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Searched and I was surprised there was no main thread comparing and discussing the differences between Sense and AOSP roms like a lot of other device sub forums have. I've been running a Sense 5 rom since I got my DNA a few months ago but have been itching to switch to AOSP. However I have a few questions.
In my past experience with other devices, native ROMs (in this case Sense based) usually work a little better in terms of things like battery life, signal, and stability. Is this the same for the DNA?
Other things I'm concerned about
-Camera: IMO the Sense camera is way better than the AOSP. I can deal with the loss of software features, but is the picture quality still as good?
-Sound: Beats is mostly just an equalizer gimmick, but the DNA is loud and overall sounds great. I briefly ran an AOSP rom and the first thing I noticed was the sounds was distorted at high levels. I also found this thread which echos my problem. Is this still an issue?
I'd say in my opinion you are spot on with the sense vs aosp in the aspect of aosp issues! Just MY OPINION AND PERSONAL FINDINGS! I love Aosp but I do think it lacked some of the "stock, supposed to be there" kind of feeling I get with sense.. I have been running the CM 11 nightlies for quite a while now. I don't know about pic quality for sure. If there is a difference it's not noticeable to me. I do think I get better battery on sense but signal and stability are basically equal..
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I haven't run an AOSP rom since I first flashed NOS Google Play Edition. No matter how strong the temptation to try KitKat, the lower external speaker volume on the AOSP roms that I tried, combined with the inability to use Google Sound Search, Soundhound, or Shazam, ultimately made me stick with a rom using the Sense kernel. But, since I can't stand Sense, I'm sticking with GPE Roms, no matter how delayed they may be.
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I've just been on CM11 today after only using sense 5. I can say I already miss blinkfeed, and can already assume the battery will be worse, but everything else seems the same. It's worth trying. I'm rather fond of the Google integration.
Watercycle said:
I've just been on CM11 today after only using sense 5. I can say I already miss blinkfeed, and can already assume the battery will be worse, but everything else seems the same. It's worth trying. I'm rather fond of the Google integration.
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The battery is way better when the screen is off, but probably worse than sense when the screen is on. I don't usually have more than 2 and a half hours of screen time in a day, but I typically get about 18 hours of battery on crpalmer's cm11 kernel. Also as far as cameras go, I love camera jb+. Stock aosp camera with some extra features, my favorite being the 6mp setting because it gives me full screen 16:9 pictures. Focal is great too and shows a lot if potential, but it's really unstable.
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The only problem I have with CM based roms is the low volume when recording videos. Otherwise no problems. Battery, signal, speaker volume, etc are are on par or better than Sense plus the snappiness and customizability are great. There may be a couple apps that don't work well with CM ROMs but I don't use those particular apps so it's not a problem for me.
I've been running Carbon 4.3 for the last two months. I have not tried a KK ROM since all the features have not been implemented yet.
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The only problem I have with CM based roms is the low volume when recording videos. Otherwise no problems. Battery, signal, speaker volume, etc are are on par or better than Sense plus the snappiness and customizability are great. There may be a couple apps that don't work well with CM ROMs but I don't use those particular apps so it's not a problem for me.
I've been running Carbon 4.3 for the last two months. I have not tried a KK ROM since all the features have not been implemented yet.
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FYI, the camcorder volume should be much better for any kit-kat ROM build with the 12/12 or later CM device tree.
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crpalmer said:
FYI, the camcorder volume should be much better for any kit-kat ROM build with the 12/12 or later CM device tree.
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Could you make that change to the 4.3 kernel?
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Could you make that change to the 4.3 kernel?
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It's a change in the CM device tree. Gimme a kit-kat? Aka, time to bit the bullet and update?
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It's a change in the CM device tree. Gimme a kit-kat? Aka, time to bit the bullet and update?
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I spent the first two-thirds of the year playing with alpha and beta ROMs, right now I'm just holding steady with the full-featured versions of 4.3. Plus there's nothing compelling about KK ROMs except for the fact it's new. It has ART but it's still too new and some devs suggest against using it for now.
In my experience sense obviously has a better camera and also better sound even with beats off and viper audio sense sound is just better.
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I spent the first two-thirds of the year playing with alpha and beta ROMs, right now I'm just holding steady with the full-featured versions of 4.3. Plus there's nothing compelling about KK ROMs except for the fact it's new. It has ART but it's still too new and some devs suggest against using it for now.
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I've made the jump and I'm on the latest CM 4.4.2 (12-17 build) and it is sooooo much faster and smoother than 4.3. I was scared to make the jump but this thing really flies. Battery life is about the same.
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I've made the jump and I'm on the latest CM 4.4.2 (12-17 build) and it is sooooo much faster and smoother than 4.3. I was scared to make the jump but this thing really flies. Battery life is about the same.
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Even compared to 4.3 with your build.prop tweaks?
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Even compared to 4.3 with your build.prop tweaks?
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Yup. I've applied my same tweaks to 4.4.2 and it flies man. Its really stable. To odeox the ROM use this flashable zip I found in this thread. Download the "ARMEABI" (That's for our device). I'm really happy with kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47462548
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Thanks for all the input so far. Still a little worried about the sound issues but I'll probably give an AOSP rom a try, can always revert back to my nandroid
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Thanks for all the input so far. Still a little worried about the sound issues but I'll probably give an AOSP rom a try, can always revert back to my nandroid
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Def give it a try it's fun I do it all the time but inevitably always go back to sense
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Yup. I've applied my same tweaks to 4.4.2 and it flies man. Its really stable. To odeox the ROM use this flashable zip I found in this thread. Download the "ARMEABI" (That's for our device). I'm really happy with kitkat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47462548
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I tried KK today, what annoys me is:
1. The browser, which I use a lot, doesn't have text reflow, incognito mode, and working full screen mode (hide nav bar). I do not like other browsers.
2. The dialer sucks.
With the tweaks it doesn't seem much faster than 4.3.
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I tried KK today, what annoys me is:
1. The browser, which I use a lot, doesn't have text reflow, incognito mode, and working full screen mode (hide nav bar). I do not like other browsers.
2. The dialer sucks.
With the tweaks it doesn't seem much faster than 4.3.
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Weird. Ive flashed back and forth between 4.3 and 4.4....4.4 feels way smoother
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I don't care for smoothness, I want it to be responsive and fast. If I flick up or down I don't want a delay to make it feel smooth, I want it to instantly move fast. That's just me, I have all animations and various frills turned off. I replicated the same setup on 4.4 and it just wasn't the same.
I sold my Note II yesterday and i was looking for a good stock Google smartphone. I owned a G2 for a week and I remember it had a brilliant battery life, but i don't like the LG OS. I heard about a good development scene about stock-based ROMs like Cyanogen. Is that true?
On Note II, because of the Exynos CPU and some lack of development support from Samsung, Cyano ROMs were just a mixed bag of experience. There are some minor issues everywhere and the 2-days battery life of the samsung ROM is impossible to get on CM.
So, i'm looking for a G2 for a quick CM 11 flash. Do you think it's a good idea?
I'm also considering a OnePlus One, but the invitation thing is a bit annoying and i don't think it will be easy to get one.
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I sold my Note II yesterday and i was looking for a good stock Google smartphone. I owned a G2 for a week and I remember it had a brilliant battery life, but i don't like the LG OS. I heard about a good development scene about stock-based ROMs like Cyanogen. Is that true?
On Note II, because of the Exynos CPU and some lack of development support from Samsung, Cyano ROMs were just a mixed bag of experience. There are some minor issues everywhere and the 2-days battery life of the samsung ROM is impossible to get on CM.
So, i'm looking for a G2 for a quick CM 11 flash. Do you think it's a good idea?
I'm also considering a OnePlus One, but the invitation thing is a bit annoying and i don't think it will be easy to get one.
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If you're entirely bothered about AOSP, I'd go for the Nexus 5 or HTC One GPE. If you had asked me yesterday I'd have said AOSP roms are still a bit buggy with issues but I put on OmniRom last night - it really seems the best of the bunch at the moment! Not had any issues at all (But I've only been using it properly for 12 hours or so).
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If you're entirely bothered about AOSP, I'd go for the Nexus 5 or HTC One GPE. If you had asked me yesterday I'd have said AOSP roms are still a bit buggy with issues but I put on OmniRom last night - it really seems the best of the bunch at the moment! Not had any issues at all (But I've only been using it properly for 12 hours or so).
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Yeah, but what about battery life?
I'm ok with the 2-days of moderate usage of the Note, and i heard that Nexus 5 and the One M7 aren't very good on battery life.
I used to be on CM 10.2 stable and everything worked fine. Then I wanted to try Kit Kat, but CM 11 was pretty unstable for me (I think I tried the M4 build).
I decided to give stock another try since LG released their KK firmware. I used to own a Nexus 4 and still prefer AOSP, but you can get LG stock close to AOSP.
I use Nova Launcher and with G2 Tweakbox (Xposed) you can switch the ugly LG quicksettings with the AOSP one. CloudyStock 2.0 ROM allows you to remove LG 's bloatware during installation.
There is a GPE ROM for the lg g2.
Check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2719020
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I used to be on CM 10.2 stable and everything worked fine. Then I wanted to try Kit Kat, but CM 11 was pretty unstable for me (I think I tried the M4 build).
I decided to give stock another try since LG released their KK firmware. I used to own a Nexus 4 and still prefer AOSP, but you can get LG stock close to AOSP.
I use Nova Launcher and with G2 Tweakbox (Xposed) you can switch the ugly LG quicksettings with the AOSP one. CloudyStock 2.0 ROM allows you to remove LG 's bloatware during installation.
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+1 here, im also using stock kk+nova and deleted bloated apps using TB Pro + using some kernels available(using simple kernel default settings, smooth and battery friendly or if dori's kernel is updated to stable) works perfectly and smooth for me. It gives me 3days of usage when I turn my phone useless and 1 day if I play games for hours which is normal.
CM11 nightlies have been perfectly stable for me over the past 2-3 weeks
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I did try cm 11 m5 build, everything working like it should, smooth, less stuttering than on stock. but just can't stand camera. It's miles away from stock
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With KK sources released, we should have stable builds.
Although honestly I am loving stock 4.4.2 + root + xposed. I've never used a stock rom longer then a week before. Been running stock since November. Simply amazing.
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Thanks for the interesting replies!
Stock KK is tempting me but when i tried i figured that i don't like so much the LG interface
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With KK sources released, we should have stable builds.
Although honestly I am loving stock 4.4.2 + root + xposed. I've never used a stock rom longer then a week before. Been running stock since November. Simply amazing.
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Agreed. Well, Stock + Root + Xposed + Nova Prime + Simple Kernel (underclocked to 1.728ghz) and a lot of bloat frozen/deleted is about as perfect as I have had the phone running. Battery life is excellent for me (40-45 hours with 5% battery left. 60% permanent screen brightness. 5-7 hours screen on time).
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Elvecio said:
Thanks for the interesting replies!
Stock KK is tempting me but when i tried i figured that i don't like so much the LG interface
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do check out the g2 dev forums for the available roms. personally i'm using mahdi rom and ehndroix before that. They are both SUPERB imo.
if battery life's what you're concerned about, for myself the roms average drains around from 100 percent to 70 percent in average of 12hours? (as i'm a light user).
in comparison to nexus 5 and htc, i'm almost definite that the battery capacity on g2 outclasses them both. so battery wise, g2 is good choice. Since my purchase of the phone in november, the dev for roms has been increasing steadily.
G2's definitely worth a consideration
Omni ROM is great for me obviously it's not CM but its got loads of options and is stable as can be really. Just had to change the low memory killer to medium with kernel tweaker but otherwise running as provided.
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Omni ROM is great for me obviously it's not CM but its got loads of options and is stable as can be really. Just had to change the low memory killer to medium with kernel tweaker but otherwise running as provided.
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How much did you used it? Because on every aosp i have installed i got allways reboot problems... Now I'm on stock modded lighting rom is fast like aosp and i have call record also on bluetooth, something that on aosp is missed. But i have to say that those kk stock rom from lg are bugged because you can't disable obexmaptransaction (the bluetooth sms sharing thing) and it drian more battery than JB when paired in car. I use the phone for work so if i have to say wich is the best atm for me is stock JB but KK is lot more snappier, so i'm using this, because i have read somewhere that LG is going to push an OTA to fix those small issue.
Another problem on stock is that when you have to save a contact by default the phone use internal memory and not the Google account, so every time i have to select my account. I hate this because you cant edit wich accounts have to be the default one.
Sorry for my english, i hope to have given an idea based on my personal experience with the roms out there for the D802.
The aosp I have tried past 3 days are: Slimkat, Paranoid and Mahdi both unstable for my use for the frequent reboots...
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How much did you used it? Because on every aosp i have installed i got allways reboot problems...
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Yeah, on the Note2 side of the forum there's a bunch of users that say "this nightly is perfect, this custom ROM is amazing" but in fact none of them are perfectly fine for random reasons (camera issues, BT issues, battery issues and so on). I hope that on the LG G2 side there's a different situation, thank to the Qualcomm CPU that i think is better for development.
AOSP ROMs are really good for me on my D802. Now on latest Mahdi Rom with merged 4.4 sources I have 4h screen-on-time with 59% battery left, I unplugged the phone 21h ago. I have 'only 2G' setting and I used a lot of WiFi (Dolphin, FB Messenger, Youtube...)
Generally the ROMs will get really stable on days/weeks, because of LG 4.4 sources.
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AOSP ROMs are really good for me on my D802. Now on latest Mahdi Rom with merged 4.4 sources I have 4h screen-on-time with 59% battery left, I unplugged the phone 21h ago. I have 'only 2G' setting and I used a lot of WiFi (Dolphin, FB Messenger, Youtube...)
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What? You browse the web on 2G network?
No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt get same battery life (with same usage) with any aosp roms. Stock had always btter battery for me.
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What? You browse the web on 2G network?
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nooope! I mean to SMS/calling, I said I used a lot of WiFi lol
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No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt get same battery life (with same usage) with any aosp roms. Stock had always btter battery for me.
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Just activate ART The thing is to flash proper Gapps and generally to flash the ROM properly, for me ART is always stable and it gives profits in battery life and smoothness.
This thread is the place to discuss what kind of ROM you prefer on the G2 and why. This is NOT a "whats best thread" but more of a: why I like AOSP ROMs more than stock LG based ROMs thread.
I will start: I prefer LG stock roms on my G2 because of extra features and d2ts+more responsive dt2w.
What do you prefer and why?
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This thread is the place to discuss what kind of ROM you prefer on the G2 and why. This is NOT a "whats best thread" but more of a: why I like AOSP ROMs more than stock LG based ROMs thread.
I will start: I prefer LG stock roms on my G2 because of extra features and d2ts+more responsive dt2w.
What do you prefer and why?
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AOSP:
- Android 5.1.1
- CAF
- Consistently themed apps
- That much more configuration
- Lighter
- Has ported stock camera
- Better battery
- Less heat
- DT2W is hit or miss
- Some variants have SIM/connectivity issues
-41k in antutu
Stock:
- Has LG features
- Better camera features, not quality in particular
- 34k in antutu
- Worse battery since lollipop
- Heats up quicker, kernel is pretty messy
That's my experience personally!
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AOSP:
- Android 5.1.1
- CAF
- Consistently themed apps
- That much more configuration
- Lighter
- Has ported stock camera
- Better battery
- Less heat
- DT2W is hit or miss
- Some variants have SIM/connectivity issues
-41k in antutu
Stock:
- Has LG features
- Better camera features, not quality in particular
- 34k in antutu
- Worse battery since lollipop
- Heats up quicker, kernel is pretty messy
That's my experience personally!
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I saw you responded to my post about CM12 nightlies not continuing for the G2. Wanted to ask you (since you didn't mention) what 5.1 (CAF source) ROM you're running? What would you suggest for a stable AOSP ROM that has device/kernel specific updates for our G2s?
I personally prefer CM 12.1 ROM based on my device: for now I'm running Resurrection Remix with Llama Kernel and it such a beast: Xposed, Android 5.1.1, all that good stuff that make my G2 breaths again. Only issue I think is the camera and a real "Do not distrub" on the ROM. But, yeah, AOSP / CM ROMs for me.
Tried Euphoria OS (5.1.1 CAF etc).
I felt that the CM12 5.0.2 builds were more stable. I don't remember seeing any noticeable improvement or advantage in moving on to CAF 5.1.1 builds (apart from knowing it's running the latest kernel/modem/etc). Lots of promising stuff in CAF builds but I was looking for something more stable, it's not merged to official CM12.1 yet for a reason (I was getting odd vibration bug where on some vibrates, the vibration won't stop until you do another vibration action), camera seemed even slower than on CM12, etc.
Decided to move back to an LG based ROM for the first time ever, I'm running CloudyG2 3.2 now with Nova Launcher, Settings on List View, etc. Very happy with the Xcam LG Camera running. Interface wise I think I prefer the feel of AOSP, and will probably change back if the CAF stuff ever gets merged for an official CM12.1 nightly but I'm going to give CloudyG2 a go for a while and enjoy taking some good snappy photos.
In aosp iam using the last 5.1.1 like nexus so I'm happy and very very faster than stuck rom. Lg 5.02 is very lagy
Stock because AOSP is really unstable.. AOSP is fine for common user but if you are hardcore user or you working on your phone - AOSP ROMs on G2 are mess..
Stable stock LP for me.
41k to 42k in Antutu. Not 34k. I have 2 G2 D800(s) both performed the same. One is with T-Mobile stock with selectable network band and the other with AT&T stock.
I prefer stock because camera in a
Aosp is suck
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CloudyG2 3.3 (almost stock) - good performance, smooth, better camera.
AOSP or Slim based Roms. Stock is ok for the normal user just doesnt have enough for the power user. CM based is not an option.
LG ROMs, tried 99% of AOSP roms for G2 and most are unstable/buggy....KK AOSP has a bad camera/interace dropping frames (same problem on my old nexus 4, status bar pull down laggy), LP AOSP worse camera, AudioFX not working, bugs, worse battery....
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LG ROMs, tried 99% of AOSP roms for G2 and most are unstable/buggy....KK AOSP has a bad camera/interace dropping frames (same problem on my old nexus 4, status bar pull down laggy), LP AOSP worse camera, AudioFX not working, bugs, worse battery....
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Wow sounds like you used CM based roms alot. I have no issue with the camera. Even use the stock camera app on an AOSP based rom (not CM based).
Stock, because AOSP are mostly unstable, if on AOSP you could use the stock camera (with advanced drivers) and have 4G, I would use AOSP, but cause you couldn't, not...
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Wow sounds like you used CM based roms alot. I have no issue with the camera. Even use the stock camera app on an AOSP based rom (not CM based).
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Tried CAF roms like BlissPop and Euphoria, no diference
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Tried CAF roms like BlissPop and Euphoria, no diference
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Those are still based off of cm. There are only 2 that don't use cm that I know of. Dirty Unicorns and Slim. Anything that is based off of cm is known for issues. They never test any of the code they merge. I won't even mention bliss as that is one of the worst around.
Slim is a fantastic ROM,smooth and fast...it is my daily rom
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Those are still based off of cm. There are only 2 that don't use cm that I know of. Dirty Unicorns and Slim. Anything that is based off of cm is known for issues. They never test any of the code they merge. I won't even mention bliss as that is one of the worst around.
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I've had Slim on my old Nexus 4 but the Slim bloatware always put me off. Now CM doing the same with its Camera app, Calender, Music............
I never tried Dirty Unicorns. What about Resurrectionremix? Is that CM too?
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I've had Slim on my old Nexus 4 but the Slim bloatware always put me off. Now CM doing the same with its Camera app, Calender, Music............
I never tried Dirty Unicorns. What about Resurrectionremix? Is that CM too?
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I do not know about normal SlimLP,but I do know that SlimSaber is currently the fastest and lightest ROM available.
There is no bloatware,and it is always up to date with the latest Android version(5.1.1 and its subversion).
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I've had Slim on my old Nexus 4 but the Slim bloatware always put me off. Now CM doing the same with its Camera app, Calender, Music............
I never tried Dirty Unicorns. What about Resurrectionremix? Is that CM too?
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Yes. 99% of roms are based off of cm. Which means they keep most of the bugs that cm has never bothered to fix.
I know that it's best to try them myself but I really don't have time to test all.. I'm wondering which cm based rom has great performance with comparable battery life to stock. I think stock Roms are a bit too laggy with quite a lot of microstutters. And it hangs time to time as well. Cm Roms I tried a while ago are Bliss pop and Resurrection but they both have too short battery lives. But I loved that they were so smooth.
Any recommendation?
Thanks a bunch!
crDroid , smooth with very good battery life
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crDroid , smooth with very good battery life
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Thanks! Did you do any modification like xposed tweak to make the battery good or greenify or it is just good out of the box? I'm going to try the rom probably today but want to know what setup you have.
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Its really good for a cm based ROM. I also used greenish standard version. Mother than crDroid i strongly encourage you to try hybridROM. Its not CM based but it rocks.
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Its really good for cm based ROM. I also used greenish standard version. Mother than crDroid i strongly encourage you to try hybridAOSP. Its not CM based but it rocks.
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Is that smooth and have long battery life too? My main concern is standby time as I'm a light user. Also I really want a smooth rom cause I got spoiled by ios.. Lol cause I go back and forth between iPhone and Xperia ZU. thanks so much for helping.
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Very smooth , I think smoother than any CM based that I have tried and i have tried almost every ROM lol.
Another option is ZHyperROM. Its stock based and heavily debloated so its light , ultra smooth and with amazing battery life. You can also flash zombie kernel in it which is amazing and you will be OK. Thats my current setup in my Ultra and i am completely satisfied. So i think you should try these 3 options and find the most appropriate for you.
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Very smooth , I think smoother than any CM based that I have tried and i have tried almost every ROM lol.
Another option is ZHyperROM. Its stock based and heavily debloated so its light , ultra smooth and with amazing battery life. You can also flash zombie kernel in it which is amazing and you will be OK. Thats my current setup in my Ultra and i am completely satisfied. So i think you should try these 3 options and find the most appropriate for you.
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Ah. okay I actually tried ZHyperROM and it was not bad, but once I installed Zombie kernel, i saw a lot of micro stutters, so I don't know what happened there. Maybe I changed the kernel setting wrong, but I couldn't know which. So I tried XistenZ which is what I'm running, and it's smoother than ZHyperROM + Zombie, but it still lags time to time. I keep seeing random stutter when unlocking the phone with animation, and other lags too.
But I remember a while ago that when I tried BlissPop and Resurrection, it was crazy smooth, and I guessed because it's cm based, so I liked the speed, but the standby battery time was terrible. So I asked originally is there cm based rom that has good battery life.
I will try crDroid of HybridAOSP (this you mean the Z3 port, right). Hopefully I find the rom that is for me.
I advise you to change the three options regarding animations in the developer options from 1x to 0.5x. Try it in your current setup.
1x gives stuttering at least for me and many ROMS (particularly the stock based have 1x by default.
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Godaemon said:
I advise you to change the three options regarding animations in the developer options from 1x to 0.5x. Try it in your current setup.
1x gives stuttering at least for me and many ROMS (particularly the stock based have 1x by default.
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I tried that but i felt that it was still not as smooth as I would like, so I took the jump and installed Hybrid rom (Z3 port) and it seems pretty good! Also in this rom I changed to 0.5x for all three, and it's really nice. It seems like apps load quicker in this rom than stock roms I tried in the past few days, not just animations. I haven't tested battery life though, but hopefully it lives up to expectation!
Thanks for your help.
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crDroid , smooth with very good battery life
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Me too.
You use 5.0.2 or 5.1.1
Since you are trying all types of ROMs, try GPE port by scrubber. I got 5 and a half hour screen on time. With auto sync and data turned on all the time. Now I'm on Xperium 5.1.1. I always had stuttering on CM based ROMS. I'm surprised to see you say that it's very smooth. Can you try Resurrection remix and bliss pop and let me know how the performance is. Play some games like subway surfer and see if you have any frame drops.
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sjesudasan said:
Since you are trying all types of ROMs, try GPE port by scrubber. I got 5 and a half hour screen on time. With auto sync and data turned on all the time. Now I'm on Xperium 5.1.1. I always had stuttering on CM based ROMS. I'm surprised to see you say that it's very smooth. Can you try Resurrection remix and bliss pop and let me know how the performance is. Play some games like subway surfer and see if you have any frame drops.
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I used to try all types of Roms but now it's school term and I can't test Roms much. I did try scrubber and it's battery life was pretty good but standby wasn't as good as stock with stamina. Maybe cause I didn't bother with greenify, power nap, etc.
Bliss pop and Resurrection were super smooth and fast for me in terms of UI animations. And they were just always responsive. I don't play games, so maybe that's a different story? Hmm.. But yea battery life was terrible even with greenify power nap and amplify.
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BTW, just to update, I'm on Hybrid Rom as I said, and after setting up Greenify and PowerNap (after installing Xposed), the standby time is outstanding. When I check the battery usage graph, the standby time shows literally flat horizontal line.
Performance is definitely better than stock based roms. Stock based roms had occasional lock screen animation lag after waking up from sleep (even 3rd party lock screen apps), and the phone was hanging time to time with more stutters. This Hybrid Rom does also have a bit of stutters here and there, but it's so much better with no hanging or freezing yet.
Hello guys, i'm getting my OPX in about a week and i'm doing some research beforehand. My question is simple; Which custom ROM is the best one out there?
For now i have my eyes on cyanogenmod but i am wondering what your opinion is.
The only thing i need is for the ROM to be MM and it has to have support to use sdcard as main storage
Also i do have an additional question; Which camera app gives the best results?
Can you guys help me with this?
Thanks for the help
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I have read some more around the site and i have found some tweaks that makes the camera better and stuff (http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...-custom-camera-hal-4k-uhd-dci-30-fps-t3315382) Is this any good?
Is there anything else i should know about?
There isn't a "best" ROM. Some are good in some aspects while others are better in other things. It all comes down to personal preference. Start by thinking of whether you are going for features, battery life or a bit of both and go from there. If you are a bit of a noob with ROMs leave you telegram, what's app, etc. and I'll be more than happy to help you
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There isn't a "best" ROM. Some are good in some aspects while others are better in other things. It all comes down to personal preference. Start by thinking of whether you are going for features, battery life or a bit of both and go from there. If you are a bit of a noob with ROMs leave you telegram, what's app, etc. and I'll be more than happy to help you
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In that case, i think im going to be happy with cm13, atleast that is what ill try first. Im going to try the camera 4k fix and see if that makes the camera better. Thanks for the help, i guess im going with what i thought i would do xD
If I can help you, I'm on SultanXda CM13 rom (25/06 build). I'm really happy with it, more than with OOS. I'm not a ''power user'' (I didn't even rooted my onyx at the moment :s). Everything i need work perfectly (GPS, SMS/MMS, gapps, calls, camera, alarm clock, some social media apps) and battery life is pretty decent (i have ~4h-4h30 SWOT with all ''****ty'' apps like twitter, facebook &co).
Viciious said:
If I can help you, I'm on SultanXda CM13 rom (25/06 build). I'm really happy with it, more than with OOS. I'm not a ''power user'' (I didn't even rooted my onyx at the moment :s). Everything i need work perfectly (GPS, SMS/MMS, gapps, calls, camera, alarm clock, some social media apps) and battery life is pretty decent (i have ~4h-4h30 SWOT with all ''****ty'' apps like twitter, facebook &co).
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So how is the rom you are using compared to the official CM13 rom?
And also, have you tested the 4k camera "patch" ?
i can recommend sultan's cm13 as well
If you are going for pure CMish, be sure to give Sultan's Unofficial CM a try. It's basically stock CM13 with a custom kernel which greatly improved battery life and performances plus a few tweaks to make things easier. I get 5:30h - 6h of screen on time with medium usage.
Try it, you won't regret it
Sultans ROM already has the camera HAL included. It is his after all and it does way more than just enable 4k
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So how is the rom you are using compared to the official CM13 rom?
And also, have you tested the 4k camera "patch" ?
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I didn't try official CM13, the sultan CM13 works well, i stay with it . I have installed it from one week now, have only one issue of heating but only once and for less than 5 min (maybe because of facebook app **** ...). If you want a stable rom give it a try
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If you are going for pure CMish, be sure to give Sultan's Unofficial CM a try. It's basically stock CM13 with a custom kernel which greatly improved battery life and performances plus a few tweaks to make things easier. I get 5:30h - 6h of screen on time with medium usage.
Try it, you won't regret it
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I will, does sdcard storage work correctly?
mic issues on sultan's?
AoSPa. Was previously using CM13 but the mic seems problematic, tried aospa last night so far everything is smooth.
Yes, Sultan has both mic and SD storage issues. But you can easily fix those: you fix the external SD with either an xposed module or a zip in this forum; the mic is fixed by editing the build.prop
All the Roms are top notch In there own sense. Best way is read forums and ask questions on what your looking for. I keep going back to Xosp. It works flawless and with sparky kernel gives decent battery life. If you dont want the Sony apps you can just choose your own file/music/gallery apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/development/rom-xosp-5-4-t3372070
Imo Sultan CM13
I am using Purity ROM. I find it quite efficient both in terms of battery and stable wise. Its better to take a poll and ask the users which ROM are they using. In that way, we can get to know the ROM that is used by many.
So which one is good in terms of battery life?
For Battery life
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So which one is good in terms of battery life?
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sultans rom and colorOS gave me the best battery backup!
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So how is the rom you are using compared to the official CM13 rom?
And also, have you tested the 4k camera "patch" ?
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It is far better than the official cynogen mod nightlies.. I have used both... N sultan cm13 is much stable and runs perfectly with nice batyery life( 4 to 5 hr screen on time) but the only iasue i identified is '' OTG'' is not working.
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AoSPa. Was previously using CM13 but the mic seems problematic, tried aospa last night so far everything is smooth.
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AOSPA was really good, but the camera app ruined it for me. If you flash the OOS camera app it should be great. Not too sure about it's performance/battery life though, I didn't use it for too long