I'm looking for a rom that's debloated and optimized. I HATE lag. I'd prefer a gingerbread rom if any of them work properly. I also happen to like the default Charge interface (touchwiz?) quite well, although I've never used the default gingerbread interface.
Suggestions? Mainly what I'm looking for is speed, stability, and a good UI. Something that would help as well is if the rom is good at increasing battery life. Battery life is my only real gripe with this phone. I've made decent use of tasker to shut down gps, bluetooth amongst other things to increase it, but it still pales to my old bb phones possible 2.5 days with low use. While battery life is my main gripe, I'd take extra speed more than anything else. I hate waiting for things to load.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
-Sootah
No suggestions? I just want what is effectively the exact same phone, just debloated and preferably optimized.
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I just wanted to create a thread that allows people to compare various ROMs as they come out for our device. So far we have 7 options it seems:
1) Stock
2) ViperROM
3) Charmeleon (PKMN ROM)
4) Fresh ROM
5) freEVO
6) SlimJewel
7) CM9 (not quite finished, but usable)
Personally, I am curious how they compare in terms of battery life, but other things such as performance and tweaks are obviously relevant. What do you all prefer so far?
Note: I've tried half of these already, but I'm curious what others are experiencing, and figured this will help those who can't decide.
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PsiPhiDan said:
I just wanted to create a thread that allows people to compare various ROMs as they come out for our device. So far we have 4 options it seems:
1) Stock
2) ViperROM
3) Charmeleon (PKMN ROM)
4) Fresh ROM
Personally, I am curious how they compare in terms of battery life, but other things such as performance and tweaks are obviously relevant. What do you all prefer so far?
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1. Meh...good battery life
2. Not much going on there
3. Lots of tweaks. featured rich. Poor battery
4. Fresh and clean silky smooth. Best battery life of all 4 roms. I like this one the best.
1. Stock is stock. if somethings not working, it's not because of something you did. Good battery life. Pretty darn smooth for the most part.
2. Best battery life due to performance tweaks. Light on built in personalization tweaks, but because it's been out the longest, there are additional mods from other threads that were created specifically for this rom. All mods and tweaks in the op work. Devs seem to have no lives, and are super responsive to the thread.
3. Port of a rom from another phone. Lots, and I mean lots, of tweaks listed in the op. Most of them work correctly (and make your phone freaking awesome when they do) , but there are a few noticeable ones that have bugs, and require workarounds. Op doesn't indicate which tweaks aren't working correctly (or at all). Although battery life is still pretty respectable, it seems to have the worst battery life out of all of the roms (perhaps the performance tweaks aren't working either). Runs maybe a hair smoother than viper.
4. Stock rom with some personalization tweaks, all of which work. Because there have been no performance tweaks (yet), battery and performance will match what you get with the stock rom.
5. FreEVO rom. Why no love for Freeza? Anyway, rom is smooth and somewhat senseless, with rosie and some default apps removed. Also has a good number of tweaks. Most lightweight of the roms. Battery life seems better than stock, but not as good as viper.
Considering the phone launched less than a month ago, all of these roms are tremendous, and you can't really go wrong running any of them (except for basic stock, bleah).
Thanks for reminding me, I added FreEVO to the OP.
I'm gonna check out Fresh next. I've been running Charmeleon for a while now, but haven't honestly done that much in terms of tweaks.
Battery life winner seems to be Viper or Fresh so far?
Edit: Added new SlimJewel to OP as well!
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So far I have only tried Chameleon and Fresh.
I did get great battery life with Chameleon (25% battery after 15 hours of moderate to heavy use), but random bugs, broken tweaks, odd lag, and redraws tempted me to try Fresh.
Two days on Fresh and so far its great. It has all the tweaks that I wanted (except the AOSP recent apps menu), and battery life has been decent. I havent given it the chance to settle unplugged long enough to really compare though. Right now I'd say Chameleons battery life was better, but Fresh is running much smoother and consistent.
I'm sure I'll be flashing at some point Viper in the near future if Fresh doesn't put out an update to keep my flash happiness in check!
Oh, I did add a battery mod to Fresh successfully: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681063
I think I'm gonna jump on the Fresh bandwagon once update 1.1 hits.
Also, added CM9 to OP since it is usable as daily driver if you don't mind losing mobile data.
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Anyone try the tweaked kernel on conjunction with the Fresh ROM? Better multitasking or battery life?
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+1 for Fresh. All the tweaks I wanted without the fluff. Well, almost everything. Would love the auto brightness reduction and long press Recent Apps button for Voice Search. But it is only the first release...
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+1 for Fresh. All the tweaks I wanted without the fluff. Well, almost everything. Would love the auto brightness reduction and long press Recent Apps button for Voice Search. But it is only the first release...
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Battery life any different from stock or other ROMs you've run? In my limited experience, none of these ROMs alter battery life much yet.
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Basically, I got my S4 yesterday, and I went ahead and quickly rooted it.
Now, the thing is ALL THAT VERIZON AND SAMSUNG BLOAT is so irritating. I wanna get a custom rom and just use it as a barebones android device. I don't really need all those samsung features.
So I ask you guys, what is the most stable, bug-free rom out there. I'm not that into touchwizz and would prefer stock android, but if CM10 or AOKP is buggier than a debloated touchwizz rom, I'd much rather live with touchwizz. I have some complaints on this phone such as battery life and performance, and would like a rom that adresses those, but stability will always come first for me.
So again, I want a ROM with these features (in order of importance)
-Stability (I need all basic stuff, GPS, WiFi, Data, Bluetooth to work 100%; I could go without NFC or whatever)
-Debloated (no verizon crap on it, perferbally no samsung stuff on it, but it CAN stay on there)
-Battery Life (I am a power user, and I cannot get by a full day...it IS a bit dissapointing).
-Performance (performance is actually alright, but there's still little hitches here and there which should not happen considering the specs of this phone, yeah?)
Anyone?! ;~;
In my opinion...CleanROM is the way to go. I have tried most the others. I like that CleanROM is very stock feeling but is extremely quick and stable. Flash CleanROM and then flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42136564
You will be good to go.
im enjoying jelly beans right now
I'd second the recommend for CleanROM. I have NOT used it, but based on your requirements, it seems to fit best. It is heavily de-bloated and optimized, and it has just the minimum amount of tweaks/UI changes. Very solid reviews for most TW roms, so you probably can't go wrong. I'd stay clear of AOSP right now if you want/need everything 100% functional. Each has its quirks, but they're all getting better as we speak.
I was wondering about the pros and cons of each. For example, right now I'm running MIUI, and it has the best experience of any rom I've used (I've been using MIUI since GB on my N1 - only recently upgraded to the GSIII). But, I really like the way Milk Music looks, and I can only get that particular app if I'm running a near-stock touchwiz based rom.
I was wondering if there was a way to get the best of both worlds? Or if I should stay away from stock entirely, or if there are any other benefits I'm missing!
Hello !
I believe this is one of the hardest question to reply ever "stock or aosp/aokp/miui".
For me, everything depends on what you want to do with your phone. Exellent battery life would be stock rom, but more smoothness would be cm, for exemple.
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Hello !
I believe this is one of the hardest question to reply ever "stock or aosp/aokp/miui".
For me, everything depends on what you want to do with your phone. Exellent battery life would be stock rom, but more smoothness would be cm, for exemple.
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It's mostly about appearance and functionality for me. I'm pretty good on battery life, and have a battery backup if needed. I love how clean MIUI looks. It's always looked obsessively clean, and I love it for that. It also lets me arrange my status bar into the iOS style (I like the battery on one side, signal on the other - clock in the middle).
MIUI with Aviate as my launcher seems to work wonders, and MIUI has a lot of great features - built in data monitor, app and trash cleaners, just a lot of great things to keep the phone running smooth.
But I want the samsung support as well. I like a lot of the touchwiz stuff (minus the actual launcher), and I enjoy having my data backed up with them (MIUI backs up my data, but not all of it, really). And I am absurdly interested in the Milk Music app. But when you look at stock/near-stock touchwiz based roms that have the samsung support and the camera app, and the like, you're stuck with the stock UI as well. Which is nice, mind you - leaps and bounds better than it was in previous versions, but still leaps and bounds behind the work that MIUI has done to give it the smooth feel I've come to expect.
If only there was a way to get the Samsung Framework on MIUI, I think all my problems would be solved.
I never tried MIUI, because I don't really fancy the iOS style..
I think, the perfect rom would be a mix of CM, stock rom, and maybe MIUI too, but I believe that's impossible to make.. :/
Stock:
Pros:Usually completely stable,Full warranty,Apps is usually better designed/has more features,Can use official updates easily,More Secure(Without root of course)Usually looks better(my opinion)
Cons:
(may be a bit slow)
Inefficient
Unrooted
Bootloader may be locked
High ram usage
Custom
Pros:
Usually faster than stock
Usually pre-rooted
More efficient
Usually quicker update timeframe
Less space is used
Easier to install certain apps
Cons:
Loss of warranty
Unstable
Errors
Insecure(rooted)
Apps are more plain (less features/looks)
I haven't been keeping up to date with all the roms/kernels out there for my S5 as I've been stock+root since I got the phone, but lately have been running into some flaky issues with staying connected and weird power drains, so it's about time to start fresh with a build that has all the latest patches applied to it in addition one with less bloat. TMobile has been pretty good about keeping the bloat down, but there's still some things that could go away.
So overall, what would you guys recommend for good battery life, stability, smoothness, and some cool customization options? I don't need to overclock or anything, those days are long gone as the phones are fast enough as-is, so overclocking or some advance kernel tweaking is not needed. CPU governors, battery options, etc are always welcome additions to any kernel though.
So what are your recommendations, and thanks in advance.
I'm in the same boat. Am setting up an S5 for a relative. There's no root for 5.1.1 yet, and 5.0 seems to be weak on battery vs. 4.4.2? Might simply be the reversion to a predominantly white theme vs. 4.4.2's black in TW. Also, the latest 4.4.2, NK2, doesn't seem well represented in custom ROMs. The Sickness has a 4.4.2 NH5 ROM, but that's one iteration behind NK2, and the theme-ing leaves a lot to be desired for those looking for a little more stock-ish appearance. Might end up using that until some 5.1.1 customs with root come along and try to find a way to re-theme it.
Hi everyone,
I'm currently ussing the back-to-n00t v9 ROM (KitKat) together with Boeffla Kernel for a pretty long time. It was good at the beginning, although the rom had a few bugs (like the mobile data button not working sometimes and roaming mode disabling when disabling data causing roaming warnings). But for some time already, I'm getting kinda frustrated. The phone likes to lag sometimes, like when going out of some app to the home screen and everything loads again causing a terrible lag, or all the apps close in the background. Also many times when I want to unlock the phone I have to wait a few seconds because nothing works (can't draw the pattern). I'm looking for some simple ROM (not any Marshmallow stuff etc, I want to maintain stability and performance). I'd love to get some better performance, without lagging and having problems with the keyboard (like it's not showing because of low RAM or stuff like that). I'd also like to get some good battery life althought this isn't that of a priority because I have 2 batteries.
I don't want to flash Cyanogenmod because I want to keep the TouchWiz camera and stuff.
Which ROM would you suggest me? I saw some website recommending Revolutionary S5, although I don't like the idea of trying to make an old phone like the some new model, they claim it's super smooth and optimised. Is that true? I don't want to waste any more RAM because of some ****ty features from S5 that I'll never use.
Thanks in advance! Hope you can help me.
same here, I use RR + boeffla but it is sucking one and half battery a day, inactivity battery consume is the same as Whatsapp I use a lot, it seems to be active when not active.
Same problem with Lineage 14.1
Best ROM for me was a stock rooted ROM with unnecessary apps disabled.