ROM Choice Help?

[Vinsane]

Hi gang...I'm new to the Sensation and the rom choices are staggering!

I need a little guidance on what I should do....I'm about to root and need a solid fast daily driver...as I depend on my phone for family, emergencies and for business.

I'd like ICS..but concerned about stability and app compatibility.

Or

Should I just stick to a GB rom?

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated

 

[matt95]

well obviously GB for now are more stable than ICS but now i am using insertcoin 4.6.1 and it is running great...if you want to be sure flash GB

 

[androholic]

I too am wondering if the ICS builds are a daily driver that can be trusted, and if so which one is favored by the community? I love the ICS on my prime but I don't know how it will go on my sensation . I came back to the sensation for ICS as I like the functionality of it. I left the gs2 because touchwiz just ruined any version of Android in my opinion,

 

[_Yago]

I recently installed the ICS around 5 days ago. I'm using ARHD 6.3.0 and its working great. I haven't noticed any major bugs whatsoever, and I've only had minor problems with wifi-calling.

I'd say go for ICS. You'll be better off with ICS sooner or later anyways.

 

[MrCheesecake]

I used the Darkforest rom for weeks and never had an issue. The only reason I'm not using it now is because I've flashed the 'official' beta ICS from the HTC Elevate test. That is available on the Insertcoin website for download, if you want semi official and very stable then this is it!

 

[sparx180]

I stuck with GB roms for a few weeks after getting my XE purely for the stability reason, but ive been running a few ICS roms and found ARHD, InsertCoin and Elegancia to be pretty safe bets for daily use if you like Sense. But if you're after a stable AOSP experience theres always Virtuous Inquisition which ive used for about a week at work with no problems.

 

[eggshaped]

For the last few weeks I've been using Insert Coin and never experienced any problems whatsoever. No force closes on anything, no reboots, no lag. I'm no dev but in my experience it's smoother and every bit as stable as Gingerbread.

Go for it!

 

[Vinsane]

Thank you everyone...ICS it is...now to which one....haha

I think the consensus have been ARDH vs Insert Coin.

Of those 2..which offers the stability..and customization of themes etc?

 

[AggieCowboy92]

I have tried both ARHD and IC. I started with ARHD but the lag was a bit much. I switched to IC and have not looked back. I am not sure about themes but for stability and speed its IC for me

 

[gol_n_dal]

Hi gang...I'm new to the Sensation and the rom choices are staggering!

I need a little guidance on what I should do....I'm about to root and need a solid fast daily driver...as I depend on my phone for family, emergencies and for business.

I'd like ICS..but concerned about stability and app compatibility.

Or

Should I just stick to a GB rom?

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated

Purely a personal choice, Virtuous Inquisition as it offers an ICS AOSP feel. Get the 1.27.1100 HBOOT and you're sorted.

GB will be dead in the water soon so won't be a realistic option.

EDIT: I meant to add that ICS and the updated firmware seems to give better battery life.

 

[amon87]

Try Virtuous Inquisition 3.5 ICS. Bettery battery life than GB, good stability, can be used as daily driver. Only minor bugs. IMHO hybrid aosp is far better than pure Sense. Better for RAM and more delicate for battery Virtuous Inquisition has HTC camera and stock HTC music player with ability to be used with beats audio (this needs seperate update package).
What's more, this ROM doesn't have annoying desensed bugs like power saving mode under 20% of battery and fast boot.

 

[swiftinmotion]

VI 3.5.0 and don't look back.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[dvno]

Flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258543


And follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261008


and you'll be gravy until official ICS is released.