Which ICS ROM is better?

lowsum · Mar 1, 2012

jakob95 said:
But if I do flash Acer's stock update.zip will it work? Couldn't I just reroot after with the tool?

Yes it will work too, but the tool does not totally root it seems and you will loose cwm.

erupe said:
How is battery life compared to v96?

Very good, better in standby than v96. With lightspeed 4 I lost 1% batt. in about 4 hours standby wifi turned off.

deadlighthk · Mar 1, 2012

I've just installed below ROMs today and have comment with them:
Thor v96 - Standby time is very poor, can't last for one day... I don't know why, but very smooth for H.264 720p playback.
Taboonay 3.0.1 - Wifi didn't work, when click reflash in wifi setting... AP just show up for a second and then disappear... gave up afterwards...
FLEXREAPER R4 - I'm now play with it, so far so good. A bit laggy when playing some H.264 720p files, standby time seems normal and have no wifi problem.

Belda · Mar 1, 2012

I'm running on Lightspeed_4 (beta6) based on leak ICS, and I must say I never saw A500 smooth like this

maris__ · Mar 1, 2012

Anyone else having issues with flash videos when played back in full screen? Get freezes when switching to full screen, but don't have any issues when playing with the original frame size. Observed this on several website with different web browsers using actual ICS Custom ROMs by Civato and Vache. Any ideas what could be the reason for this behavior?

Best regards, maris

ribbe82 · Mar 1, 2012

+1 for Flexreaper R4, soon R5 with Acer ring.
Really easy installing via CWM, and big bugs are sorted out in hours.. sometimes I wonder how they manage it.

I installed the acer apps afterwards, works perfectly.

dmfr · Mar 1, 2012

Personally I am very happy with Lightspeed 4 (like I was with previous Lightspeeds based on HoneyComb).
Stripped to the minimum (no vendor apps, games, gadgets), very fast, bug free so far.

Anyway, the best ICS ROM depends on what you're expecting of a ROM

diiorio · Mar 1, 2012

Some may be offended becuase none of the current custom modified ICS roms are stable, sure they run. Stable, no. Built off the leak, yes, much more stable, but they are basically tweaking.

The most stable build will come after acers offcial release, or when the A200 release is modified, which isn't to hard (minus hardware feature differences, but combing some apk's can fix that).

It's after people take the officials, and debloat them, and tweak further that you get the best roms. If you use thors, then see the last shown offcial build (not the leak) you know how much they changed it on acers side). As well as performance differences, device support, and other featues.

In cases such as phones, and issues with those such as the droid charge, taking the official, moding them, proved worth while, but previous customs not buidl of offcial versions simply always come short. Be nice if Acer would release the source code like Samsung has.

The leak also has 3 known bugs that Acer addressed. Even after the A200 ICS OTA, there was already a upadate.

murben · Mar 1, 2012

I've been running Flexreaper since his first release and it's awesome. Seems to be smoother than Thor's. I've run into a few FC's on some apps but nothing major. I also just saw civato post that when he puts up R5 tonight or tomorrow, the Acer Ring will be working as well as Face Unlock!

All of the Dev's involved with this are cranking out some awesome work in a short time and deserve major kudos!

dman918 · Mar 1, 2012

Geez, now I'm thinking I may need to give Flexreaper a try. What I like about Taboonay is that it is flashy. I like the extra widgets/wallpapers/etc. However, I'm finding I've had some wifi connection issues. Just ran the wifi patch on the page, so we'll see if that addresses the issue.

Those with Flexreaper, how does it compare to other ROMs? Is it known to be stripped like Lightspeed or more complete like Taboonay? I know I can add most all apps and such with the extra zips. Just wondering about any additional perks.

erica_renee · Mar 1, 2012

Just a comparison between all of the leaked rom's In the dev section.

They all are very smooth and without Force Close issues. IF you install them correctly and apply the updates from there Dev. They all have one thing in common .The browser's. I have tried two browsers Stock browser and Chrome. Both setting untouched.First in chrome. I get some artifacts on text while scrolling large documents .Its like text overlaying on top itself ,Then it will often go black.This happens only with two or more tabs open.With the stock browser i get screen tearing and it has a general shaky feel to it while scrolling and text is often trying to stay focused.
My opinion is that they are not Optimized for Hardware acceleration. I do not feel its the Android system lagging .The wifi for me works great on any of the rom,s i have tried.
The key again is READ THE OP THREAD Very carefully for each rom and follow the instructions exact. do not do any extra steps and do not miss any steps.

And remember these are from a LEAK. that is known to be a not complete Build. Thanks EVERYONE FOR The hard and AWESOME FAST WORK ON these Roms. Every day on XDA IS THANK A DEVELOPER/MODER DAY

murben · Mar 1, 2012

dman918 said:
Geez, now I'm thinking I may need to give Flexreaper a try. What I like about Taboonay is that it is flashy. I like the extra widgets/wallpapers/etc. However, I'm finding I've had some wifi connection issues. Just ran the wifi patch on the page, so we'll see if that addresses the issue.

Those with Flexreaper, how does it compare to other ROMs? Is it known to be stripped like Lightspeed or more complete like Taboonay? I know I can add most all apps and such with the extra zips. Just wondering about any additional perks.

I haven't actually tried any of the other ROMS yet, been happy enough with Flexreaper that I haven't had a reason to try the others. The base package is mostly stripped, but there is an addon .zip that loads the acer apps and others.

1rkrage · Mar 2, 2012

is there an leaked ICS rom that allows for more than 1ghz clocks?

It was so easy to that on Thor's ICS, and so far with FlexReaper and Taboonay i'm only limited to 1 GHz.

I must say though, i find Taboonay to be smoother than Flex Reaper so far. Responsive commands so far.

drkalo · Mar 2, 2012

1rkrage said:
is there an leaked ICS rom that allows for more than 1ghz clocks?

It was so easy to that on Thor's ICS, and so far with FlexReaper and Taboonay i'm only limited to 1 GHz.

I must say though, i find Taboonay to be smoother than Flex Reaper so far. Responsive commands so far.

That is kernel dependent. As long as you're on stock kernel you cannot do that.

peterchannewyork · Mar 4, 2012

Icylicious

Tried all different ICS A500 roms, came from Thor v96 which was really good to begin with. But all the new roms are just as good (now with camera!)

i personally prefer Icylicious but they are all equally great and some have more features than others. I prefer the stockish bare versions more, just personal preference. Flexreaper is amazing, lots of features and has the Acer Ring (and its updated regularly).

It's actually pretty amazing there's choice of ICS rom with camera working. All of them are good, basically.

querobolo · Mar 4, 2012

taboonay is a good option

cal028 · Mar 4, 2012

I agree Taboonay 3.0.1 is pretty good once you run the wifi fix

ecossais · Mar 4, 2012

My 2cents. Flexreader from Civato, very smooth ROM with good battery life and nice crisp graphics. Also Civato is quick to respond to reasonable user requests for features. I ran R4 and am now on R5 and will flash R6 as soon as it is available.

blancocar · Mar 5, 2012

Over the last few days I have tried most of the ICS roms that have been posted. I installed and tried out Thor's v96, Protekk's AOKP, Lightspeed Beta 3, 4, 5, 6, Taboonay 3.01, Flexreaper-R5 and Icylicious.

All of them are very good and are a nice improvement over the HC 3.2 ROMs. I like and dislike different things about each of them. You really have to try each and see what you like. Personally, my favorite was Lightspeed, then Flexreaper and then Icylicious. Chances are that your favorites will be different.

Since I was bored and curious, I went back and read through enough forum articles to figure out how to resign apk's and repackage roms. Once I understood the process, I extracted the contents of the stock leak and my three favorites. I compared them against each other using Winmerge. Each author takes a slightly different approach. Based on the differences, I pulled what I liked best from each. I then added my favorite apps, wallpapers, icons, etc. I repackaged everything and put it back on my tablet. What I ended up with was mostly a combination of Flexreaper and Lightspeed. So far so good. I don't recommend you try this unless you have time to waste and aren't worried about ruining your tablet.

telemike · Mar 5, 2012

I went with Light speed since it is the leanest and runs smooth. Much better than any honeycomb rom. Don't really care about Acer ring and flashy apps.

Intub8 · Mar 5, 2012

Thanks for all the info.

sent from my Shostock Sgh-I777 running siyah!

Which ICS ROM is better?

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