS was acting funny for a while as well.

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mi7chy · Apr 1, 2012

I tend to avoid highly customized ROMs because they tend to lack proper and thorough QA, introduce issues with the many changes and also affect stability. I stick to mostly stock ROMs and have seen uptime >800 hours. The two I would recommend are:

Ginger BreadRock (Android 2.3.4, Sense 2.1)
http://www.htcthunderbolt4g.com/htc...breadrockv1-0-v1-1-(newest-gingerbread-leak)/

OpenMobile (Android 2.3.6, Sense 3.0)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457659
I'm currently running this for its newer Android and Sense builds plus it has native working HotSpot and it doesn't have the carrier garbage apps. The new radios transition properly to EVDO when LTE is down. There are a few minor quirks but the pros far outweigh them.

PieceKeepr · Apr 1, 2012

ThunderShed is the way to go. When I rooted I turned the GPS on and left it on throughout the process. I got a lock during each step using GPS Status and Toolbox and went from stock to rooted to ThunderShed without the Sense ROM / nandroid hassle.

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donnyp1 · Apr 2, 2012

mi7chy said:
I tend to avoid highly customized ROMs because they tend to lack proper and thorough QA, introduce issues with the many changes and also affect stability. I stick to mostly stock ROMs and have seen uptime >800 hours. The two I would recommend are:

Ginger BreadRock (Android 2.3.4, Sense 2.1)
http://www.htcthunderbolt4g.com/htc...breadrockv1-0-v1-1-(newest-gingerbread-leak)/

OpenMobile (Android 2.3.6, Sense 3.0)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457659
I'm currently running this for its newer Android and Sense builds plus it has native working HotSpot and it doesn't have the carrier garbage apps. The new radios transition properly to EVDO when LTE is down. There are a few minor quirks but the pros far outweigh them.

+1

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LightDark · Apr 2, 2012

Personally I am a fan of the Eternity series because of the capabilities of sense 3.5. And it also has very little to no lag.

takylo · Apr 6, 2012

Great Feedback

All, thank you for the great feedback. I decided to try Eternity. I must say I love the stability and the battery life. Way superior to my Droid Charge. On my Charge if I didn't charge it over night I would wakeup to a dead battery.

With this rom and phone I can get a good day and a half.

I will experiment with some of the others that you folks mention. Also I have the CPU set "ondemand" @ 1.5g I'm totally sold on HTC. I hope that the HTC One will come to Verizon.
Again, thanks for the all the info and feedback. XDA Rocks!

ponyboy82 · Apr 6, 2012

I finally just rooted and rom'd and tried Bamf SoaB first. It was nice but I guess I wasn't blown away. Based on suggestions here I then tried Liquid with the Imo kernel and fell in love. This is how the phone SHOULD feel! No lag and great battery life to boot. I just ran it down and got a little over 36 hours of "normal" usage (for me) with 30% charge left.

evgeny71 · Apr 11, 2012

Skyraider 1.3 is awesome rom !!
:thumbup:
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mi7chy · Apr 15, 2012

Don't know what was modified in OpenMobile and Thunderstick but they both random reboot over a course of a day or two. Unacceptable to have phone reboot while depending on it for GPS navigation while on the road. Back to Ginger Breadrock 3.1a which has been stable with 124 hour uptime.

jelleephish · Apr 17, 2012

Not sure about the Non-Sense roms, I've heard good things about them....as far as others go, if you like or use wifi fairly frequently I would not use a 3.5 sense based rom until they figure the issue with that out.

I like SkyRaider for sense based, runs the smoothest in my opinion.

donnyp1 · Apr 17, 2012

jelleephish said:
Not sure about the Non-Sense roms, I've heard good things about them....as far as others go, if you like or use wifi fairly frequently I would not use a 3.5 sense based rom until they figure the issue with that out.

I like SkyRaider for sense based, runs the smoothest in my opinion.

There has been no issue with wifi for me on any sense 3.5 rom.

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quickdraw86 · Apr 18, 2012

jelleephish said:
Not sure about the Non-Sense roms, I've heard good things about them....as far as others go, if you like or use wifi fairly frequently I would not use a 3.5 sense based rom until they figure the issue with that out.

I like SkyRaider for sense based, runs the smoothest in my opinion.

If you're thinking about trying a non-sense, or desensed rom, try airborne or happy trails. both of those roms are awesome, smooth, and as far as my use goes, i have yet to experience issues with either of them, everything works.

osuron07 · Apr 23, 2012

nowetdio said:
Obviously, none of you have tried Skyraider.....

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+1 I love sky raider and the battery life has been awesome once you tweak the auto brightness levels

takylo · Apr 23, 2012

Okay folks I decided to leave Eternity and try Liquid Smooth. This AOSP was great in the beginning but then I notice my battery wasn't as good. I decided to go bank to Sense ROM. So far Gingeritis 3S v1.2 with Sense 3.0 is working great! I'll hang with this one for a bit.

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calaeb08 · Apr 23, 2012

have you tried airbourne? great rom super fast and stable, i can go all day on stock battery with normal use.

jelleephish · Apr 24, 2012

Any 3.5 sense rom I am on always causes me to intermittently drop wifi. It just drops the connection, refreshes and is back in a few seconds. I have seen posts about it on the different posts for the roms so I know its not just me. I have tried wi-fi lock, advanced wi-fi lock and others with no luck. I just accepted it as part of the rom and moved on with it. I loved the sense 3.5 rom, look and all but eventually got annoyed at the drops.

Gingeritis is a great rom, I've used it before. The only reason I left it was because of the VVM I needed to have. I flashed the zip that was posted as a fix but every time it would cause me to somehow break my access to the Mik settings lol. If its not one thing its another!!

Enjoy it, great rom!!

turbosrrgood · Apr 26, 2012

takylo said:
All,
I decided to put my Droid Charge in my desk draw. Just got a used Thunderbolt I know that there a battery issues with the device. once I would if I will be looking for a new ROM. can someone tell me which rom will make the phone snappy great battery and pretty cool. Xda ROCKS!

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This doesn't directly answer your question, but if you are looking to extend battery life you could try an app like "Battery Defender". It is very simple, reliable, and easy to use. It works by turning off your data connection when the screen is off (Data is the single biggest drain on a phone after the screen). Turning off data does NOT prevent you from getting txt's or phone calls, they would come through as always. Using this more than doubles my battery life, and is almost unnoticeable otherwise.

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takylo said:
Okay folks I decided to leave Eternity and try Liquid Smooth. This AOSP was great in the beginning but then I notice my battery wasn't as good. I decided to go bank to Sense ROM. So far Gingeritis 3S v1.2 with Sense 3.0 is working great! I'll hang with this one for a bit.

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Excellent choice IMO, that's what I use.

Br00klynBallin · Apr 27, 2012

LightDark said:
Personally I am a fan of the Eternity series because of the capabilities of sense 3.5. And it also has very little to no lag.

You can't go wrong with sense 3.5, but right now I'm trying out ODJDub HD. It's a great rom besides the charging problem

keai4le · Apr 28, 2012

I love ....ohhh,I forgot it.

djnikko · Apr 28, 2012

I run bamf forever 1.10 imoskernal 5.2

My phone beat you're phone up in high school.

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