Hi there to everyone on XDA.
I hope someone can help me out.
I have a question...
How much resources do Android 7.1.2 use compared to Android 6.0?
The reason im asking this is, I used to have an Samsung S4.I loved that phone but, then one evening the phone just went dead and wouldn't power on again.Dont know if my screen broke or if it's the pc board itself.So I got an Huawei Y560 as replacement which is about half the specs of the S4.I flashed my Samsung from CM12 all the way up to Lineage 7.1 and even used RR 5.8.XDA really changed my world and made me appreciate my phone so much more.Amazing work the developers do here on this site.
Anyhow my S4 ran all these roms flawlessly(Well obviously because the roms was made for the phone),but I am now a bit concerned about flashing my Y560 being at ½ the hardware the Samsung had.
Will the roms mentioned above run smoothly and will I have enough memory to run big apps (memory consuming apps),will the cpu keep up running multiple apps?All these questions make me a bit hesitant.
My main concern is about Nougat (7.1.2) I'm pretty sure 6.0 will run without problems,but I really want to flash Nougat.I will appreciate any help you guys can give me.
Thanks
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Hi guys! Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.
Looking for a budget and by budget i mean something thats cheap and cheerful and does the job for facebook games. This is for a friend of mine basically and I have looked at the phones hes interested in so far but I cant find any that have a development base out there.
Want something that can be upgraded or alternative roms placed on it should he get bored of it. As thus far I've only seen some devices out there on 4.4.2 and would like one that could be upgraded to 4.4.4 or even 5 when it gets released.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Buy a moto G.
This rom comes with the stock camera. Has anyone tried it yet? How is battery life and stablility?
The video seems down.
Do you have a link for this ROM ?
I'm running the LineageOS 15.1 ROM which is slick af, but video recording doesn't work in any of the ROMs I've tried (LOS, Phh-Treble 8.0/8.1, OpenKirin for Honor 10 View 8.0/8.1). Still images are good and with some effort I got the phh treble Huawei camera to work for still images at least. Battery is slightly worse but still more than good enough
Any viable for daily driver?
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I'm running the LineageOS 15.1 ROM which is slick af, but video recording doesn't work in any of the ROMs I've tried (LOS, Phh-Treble 8.0/8.1, OpenKirin for Honor 10 View 8.0/8.1). Still images are good and with some effort I got the phh treble Huawei camera to work for still images at least. Battery is slightly worse but still more than good enough
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I’m considering buying this phone with the sole intention of putting a stock/close to stock ROM on it. Would you consider any of the ROMs you’ve tried good enough for a permenant daily driver?
Be harsh in your judgement, I’m happy to do a bit of fiddling to get stuff set up but I’m not an enthusiast at this any more.
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I’m considering buying this phone with the sole intention of putting a stock/close to stock ROM on it. Would you consider any of the ROMs you’ve tried good enough for a permenant daily driver?
Be harsh in your judgement, I’m happy to do a bit of fiddling to get stuff set up but I’m not an enthusiast at this any more.
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This may be an incomplete answer, but I bought mine two days ago with the same idea in mind and may be able to give you my results.
In short : EMUI is a joke, it is unimaginable for me that people can like this as the software feels cluttered and uninspired.
From the AOSP point of things : except for the camera, the basic stuff works great once you got how to flash these things (little advice, don't flash TWRP, as stock recovery is hard to get in case you want to get back to stock).
But things seem to change quite rapidly, so maybe everything could be easy and fixed by next week
Anearion said:
I’m considering buying this phone with the sole intention of putting a stock/close to stock ROM on it. Would you consider any of the ROMs you’ve tried good enough for a permenant daily driver?
Be harsh in your judgement, I’m happy to do a bit of fiddling to get stuff set up but I’m not an enthusiast at this any more.
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LineageOS 15.1. It's decent in all aspects except video, runs smooth without any snags and works as a daily driver. If you use 2 sims and a lock screen you gotta disable pin for sim 2. Auto brightness works but is overly aggressive. Getting the ROM loaded was super smooth, some simple ADB commands and a factory reset and it's good to go.
I'm pretty happy with it as the honeymoon period of stock EMUI has ended and the super aggressive RAM management that kills timers and countdowns is the worst waste of 6GB RAM I've ever seen.
You might wanna check out Nokia 7 Plus though
I really like the either the lineage or stock aosp roms. The camera is indeed way worse, which kind of sucks, have not tried adding the stock huawei camera app. I also have this issue where my wifi hotspot, bluetooth hotspot or usb tethering all are not working But think I am one of the few with these issues, or are there more people with this problem?
Thanks for the responses guys. As Perpels suggests, the other phone I'm looking at is the Nokia 7 Plus, so I guess I'll just be keeping an eye on M10P ROM progress until N7+ full reviews start showing.
At the moment it looks like Lower spec processor/headphone jack/Android One vs High spec processor/AMOLED/ ROM headaches.
Urgh.
Hey folks, I just made a little guide to make all this a bit easier. Feel free to give it a look !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-treble-compatible-rom-t3761927
I am waiting for my Mi Pad 1 to arrive in the mail.
I bought it because I want a good tablet to emulate games on, and some native Android games.
Initially I wanted to buy an Nvidia Shield K1, but those are hard to come by these days, and if you do, they are always too expensive, at least for me.
I want to install a ROM with Shield Blobs, and I don't care if I loose the camera functionallity.
But I'm not sure jumping on the latest Lineage ROM is the right thing for me, since I'm not interested in having the latest Android OS.
I am only interested in getting the best performance of the tablet gaming wise. I am worried that a too recent version of Android OS will be too much for the tablet to handle, which would be bad for and affect the gaming performance of the tablet.
Which ROM would you recommend?
Please, any help is appreciated!
Come on! I seriously doubt that there's no one here who hasn't got the knowledge to help me. Please guys!!! If it were as simple as doing a Google search, I would.
Lineage OS 15.1 , only problem I experience is when left idle for long period reboots to recovery. All else working very well. Just follow the instructions.
Pretty much any ROM with Shield blobs will do the trick. I would go with LOS 14.1 as there is hw support for video acceleration.
Hi, this question may sound weird. I believe I made a general post about but got lost.
I have the XT1650-03 and also XT1543 (may sound off topic but is not).
Both of them are running custom roms, the Z running Android 9, and the G3 2015 running Android 7.
My question is, how do you know which is the "optimal" version for a phone? I'm not talking about features, or security updates. Is like having a PC running Windows 7, and then upgrading (doing a clean install of course) to Windows 10 and you see that the computer works but has a hard time with it. The same could be said with Linux versions; maybe.
I'm debating myself between staying where I'm or going back to stock on both phones, then rooting them, as not much modification was done and both of them are my daily drivers; so I care more for stability and optimal resource use during the day than anything else.
I remember once @ lost101 made some optimized roms for the Moto G, basically stock roms but without bloatware and some optimizations, but haven't seen anyhing for the G3 or even the Z. I remember my Moto G lasted quite a long time before I gave it to my mom a few years ago, today she has a Moto E, but still has my old Moto G working, she has it as a backup phone; still with the improved Moto G stock rom.
Edit: I also wanted to thank @squid2, @sd_shadow, their files have also kept in shape my trusty Moto G3
Sorry, I'm getting old for this.
XDADoog said:
Hi, this question may sound weird. I believe I made a general post about but got lost.
I have the XT1650-03 and also XT1543 (may sound off topic but is not).
Both of them are running custom roms, the Z running Android 9, and the G3 2015 running Android 7.
My question is, how do you know which is the "optimal" version for a phone? I'm not talking about features, or security updates. Is like having a PC running Windows 7, and then upgrading (doing a clean install of course) to Windows 10 and you see that the computer works but has a hard time with it. The same could be said with Linux versions; maybe.
I'm debating myself between staying where I'm or going back to stock on both phones, then rooting them, as not much modification was done and both of them are my daily drivers; so I care more for stability and optimal resource use during the day than anything else.
I remember once @ lost101 made some optimized roms for the Moto G, basically stock roms but without bloatware and some optimizations, but haven't seen anyhing for the G3 or even the Z. I remember my Moto G lasted quite a long time before I gave it to my mom a few years ago, today she has a Moto E, but still has my old Moto G working, she has it as a backup phone; still with the improved Moto G stock rom.
Edit: I also wanted to thank @squid2, @sd_shadow, their files have also kept in shape my trusty Moto G3
Sorry, I'm getting old for this.
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This may not help you as much as you would like The most optimized ROM is the one that works the best for you.
Most ROMs that are going beyond what the OEM provided are building that against the base firmware of the device. So a device that doesn't have A/B slots, won't get seamless updates, or treble support (ok, there are rare cases for Treble). The point is, custom ROMs are providing kernel and security updates. For some people, all of the bells and whistles in a custom ROM is not optimized for their use. For others, stock is never enough. I personally retire a device that no longer gets security updates, either from the OEM or at least from the custom development community.
Often a device performs badly due to an aging battery. Also, any ROM, over time can get bogged down and benefit from a factory reset fresh start.
You need to decide what serves you and your device best
@ktmom It does help, thank you.
The thing is that, I was debating myself thinking that the whole android world depended heavily on the phone's tech specs. I mean, I have read about a Moto G with Android 9 but... for a daily driver, that doesn't need all the bells and whistles... is it worth it? is it too much? That's what I was thinking.
Thank you for taking your time and answering me, I really appreciate it.
I think sometimes the new and improved specs are being chased because it's shiny. I tend to buy last season's model Google phone from swappa. I think the Nexus 6 is roughly equivalent to the Moto G. The N6 has several A9 ROMs still developed and at least one A10 ROM. I still have two N6 devices but they run as control devices in the house. Either could be pressed back into service as a daily driver if needed.
Years ago I rooted a phone I had to the latest Android, only to find that the hardware wasn't up to running a more complicated OS, even the Cyanogen version that was equivalent to the original Android version didn't exactly breath much life into the old dog.
Given how shockingly poor the experience on my T820 can be on the stock ROM, I find myself once again tempted to give a custom one a go, but was wondering if the newer ROMs place significant additional load on the hardware? Is it worth the effort? Does it make them responsive?
I don't use the tablet for anything heavy-duty; mainly what I want is responsive browsing, Skype and some basic apps...
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Years ago I rooted a phone I had to the latest Android, only to find that the hardware wasn't up to running a more complicated OS, even the Cyanogen version that was equivalent to the original Android version didn't exactly breath much life into the old dog.
Given how shockingly poor the experience on my T820 can be on the stock ROM, I find myself once again tempted to give a custom one a go, but was wondering if the newer ROMs place significant additional load on the hardware? Is it worth the effort? Does it make them responsive?
I don't use the tablet for anything heavy-duty; mainly what I want is responsive browsing, Skype and some basic apps...
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@imacleod,
Based on the views and comments I see for custom ROMs for your tablet, this ROM:
[ROM] SM-T820 TWEAKED....................[rom] sm-t820 tweaked
SM-T820 TWEAKED 5.1 ***** PIE ***** 20JUN2020 T820_CTD5_TWEAKED_5.1_DB4_by_rorymc928.zip Based on latest stock CTD5 firmware Tweaked, stable, zip aligned. SU/D Forced encryption disabled Deknoxed Debloated (GPU driver updated to latest...
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appears to be the best choice for improving your tablet's performance. If you are serious about installing it, check out the most recent posts in the thread. You will find a very useful post that goes into great details about how to install the ROM properly.
I feel you regarding sluggish performance on a stock Samsung tablet. I had a Samsung tablet a long time ago and it felt like watching paint dry when I tried to simply play a video. Also, what is it with the HUGE bezel size on Samsung tablets ? I recently bought a Lenovo Tablet and it has a very thin bezel.
In any event, good luck with your tablet !!
Thanks. I was hoping for some feedback from people that had applied a ROM to the S3, whether they found it transformational - or perhaps not - and whether the best idea is to go for the latest and greatest, or stick at the lowest level that's got general support.
I'm not one who's installed a custom firmware, but I see you've not got much response. This device was very expensive at launch, so was a hard reach for many people. Fewer people means fewer developers.
The custom firmware available for this device is quite sparse. In addition, there seems to be troubles getting all of the hardware to work correctly. They're not placing any load on the device as its the same kernel version as stock.
That being said, I do believe the S3 is past its support period, so will not be getting new firmware from Samsung.
Reading the fora for the custom firmware show that the device can be more responsive than stock (as long as you don't need the hardware that isn't working).
Additionally, rooting and debloating the stock firmware has shown increased performance for those who have done it (including myself). I'd recommend this route prior to attempting a custom firmware unless your primary goal is to ditch samsung and google.
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I'm not one who's installed a custom firmware, but I see you've not got much response. This device was very expensive at launch, so was a hard reach for many people. Fewer people means fewer developers.
The custom firmware available for this device is quite sparse. In addition, there seems to be troubles getting all of the hardware to work correctly. They're not placing any load on the device as its the same kernel version as stock.
That being said, I do believe the S3 is past its support period, so will not be getting new firmware from Samsung.
Reading the fora for the custom firmware show that the device can be more responsive than stock (as long as you don't need the hardware that isn't working).
Additionally, rooting and debloating the stock firmware has shown increased performance for those who have done it (including myself). I'd recommend this route prior to attempting a custom firmware unless your primary goal is to ditch samsung and google.
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Thanks for the reply. I did actually take the plunge through the week and installed rorymc928's rom. So far, I'd say that it's more usable than stock - e.g. it's not so slow that entering a PIN after a restart hits the screen lockout out before I'm done - but not overly stunning when browsing (perhaps my expectations are too high). It has made me a lot less inclined to reach for a hammer/put it on eBay, and it may be the best balance between what's available and losing functions/features. If I feel brave I may try a more advanced tinker at some later point in time...
If you want to get an idea what Samsung thought was important for this tablet, watch some HDR content from youtube. Gorgeous!
But... Not really useful. Android tablets are a teeny niche, but someone should be able to produce something for the market!