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Default [Q] Best Sense ROM

I haven't seen this topic in a while, so I figured it would be worth asking.

I've had my Incredible for about 2 years now, and I have the opportunity to upgrade it. Only thing that is stopping me is the cost of getting a new phone that basically does the same thing (with the exception of a front facing camera).

So instead of spending the money, I'd like to try out some ROMs to give the old device some new life. I'm currently on the stock OTA and I like Sense, so wondering what other Sense ROMS are out there that is good enough for daily driving (i.e. Stable and great battery life).

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Depends on what version of Sense you like. Based on your wants I'd recommend:
  • Sense 1.0 - Stock+ / EVO Classic
  • Sense 3.0 - Nils Business Gingersense / Anthem (I really don't like "tooting my own horn," but Anthem does have good battery life)
  • Sense 3.5 - Nils Business Gingersense 3.5
  • Sense 2.1 - McTwist

These are just my suggestions, but you should try all the ROMs you can to find the one that fits you best.
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+1 for anthem

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Thank you! I will give that a shot!
 
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im partial to nils gingersense 2.1/3 mix myself. just have to do a little maintenance such as update the busybox and superuser
 
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mcsense or stock+ they are both modded versions of stock, but if you want a little more than stock go for mikrunny and/or mikg which are by team mikmik
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hi guys, using the theme, what is the ICS rom more stable and functional for the Droid Incredible?

And hangs Sense is the best with 3.0 or 3.5, but I've seen some that have bugs, which is the most stable?
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Before trying out the roms, do you guys know if having the ext4all mod with the moved dalvik cache will screw up the roms?

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Before trying out the roms, do you guys know if having the ext4all mod with the moved dalvik cache will screw up the roms?

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There is a 90% probability it will.

Do you have the mod currently installed? As when you wipe and install the ROM it will undo the mod. Unless you mean flash the ext4all mod with dalvik moved after. In that case I'm pretty sure there will be issues. Not guaranteed but the thing I don't like about the dalvik moved mod is that now the dalvik will only have 150MB to store it's cache instead of be on the 750MB /data storage. This is ok until you get a decent number of apps on (and if you are flashing larger ROMs (sense 3 and up). Unpredictable results can occur. And if you ask why it's an option it's because it is and it's an attempt to reclaim space lost by not mounting the /data/data from the no data limit mod.

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I have no ext4all, I've only released HBOOT and root the phone, I have version 4.08.605.2.

So what rom do you recommend?
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