AOSP or Stock ? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

which one do you guys think ?
I tried both of but I think AOSP is better.

What rom best rom posts are banned on XDA up to you to try them yourself .
jje

Android Is ReadyTo Play. said:
which one do you guys think ?
I tried both of but I think AOSP is better.
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After trying lots of different ROMS I have found stock to be most reliable on the S3, and by stock I mean Samsung Official Stock.
AOSP while good on the nexus range misses out quite a lot of features the S3

It all comes down to simplicity versus usability. Stock provides great software tricks, but it one heck of a ram hog. I'd still prefer it over aosp though, speed is excellent and the interface is pretty neat.
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why CM and AOSP theme are more beautiful than touchwiz themes

hey guys i envy the cm and aosp themes as they are really beautiful compared to the boring Samsung touch wiz themes,
black exodus theme looks so cool wish it worked on Samsung touch wiz
Why envy? Just flash CM or AOSP then u get want you want. Right?
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Indeed, why settle for something you don't like? you are the one looking at it, don't like it then change it :good:
Whatever floats your boat the ugliness of AOSP stops me using them .
jje
JJEgan said:
Whatever floats your boat the ugliness of AOSP stops me using them
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Give me the pure clean lines of ICS / Jelly Bean any day over the stuck-on-Froyo appearance of TouchWizz.
But like you say, whatever floats your boat!
what exactly is this place, miss S3 2012?!
reprazent said:
Indeed, why settle for something you don't like? you are the one looking at it, don't like it then change it :good:
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Because AOSP sucks. Force closes everywhere, almost unusable touch sensitivity. Themes don't apply everywhere anyway, if you really need good looks I'd say MIUI is the only way to go. I can deal with all of the above but definitely not shiitty touch sensitivity. TW roms tend to be a lot better in that regard, so I'm stuck there until they fix the shiitty sensitivity that ICS and JB have (JB is a bit better), with the next android version.
VanillaCracker said:
Because AOSP sucks. Force closes everywhere, almost unusable touch sensitivity. Themes don't apply everywhere anyway, if you really need good looks I'd say MIUI is the only way to go. I can deal with all of the above but definitely not shiitty touch sensitivity. TW roms tend to be a lot better in that regard, so I'm stuck there until they fix the shiitty sensitivity that ICS and JB have (JB is a bit better), with the next android version.
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[sarcasm]That's why CM is one of the most popular and sought out ROMs.. because it sucks and the touch sensitivity is way off.[/sarcasm]
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You can always use Nova or Apex or any of the other launchers and download a theme and/or fabricate your own theme.
Coreym said:
[sarcasm]That's why CM is one of the most popular and sought out ROMs.. because it sucks and the touch sensitivity is way off.[/sarcasm]
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Lol it's popular because they are a very efficient team, known for making the most stable of roms for AOSP. If you compare CM to almost ANY random hacked up TW rom they're probably about just as stable. If you compare TW to any hacked up AOSP rom it's definitely not the same... But yeah, na do some research corey touch sensitivity is soo shiitty on AOSP ICS. I noticed it the second I flashed CM9, and then even more noticible on other AOSP ICS roms. A kernel's senstivity can only change so much...it doesn't change touch response though.
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Lol it's popular because they are a very efficient team, known for making the most stable of roms for AOSP. If you compare CM to almost ANY random hacked up TW rom they're probably about just as stable. If you compare TW to any hacked up AOSP rom it's definitely not the same... But yeah, na do some research corey touch sensitivity is soo shiitty on AOSP ICS. I noticed it the second I flashed CM9, and then even more noticible on other AOSP ICS roms. A kernel's senstivity can only change so much...it doesn't change touch response though.
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I've not noticed but to be fair I haven't used CM9 since my S2, and maybe its changed but my last experience was quite pleasant. And I'm just thinking out loud here, but if it was so crappy it probably wouldn't get the attention it gets. After all I think you are the first person I've seen complain about AOSP being sh**** and poor touch sensitivity. To each his own I guess.
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VanillaCracker said:
it doesn't change touch response though.
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You should try CM10 and compare its touch response to TW. It's a great improvement compared to ICS.
if you don't like it, change it!
Coreym said:
I've not noticed but to be fair I haven't used CM9 since my S2, and maybe its changed but my last experience was quite pleasant. And I'm just thinking out loud here, but if it was so crappy it probably wouldn't get the attention it gets. After all I think you are the first person I've seen complain about AOSP being sh**** and poor touch sensitivity. To each his own I guess.
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Lol yeah na I'm just being over-critical but for real it's terrible for me. It is popular because it is a very good rom, but despite all the good aspects it provides and has, it makes MY user experience a lot worse than it was on GB, so I have to knock it. It's gotten a hell of a lot smoother, but there's nothing they can do about AOSP ICS' touch sensitivity.
kostastoupas said:
You should try CM10 and compare its touch response to TW. It's a great improvement compared to ICS.
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I have good sir! I'm one of those people that flashes and tries everything, waiting for the perfect rom and always looking to see what's new and good. I've tried all 6 or so of the JB previews. CM10 is the best IMO, and it has been improved a bunch, it is now on par with TW ICS imo, but that does not make it nearly as good as GB's touch sensitivity was.
gianrossi said:
if you don't like it, change it!
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I have, I've now forced myself to give up AOSP dispite how much I liked it and moved back to TW ICS where I can actually text full speed and have the rom registers my taps! Even though the styling sucks and there are less options, I can use my phone again without restraint . Now just waiting for Key Lime Pie MIUI
VanillaCracker said:
Because AOSP sucks. Force closes everywhere, almost unusable touch sensitivity. Themes don't apply everywhere anyway, if you really need good looks I'd say MIUI is the only way to go. I can deal with all of the above but definitely not shiitty touch sensitivity. TW roms tend to be a lot better in that regard, so I'm stuck there until they fix the shiitty sensitivity that ICS and JB have (JB is a bit better), with the next android version.
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You realize MIUI is based on AOSP?
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joshnichols189 said:
You realize MIUI is based on AOSP?
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GB MIUI was, yeah. V4 is based on Samsung. Although there are builds like cMIUI...which are more unique (like my signature).
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GB MIUI was, yeah. V4 is based on Samsung. Although there are builds like cMIUI...which are more unique (like my signature).
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For this phone they are based off of Samsung.. but for other phones they are AOSP based like in your signature.
A clean look is best. Less is more.
I prefer the stock look of ICS/Jellybean and even CM since they're resource lite and very appealing.
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For this phone they are based off of Samsung.. but for other phones they are AOSP based like in your signature.
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Why the hell would I be talking about any other phone? Haha. I have a GSII and it's also based on Samsung. Anyway I don't know anything about other phones, I don't see why I would, or why I would need to.
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Why the hell would I be talking about any other phone? Haha. I have a GSII and it's also based on Samsung. Anyway I don't know anything about other phones, I don't see why I would, or why I would need to.
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I think you're being unfair calling AOSP **** and the like. Of course AOSP-based ROMs aren't running so good since it's not that easy getting everything to work.
The CM team don't even have the jellybean kernel source code from Samsung or the proprietary drives to make everything behave like the stock Samsung firmware.

Sammy roms vs aosp speed

Hi guys just wondering is there any way to make pure Samsung roms as fast as aosp roms are such as cm 10.1 because even when I've frozen all the bloatware on any Sammy based rom it never seems to be anywhere near as fast or as smooth as a aosp rom, any ideas guys to get this kind of speed?
Cheers
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Drizzy xS said:
Hi guys just wondering is there any way to make pure Samsung roms as fast as aosp roms are such as cm 10.1 because even when I've frozen all the bloatware on any Sammy based rom it never seems to be anywhere near as fast or as smooth as a aosp rom, any ideas guys to get this kind of speed?
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If I get a chance,I will pm you what I did, it's fairly straight forward, but will take a while to describe, might not be until tomorrow.
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If I get a chance,I will pm you what I did, it's fairly straight forward, but will take a while to describe, might not be until tomorrow.
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Okay thanks mate.
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Okay thanks mate.
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click the button
Also I think it could be something to do with the kernel on cm roms cause at the moment I'm using sotmax v 15 with latest perseus and I even have it OCed to 1.ghz and yet it still lags and stutters especially when opening apps and recent apps menu. What the hell could it be, I'm sure stock rom can't be like this otherwise no one would buy galaxy s 3..?
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You have oc'd it to 1ghz?
That doesn't make sense at all
Oh crap that was meant to say 1.6 stupid auto correct.
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try enabling gpu rendering
Already done it..
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Drizzy xS said:
Also I think it could be something to do with the kernel on cm roms cause at the moment I'm using sotmax v 15 with latest perseus and I even have it OCed to 1.ghz and yet it still lags and stutters especially when opening apps and recent apps menu. What the hell could it be, I'm sure stock rom can't be like this otherwise no one would buy galaxy s 3..?
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Well I certainly don't have lag opening apps, lag does appear after I've installed a few new apps or app updates but thats a rare and my recent apps menu is smooth.
The issue is not very related to the kernel, imho, because I tried dual booting with Siyah kernel between Sammy rom and CM10.1, and with CM rom I felt everything WAY more smooth, also in terms of free memory and multitasking:
I use Titanium very frequently, and with Samsung roms 90% of the time when I open it (even after a quick app switch) it has to reload the app list (because it was killed), while on CM10 it remains in memory much more, even with the same installed apps on both ROMs...
I disabled around 50 system apps in the samsung rom, still not enough to free the memory.
Yeah but I don't understand what is on cyanogen mod that makes it so much faster and what is on Samsung roms that is slowing them down so much?
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Drizzy xS said:
Yeah but I don't understand what is on cyanogen mod that makes it so much faster and what is on Samsung roms that is slowing them down so much?
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its not as bad as you are making out, the differences are minimal
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If I get a chance,I will pm you what I did, it's fairly straight forward, but will take a while to describe, might not be until tomorrow.
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please, me too.
also other thing i read people are doing is using another launcher, like nova launcher. for me changing the kernel did the difference, i use boeffla kernel now.
Samsung stock roms are bloated as hell whereas CyanogenMod is pure aosp with just basic android system and important components to run it smoothly. Also CM feels more smoother because of various system tweaks and performance optimizations by the awesome devs whereas the samsung roms don't even implement the very basic of Google's Project Butter.
I've used Omega rom and damn that was fast for a stock rom. It is tweaked very well, I suggest you try that out too. I use Omega and CM dual boot with Siyah kernel. Curretly i'm only running Cm10.1 coz Siyah kernel hasn't been updated to support dual booting of jb 4.2.2
Is there not a way to strip samsung roms down so they're as fast as cm by removing all the crap you're talking about?
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Drizzy xS said:
Is there not a way to strip samsung roms down so they're as fast as cm by removing all the crap you're talking about?
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Most roms like the Omega rom remove unecessary bloatware. But the basic issue lies within the touchwiz design itself. The sammy rom is entirely a resource hog and the system is basically bloated with unecessary crap.
The most you could do at a user level is to remove useless apps, disabling unused services and most of all NOT use Touchwiz.. Instead use something like Nova launcher which gives you a more stock feel and is relatively low on system resources.
Personally I'll mention that Omega rom is pretty smooth when it comes to overall system performance. But again its just a modified version of the crap sammy rom.
PS: If you hate the fact that normal system apps like the dialer and call log take way too long to load on ur sammy rom..Use exDialer and exContacts.. A very very good alternative to the native apps..Loads extremely fast and has waaay better UI than sammy.
My primary rom is CM 10.1 for obvious reasons. But I'll keep Sammy rom on dual boot until they fix the Camera issue with AOSP based roms..
I think I'm genuinely going to consider just switching to aosp because it's just pissing me off how much slower it is the only thing keeping me from switching is probably the battery life and the crappy camera you get on aosp roms.. But to me it doesn't look there's a way to fix the ****ty Samsung roms and I don't understsnd how they are getting away with shipping this crappy bloatwiz on probably the best phone out at the moment..
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Pm.d you with how I set mine up ,^^

Question about the best rom

thinking about rooting and installing ROM][09/09/2013]M7WLV Port is ths rom TOTALLY BUG FREE??
I've been using it for a few weeks now and haven't found a problem yet.
I'm not sure that any of the Rom's are totally bug free. Most of the sense based ROMs are pretty good! I'm not a big sense user but the ones I have tried work really well.
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Cool thanks guys
There is no "best" ROM. Every ROM is great, as we have some rockin' awesome devs. It just boils down to preference.
Sense based:
Software designed for our hardware, less bugs, not many features, but things just.... Work.... You want to stay sense but want a metric S*** ton of features? Try Viper DNA, if you want a little less features, try NOS.
AOSP based:
Made for all iterations of Android devices, more prone to bugs, limited by software (I noticed AOSP camera compared to Sense on this device is a joke IMO, as Sense camera is MADE for this brand of phone, AOSP is made for a plethora of devices). You get nice features with no loss of performance (to a degree). With AOSP you get that Stock Android feel Google intends without OEM putting their skin on top of it.
It really boils down to the features you want, and the way you want your phone to act. Some Roms fly, some don't. It all is just the nature of the beast. Best to try a few out, just be sure to search that ROM's thread for any bugs, reviews, and features.
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thinking about rooting and installing ROM][09/09/2013]M7WLV Port is ths rom TOTALLY BUG FREE??
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i've been running it for a while pretty bug free lol, i also run viperdna also pretty bug free, depends on what im feeling, clean stock vs super customization
ABFP (Android Bug Free Project). Just kidding. Anyway, Sense ROMs definitely have the least bugs, but the AOSP ROMs are pretty good too, mostly everything works. I suggest you give the Google Play Edition ROM a try though, It's got all the benefits of being a sense-based ROM but it feels like pure AOSP. It doesn't have all the cool features of the real AOSP ROMs though.
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My answer to this question is simple.. Though there are many great roms based on AOSP, they are all based on the CM 10.2 source.. For me, there are still too many bugs that I consider to be showstoppers ... I love AOSP and always will.. but I've been running Sense 5 since Joelz released just the rom OP is asking about.. now I've moved to Venom since I'm a tester and it frankly just works. Battery life is good, performance.. etc. It's all there.. I think there is a strange issue with Skype, but I don't use it.. those that do I feel bad, especially those that use it for phone calls, Venom will fix it.. just in time. :good: ... But honestly, this question can't be answered by anyone but you. Flash all the roms available, give them 3 days each.. operate like you normally do on your phone and see.. Really the only way.. But the most 'bug fee' will always be on Sense based roms.. :highfive:
Running gpe right now because I needed to use viber. With xposed it looks just like any other aosp rom. Maybe I'm just biased, but it doesn't feel as snappy as the proper cm/aosp roms.
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danjull said:
Running gpe right now because I needed to use viber. With xposed it looks just like any other aosp rom. Maybe I'm just biased, but it doesn't feel as snappy as the proper cm/aosp roms.
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I've noticed it doesn't feel as snappy, but I think it feels smoother if that makes any sense.
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We don't allow best rom threads. They never turn out well. Thanks
Jmz
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Help for a Noob?

Hey guys,
I'm a new user and I know how great this forum is, i've lurked without an account for a little while. I have an international GT-i9300 and I wanted some advice on roms, how to load them and what steps should be taken.
I already have CWM installed and have root. I regularly use titanium to back up my apps and system data (just incase). But I want more control. I preferably want a rom to get me better battery life, as i'm out all day normally and the stock is just... terrible. I also hate touchwiz. I wanted some links to other threads and perhaps some tutorials to get me started. Helpful XDA users answer my call please.
G0R3Z said:
Hey guys,
I'm a new user and I know how great this forum is, i've lurked without an account for a little while. I have an international GT-i9300 and I wanted some advice on roms, how to load them and what steps should be taken.
I already have CWM installed and have root. I regularly use titanium to back up my apps and system data (just incase). But I want more control. I preferably want a rom to get me better battery life, as i'm out all day normally and the stock is just... terrible. I also hate touchwiz. I wanted some links to other threads and perhaps some tutorials to get me started. Helpful XDA users answer my call please.
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Actually has no secrets for installing a custom ROM on your phone.
You can find other ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218825
Where: AOSP system based on pure Google.
I can not tell you what would be best for the battery, which would be best in performance, looks, is very relative. But I like Temasek ROM, android 4.4 kitkat, and his kernel is very customizable, performance may vary from User to User.
Temasek ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797109
KernelGM said:
Actually has no secrets for installing a custom ROM on your phone.
You can find other ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218825
Where: AOSP system based on pure Google.
I can not tell you what would be best for the battery, which would be best in performance, looks, is very relative. But I like Temasek ROM, android 4.4 kitkat, and his kernel is very customizable, performance may vary from User to User.
Temasek ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797109
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I think I may try Paranoid android.. the layout seems very stock, I like that.
You are posting in the wrong forum .
You start by reading the basics .
Your question has been posted multiple times . Forum rules require you to search before posting .
Google <<< I9300 your search terms > xda
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Phone Freezes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
Sudden Death .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
RETURN TO STOCK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847
G0R3Z said:
I think I may try Paranoid android.. the layout seems very stock, I like that.
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Stock is touchwiz. Paranoid android is far from stock tbh with looks. Even though it is a great rom.
Read the basics & How to before attempting anything. :thumbup:
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Stock is touchwiz. Paranoid android is far from stock tbh with looks. Even though it is a great rom.
Read the basics & How to before attempting anything. :thumbup:
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I meant sort of stock android. I have a Nexus 7 and the Android OS seems very barebones. I wanted something like that.
KernelGM said:
Actually has no secrets for installing a custom ROM on your phone.
You can find other ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218825
Where: AOSP system based on pure Google.
I can not tell you what would be best for the battery, which would be best in performance, looks, is very relative. But I like Temasek ROM, android 4.4 kitkat, and his kernel is very customizable, performance may vary from User to User.
Temasek ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797109
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Yes imo the best custom rom available for our s3 Highly recommended!
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Well, usually the ROMs with better battery are the Touchwiz based ones....since Samsung has not released the Exynos sources, its hard to create an AOSP ROM that doesnt have some battery problems, although the existing ones are pretty good.
If you were looking for an AOSP looking ROM, there is the Ultima ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911572 It includes the Jelly Bean Domination theme, which is basically AOSP theme for Touchwiz, and some AOSP apps. Unfortunately, the devs haven´t updated to 4.3 yet-I think there are plans for so, at least until they finish porting the JB Domination theme to Samsung 4.3
There is one ROM that uses some AOSP looks, the Nightmare ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2330827 . I can´t tell how much does this look AOSP, so its up to you.
And finally, if you are searching for a pure AOSP ROM, the ROMs I liked more were Slim Bean, Temasek CM and Archidroid.
Also, for kernels, I am enjoying Yank kernel on my Touchwiz ROM, through in my AOSP times I used Temasek and Boeffla...
I hope this helped for you. Remember, there is no best ROM, its personal and depends on each phone, I am just sharing some examples based on your desires.
Mods!!!!
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Mods!!!!
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Well yes...Xposed Framework can do wonders It´s actually some thing to consider.
Aah, if only the JB Domination theme was finished for the 4.3

Recommendation for rom

im with cm11 but it has a lot of bugs and crashes..
what do you think is the best rom for lg g2
when i said the best i meant that he will be fast without Unnecessary apps, good camera, good speaker and if exist with ok google feature
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avivlavan said:
im with cm11 but it has a lot of bugs and crashes..
what do you think is the best rom for lg g2
when i said the best i meant that he will be fast without Unnecessary apps, good camera, good speaker and if exist with ok google feature
tnx
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Well I have tried a lot of roms and always find myself returning to Mahdi rom. At least for me it is the best rom. Many features and nice stock aosp look.
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Orvils said:
Well I have tried a lot of roms and always find myself returning to Mahdi rom. At least for me it is the best rom. Many features and nice stock aosp look.
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It contains everything I said?
There is no perfect ROM. But mahdi, nameless, are my 2 favorites. They're all lacking in the camera department but you can flash others . If you take the time to set things up properly you can have a very feature packed ROM to the point where there is no need to go with stock
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Ughhh another one "best rom threads"
Try different roms and see which ones suit you needs.
inb4lock?
doktor buknasty said:
Ughhh another one "best rom threads"
Try different roms and see which ones suit you needs.
inb4lock?
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Sorry I'm new to the field
I have a problem when I connect the device to a computer is not giving me the option of transferring files
know the problem?
OP my recommendation is to try these ROM's And what works for you may not work for others, as what works for others may not work for you....
Just do some homework and read and test and run for yourself...Thanks.

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