[Q] RESOLVED! From CleanROM to What? With Scott gone, what's the next big ROM?

[okantomi]

I was surprised and sad to find that Scott (scrosler) has moved on to a new device (Nexus7, SGS Note2...) and left us with a great ROM (CleanROM v2.4) but with no clear path to the future. I have used Baked Black Bean and Hiemanshu's various offerings and there is lots of potential there, especially with Clemsyn's CM kernels.

What do you say...are you leaning toward CM or AOSP (4.2???) or are you hoping for someone to take over CleanROM and continue with a tweaked stock experience?

I do know that I'm going to focus my donations on Clemsyn to try to get him a TF700 so he can continue to work his kernel magic!

Update: Since this was posted, some great devs stepped up and took over the CleanROM legacy.

Thanks for the great dicussion, guys! :victory:

 

[Firebrazer]

Honestly, I have no idea yet. I see no reason to flash anything else anytime soon. I'm still very happy with CleanROM (still using 2.3, haven't gotten around to 2.4 yet). I've got my eyes on Paranoid, LiquidSmooth and CM10 though, and will be following the developmentˆˆ

 

[Thats OK]

Heck I was fine with 2.3...
Then 2.4 appeared so I'm pretty sure things will be good for a long while.
I'm confident there will be more excellent development coming.

Shipped by rail freight

 

[Kisakuku]

I see no reason to flash anything else anytime soon.

I'm pretty sure things will be good for a long while.

Asus has released six firmware updates in seven months, so while we're fine now, soon enough we'll need somebody to at least rebase CR 2.4 on new firmware every time there's an update.

 

[sandmann241]

Asus has released six firmware updates in seven months, so while we're fine now, soon enough we'll need somebody to at least rebase CR 2.4 on new firmware every time there's an update.

...or we use the other great ROMs for our Infinity

 

[Kisakuku]

...or we use the other great ROMs for our Infinity

Which is? Wasn't aware of another stock based ROM. CM10 is great, but I would prefer to have at least one up to date stock based ROM available as an option.

 

[Vo01985]

I just caved and unlocked and flashed CleanROM, only to learn the developer left!
Well, it is a much better stock experience, so I should be good for a while, and will follow the development of others ROMs I guess.

 

[PimpToxie]

I just caved and unlocked and flashed CleanROM, only to learn the developer left!

Oh man...I was about to unlock and flash CleanROM last night. Am very, very happy that I didn't now.

 

[Firebrazer]

Why? CleanROM 2.3 (can't speak for 2.4 since I haven't flashed it yet) is still an absolutely fantastic ROM - that doesn't change just because the developer has moved on to a different device. Granted, there may be no more updates Scott, but I'm still hopefull somebody takes over development. If not, I'll have to keep an eye out for other ROMs.

And if you were "about to" unlock, it's gonna happen sooner or later

 

[dicky.hillary]

Why? CleanROM 2.3 (can't speak for 2.4 since I haven't flashed it yet) is still an absolutely fantastic ROM - that doesn't change just because the developer has moved on to a different device. Granted, there may be no more updates Scott, but I'm still hopefull somebody takes over development. If not, I'll have to keep an eye out for other ROMs.

And if you were "about to" unlock, it's gonna happen sooner or later

I wouldn't hesitate to flash CleanROM 2.4, I've been running it for a couple of days and all I can say is WOW, V2.3 was brilliant... V2.4 is ( in my opinion ) a noticeable upgrade and is better again!

Cheers

 

[macaumen]

Glad that I haven't unlocked mine yet. It's true that there should be at least 1 stock based ROM available. I indeed enjoy some of the stock ROM features. I am not moving to CM or AOSP ROM unless they provide a newer Android update than stock.

 

[sbdags]

I've been very happy with clean rom 2.4. I've been running paranoid android on my n7 and it is a super rom. A step up from stock so that is where I will be going next.

 

[papand7]

i am not a dev...

But i figured i would try to mess around a little

I tried png optimizing cleanrom 2.4 and installing/running v6 supercharger script along with some extra buildprop tweaks
which i found in a tf300t stock based rom...

The device feels a little faster in my opinion and apps launch a little faster(might just be my brain playing games)

i was wondering if someone with the right knowledge would mind to try and png optimize and incorporate v6 supercharger into this rom?
and see if there is any gains?
as i do not know how this would be done as i am a newb

btw these are the build prop lines i added:

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit
persist.sys.NV_FPSLIMIT = 120
debug.performance.tuning=1
persist.sys.composition.type=gpu
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
com.qc.hardware=true
ro.debuggable=1
dalvik.vm.verify-bytecode = false
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=80000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000

 

[_that]

i am not a dev...

But i figured i would try to mess around a little

I think Scott (and many other devs) started the same as you.

I tried png optimizing cleanrom 2.4 and installing/running v6 supercharger script along with some extra buildprop tweaks
which i found in a tf300t stock based rom...

What do you mean with "png optimizing"? PNG is a graphics format, what's the relation to the Android OS?

The device feels a little faster in my opinion and apps launch a little faster(might just be my brain playing games)

Many of the "optimizations", even some of those in CleanROM, are pure psychology, or the speed increase is real, but only due to rebooting or cleaning data.

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit
persist.sys.NV_FPSLIMIT = 120
debug.performance.tuning=1
persist.sys.composition.type=gpu
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
com.qc.hardware=true
ro.debuggable=1
dalvik.vm.verify-bytecode = false
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=80000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000

Now for each of these, find out what they are, and if your setting has any effect at all.

 

[papand7]

PNG optimize is a way to make all of the apps in the System/apps folder smaller leaving a smaller memory footprint when the device is running,
at least thats what i understand.

well the tweaks i did might just be psychologic but i guess i will never know for sure untill others try it..

i have no clue about all of those build.prop edits and as i said i am not a dev i am just playing around learning a little
But i will try to find out what they are supposed to do

well if scott is picking this one up then that would be awesome!

my device has alot of screen popping aka screen is loose some places...
Have anyone gotten asus to fix issues like this on an unlocked device for free?

 

[_that]

PNG optimize is a way to make all of the apps in the System/apps folder smaller leaving a smaller memory footprint when the device is running,
at least thats what i understand.

What does it do? Remove PNGs for unused resolutions? Compress them better?

i have no clue about all of those build.prop edits and as i said i am not a dev i am just playing around learning a little
But i will try to find out what they are supposed to do

You don't need to be a dev to operate a search engine. It just helps to understand the descriptions that you will find. But for example, if you find that the default value of some property is the same you are trying to set, you will have gained knowledge even without understanding what exactly the property does.

 

[BarryH_GEG]

But for example, if you find that the default value of some property is the same you are trying to set, you will have gained knowledge even without understanding what exactly the property does.

And as long as the nose doesn't light up you'll be fine...

 

[MartyHulskemper]

CleanROM 2.4 is good to go, and will be for the life of the device. OCD Flashing Disorder is just that, and nothing more. I admit I too suffered from it with my SGS2, but I've come to realize that devicest do not need to run the very latest to just be great in themselves. I'm happy with the TF700 as it is now, and since all the other ROMs fail to properly support the dock, I will not be changing -- at least until the touchpad can be turned off, and the WiFi/Bluetooth/brightness toggles work properly. Those are my minimal criteria.

 

[Godswrath]

I'll be sticking to CleanRom2.4 myself for a long while (on 300t). And I completely agree with Marty, there's really no reason to be constantly updating the ROM to the next android version. I haven't updated my SII Rom in months and I have absolutely no issues with it. (The developer also ceased making updates for the SII rom)

 

[Vo01985]

Yeah I'm on CleanROM 2.4 and it's very good. It's still a stock experience yet it is much, much faster. I don't have OCD flashing syndrome (probably cause I suck at backupping and restoring). But I should use this ROM for quite a while.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T