CoinDroid Rom Vs. CM9

[bustinstugots24]

I currently am running Shnizlon's sense 4 rom and it is fantastic but I recently decided to possibly try out other Rom's as well. CM9 is a rom I always see coming up as a topic in reading these posts. What are the advantages or disadvantages in using CM9? Do you think sense 4 is better? All opinions are welcome!!!

Also, I have the 3.32 firmware radio upgrade currently on my sensation. If I choose to switch over to CM9, would I need to do anything specificto switch over to it or can I just flash the rom in recovery mode like any other rom?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rusty!]

I'm a CM guy. I like it because of it's stock Android roots, along with a large amount of customization settings. It's light on resources but big on performance.

Potential downsides are that it's not based on hTC's software, so none of their proprietary stuff (I view this as a plus, but others may not, my brother included).

 

[bustinstugots24]

Thanks for the feedback Rusty.

Sent from my Sensation using XDA

 

[ede1005]

depends on whether you like sense or stock. i prefer stock, a lot of people like the aesthetic of sense. totally up to you

also cm9 is still under pretty heavy development, i don't know if it's as stable as something based on any of the htc ruu's

there's a post somewhere around here that lists many of the popular sensation roms on this forum. differences basically boil down to sense3.6/4 vs aosp-ness

i'm currently using VI 4.0.2 (and am enjoying it) but also used kristof's hypersensation (which i loved, but i was really anxious to try ics).

 

[blahbl4hblah]

CM9 is really stable, battery is good, but it does vary.
It has been my daily since camera was working and that's about a month or two

 

[bustinstugots24]

Have either of you tried the new sense 4 layout ??? It's pretty fantastic and snappy not to mention simple yet beautiful. I highly recommend it. Vanilla android is cool, nothing against it. Just trying to weigh the pros and cons. Guess I'll just have to give it a test run.

Sent from my Sensation 4G using XDA

 

[fabi280]

I was like 8 weeks on Insertcoin Sense 3.6 ROM, then I switched to the InsertCoin Sense 4.0 ROM (wasn't called CoinDroid at that time), and after 2 weeks I switched back to Sense 3.6 again, cause Sense 4 was a bit buggy and not always as smooth as it should be.
After about 2 weeks I wanted changes - and tried AOKP (thanks to Bluewall, otherwise I wouldn't even try it)... It's awesome!
Okay Cyanogenmod is also a very nice ROM, but it hasn't as much Tweaks as AOKP...
Right now I'm thinking about to switch to CM9 again because it has some new nice fixes inside...

My first Android Phone was the HTC Legend, but Sense wasn't really that nice on it... So I switched over to CM6, later CM7 and loved it.
I'm still in love with Cyanogenmod
The first impression counts...

 

[DehoXeD]

After having sense 3 days, i immediatly looked for antoher kind of ROM.
Indeed, sense is good looking but full of little bugs and so slow.... (even if our developpers are making amazing work about that on sense based ROMS)

CM9 based ROMS bring you a minimalist view (compared to sense) but so much more efficient, with a lot of little customisable settings (for grid of screen, locked to 4x4 for sense, up to 5x6 for CM9's launcher)

To be short : CM9 bring you a stable a fast ROM, with minimalist icon/theme, with a lot of little addon (customize color of text, edit toggles, dock item (1 or 3 or 5) etc...)

 

[pottyvick]

CM9 does have a few issues that are annoying but it is mostly stable. My biggest issue with it is the volume sometimes get really low and you have to restart it to fix it.

If you want an alternative to Coindroid and CM9, try HyperNonSense 2.5. Its fast and very stable. Based on Sense but with most of it removed which makes it fast and looks like Cm9.

 

[Bomberlt]

You know, it's not very polite to compare ROMs

But if you comparing vanilla Android to Sense - there is many different points you should cover - some cases vanilla is way better, some cases Sense is just awesome.

For short - vanilla Android ROMs have just much more customizations and Sense gives much prettier (if you like sense style) and easier to use widgets and other apps.

I was using Sense 3.6 (4.0 had too many bugs then) for few months and I loved it! But when I tried vanilla ROM (AOKP build 31 to be precise) I fell in love one more time! This ROM is so minimalistic, fast and smooth no lag whatsoever (which I was facing in Sense ROMS). But after few months of usage I'm missing few things from Sense:
Sense Clock is very easy to use and maybe prettiest widget.
Friend Stream (and fb contacts sync) is very usefull and I haven't found apps doing that well.
Calendar widget - month view on homescreen is awesome.

So now I want Sense Clock and Sense Friend Stream but with minimalistic (Vanilla) Contacts, Phone, Messaging apps :/

P.S. If anyone wanna compare my homescreens on Sense 3.6 and AOKP ROM -
http://pinterest.com/pin/119134352612707582/
http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/05/08/htc-sensation-aokp-m5-with-green/

 

[bustinstugots24]

You know, it's not very polite to compare ROMs

But if you comparing vanilla Android to Sense - there is many different points you should cover - some cases vanilla is way better, some cases Sense is just awesome.

For short - vanilla Android ROMs have just much more customizations and Sense gives much prettier (if you like sense style) and easier to use widgets and other apps.

I was using Sense 3.6 (4.0 had too many bugs then) for few months and I loved it! But when I tried vanilla ROM (AOKP build 31 to be precise) I fell in love one more time! This ROM is so minimalistic, fast and smooth no lag whatsoever (which I was facing in Sense ROMS). But after few months of usage I'm missing few things from Sense:
Sense Clock is very easy to use and maybe prettiest widget.
Friend Stream (and fb contacts sync) is very usefull and I haven't found apps doing that well.
Calendar widget - month view on homescreen is awesome.

So now I want Sense Clock and Sense Friend Stream but with minimalistic (Vanilla) Contacts, Phone, Messaging apps :/

P.S. If anyone wanna compare my homescreens on Sense 3.6 and AOKP ROM -
http://pinterest.com/pin/119134352612707582/
http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/05/08/htc-sensation-aokp-m5-with-green/

Thank you for your feedback. I wouldn't necessarily say I was comparing them saying one was better than another. I was simply asking what are some of the advantages of vanilla over sense since I am very new to this. Nonetheless I appreciate your input greatly.

Sent from my Sensation 4G using XDA

 

[xaboren]

I have always wanted to try other roms and I did, quite a few of them actually. People kept telling me how much they hated Sense and in a way I get them, but on the other hand, sense has some great apps and widgets, which actaully brings me to my question.

Is there a Desensed rom with the sense widgets still existing, or maybe even an AOSP rom ?

I know it sounds like a stupid question, but sometimes I just wish I could have CM and my sense calendar or dialer.

 

[dmeinder]

Sense bogs the phones resources.....even if it is snappy, it could be better, and that is AOSP.

For me I'm using sense until a bug free version of AOSP is available...
- Bluetooth
- audio routing
- etc.

 

[Zwenk]

i switched from sense to infamous to opensensation and i will stay with opensensation. i love the speed and the feel of cm9. with the sense rom i always had annoying little lags and it didnt felt smooth.
cm9 isnt perfect, like the others mentioned before, but its worth to give it a try.
i can live with the "bugs" and enjoy the smoothness

 

[fr0zenblood75]

i switched from sense to infamous to opensensation and i will stay with opensensation. i love the speed and the feel of cm9. with the sense rom i always had annoying little lags and it didnt felt smooth.
cm9 isnt perfect, like the others mentioned before, but its worth to give it a try.
i can live with the "bugs" and enjoy the smoothness

I really wanted to use cm9 but the non smoothness is what drove me back to ARHD and VI. I read a lot about how smooth it is, but for me VI is significantly smoother

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[Retardz N'Liarz]

I really wanted to use cm9 but the non smoothness is what drove me back to ARHD and VI. I read a lot about how smooth it is, but for me VI is significantly smoother

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Man don't take it bad but you're talking about a stock rooted rom and a senseless one.
This thread is about a Sense 4.0 and an AOSP...
I like much more CM9, farm more customizable.
Sense 4.0 right now doesn't suit me... Battery drains a lot compared to Sense 3.6 and much work still has to be done to make it equal smooth compared to a good Sense 3.6

 

[throcker]

Sense 4 vs. CM9? AOKP WINS XD
more stock felling, lighter, faster, I think is more stable, too...
i was a coindroid user, but in games it was not good, still laggy at 1.7 ghz...
now on aokp with nova launcher at 1.2 I play games perfectly and the UI is ****in' smooth...flash it, you won't regret

 

[shahkam]

I love aosp but im a flashaholic so it gets boring really fast i like fancy animations and such but i prefer aosp looks and feels ...

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.

 

[calyxim]

CM is not lightweight by any stretch of the imagination.
It does lag as much as sense do. If not more.

CM phone book is ****e. Which is the biggest downside for me. A PHONE's PHONE book should be the most important thing in a PHONE.

On the other hand I love CM because MIUI is based on CM

 

[Rusty!]

There is no 'CM' phonebook, it's AOSP, so blame Google if you don't like it.

That said, I'm not finding it laggy.