AT&T Galaxy S2 ROM comparison

Over the last few months I have tried out four different ROMs for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2. In this article I will rank them by which ones I thought were the best overall.

1. SHOstock ROM

In first place is SHOstock ROM, and it is just a phenomenal ROM overall. It comes with an overclocking kernel, a separate, modifiable TouchWiz launcher (providing support for multiple themes), battery life improvements, a reworked notification bar, and ICS transitions.

Grade: A

2. Unnamed ROM

Unnamed ROM is about as close as you can come to stock TouchWiz 4.5 and still call yourself a ROM. Notable changes include better performance, automatic overclocking to 1.6 ghz, a modded notification bar, and the ICS boot animation. Unfortunately, battery life issues hampered this ROM's overall appeal.

Grade: B+

3. CyanogenMOD 7.1 (Latest stable build)

CyanogenMOD is on the opposite side of the spectrum. It's array of improvements is too long to list in this article, but since CyanogenMOD does not provide its own launcher, and instead relies on ADW launcher, which has more than a few bugs on the GSII, my experience was unfulfilling.

Grade: B

4. MIUI

MIUI is a beautiful ROM. I will give it that. But it is hampered by a myriad of bugs, including the home and search buttons not working.

Grade: C-