HTC Desire...whats the current ROM situation?

[{{909}}]

I've got a bit of time on my hands latley and from what I can gather, things have changed a fair bit since I installed my froyo rom (just before it came out officially, whenever that was)

What are people currently running and what are the advantages? I'm scared of losing my game saves through re flashing(as ever) but I am curious to what I could be missing...

[emu]

just purchased one of these on here so would be interested in what rom is the best as well

{{909}} how do you rate the phone?

im upgrading from an orange san francisco

[miffy]

i'm currently running Cyanogenmod its not on HTC Sense but runs off Gingerbread, but its really good so far seen a massive improvement in battery as well using this since i am not having loads of widgets downloading data.

if you want to try something different than sense then give it a go, if you dont like it its easy to go back to leedroid.

here is the XDA link with instructions if interested. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957344

[{{909}}]

so 2.3 is pretty much standard now or is it still buggy?

[{{909}}]

just purchased one of these on here so would be interested in what rom is the best as well

{{909}} how do you rate the phone?

im upgrading from an orange san francisco

Its the first smart phone I've had and I love it, being able to surf the net on the train and all the GPS/map facilities it has are something I don't think I could live without now. The only downside is the battery life, as with all smart phones.

[liveseytowers]

MIUI. Its the future. Better than any ROM i've tried before. I think its based on Froyo but runs way better than any Gingerbread ROM i've used.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=10485253

Vid of it working here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XlBg...eature=related (its in Chinese but you get the jist.

[{{909}}]

im really tempted to try MIUI, is the situation for backing up apps/settings the same when making the switch to a new rom?

[liveseytowers]

Im not sure as I just did a full wipe and didn't back any thing up. You should try it though, everyone who I know who has tried it loved it. It gives the best battery life than any other rom I've used.

[spelunker]

Titanium backup works well (although doesn't do texts) also Backup Everything (app)
I'm running Oxygen 2.01 (Gingerbread) works well and fast too. So far battery is lasting about 36 hours between charges.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971904
Might have a look at this MIUI, thanks.

[wadgey]

Just put MIUI and it looks really nice. Having a play with it now.

[emu]

Just put MIUI and it looks really nice. Having a play with it now.

did you grab this HTC Desire Deodex Chinese Download

and do i need any language packs?

[ant3b]

I have a desire HD and well would like some pointers on a few things..

how do I backup all of my current files etc so I can restore them on say the miui rom

[miffy]

hmm really tempted by by this rom might give it a quick try now. also you can run a nandroid back up from recovery to save your settings.

[ant3b]

I found that I have the super user already installed when i bought the phone off ebay.. how do I put apps in app part of super user

[miffy]

gonna give this a try now, only thing is i never understand Kernels, do i need to flash one onto this? also which one would you recommend

[wadgey]

I flashed mine using ROM Manager and the english version with A2SD (app 2 sd).

I didn't update my kernel as I did that the first time about 6 weeks ago I flashed the stock ROM with Cyanogenmod.

I used the instructions here

[Ginnerfreak]

I am on the latest leedroid which has been out a few months, its super stable and feature rich.. 2.3d... I also flashed the wifes with it recently and she is happy with it.. now for that fucking cow to be happy.... it must be spiritual!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703

[miffy]

cheers got it on now, did a back up of my cyanogenmod for if i dont like it though

[miffy]

got this on now had a play seems ok so far, will leave it on for a week or 2 and see how i get on with it.

took a back up of Cyanogenmod so if i want i can go back

[scoobie_wrc]

currently using revolution 2.0.12

will flash to gingerbread rom eventually, they appear a little buggy at the mo.