Can anyone advise what is the current lightest, and fastest ROM?
Coming from linux, it's pretty easy to pick a light weight distro, there are a tonne of very small but very fast options, with android it's much harder to tell what's light weight / fast, and what isn't.
I don't want to retire my S3, but it's getting a fair bit of lag on CM 11.2 (March release) 4.4.4.
Bump for interest
So no opinions?
haritrev said:
So no opinions?
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i'm using axuan's (4.4.4 - AXUAN i9300sksukni3 - s5 - note4style - V2 TW ROM) debloated rom further improved by zuziemanis (kopet huan 416mb - best or kopet note4 542mb - themed), so far i find it the lightest. i can run CoC, spirit fm/music, torrenting without one of them being killed by lmk.
2 issues:
1. gps not working in power saving mode.
2. only spirit fm radio works
other tw roms:
1. back-to-noot 4.4.4 ported 694mb - no theme, plain, vanilla-like
2. [4.4.2] QSBased SmartDroid Simple KK 426mb - heavily debloated (have a bloatwares pack available), stable, ram management still can't beat 4.4.4
for aosp, cm, etc i'm not happy with the keyboard predictions & auto spacing (google, swype, emoji, etc), i can't recommend any.
I've been lingering around the forum and lineage seems to have broken more things recently. Please don't attack me i just read the last few pages.
And cr droid is having signal spoof.
Best recommended rom if any?
Lineage would also work i just want to confirm
Well, for the best possible performance with fewest bugs I suggest MIUI developer ROM.
If you want a non-MIUI ROM, I can suggest Syberia OS, or Pixel Experience. They are also good.
Ultimately, "best custom ROM" is completely subjective because everyone has different usage habits and therefore will have different requirements.
Learn to flash, get comfortable flashing, and try all the ROMs.
dgrasley said:
Well, for the best possible performance with fewest bugs I suggest MIUI developer ROM.
If you want a non-MIUI ROM, I can suggest Syberia OS, or Pixel Experience. They are also good.
Ultimately, "best custom ROM" is completely subjective because everyone has different usage habits and therefore will have different requirements.
Learn to flash, get comfortable flashing, and try all the ROMs.
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Been flashing for like 2 years. Not used to tons and tons of pages to read through but thanks for the response. Will try syberia.
My requirements are minimum bugs and good battery. I barely play games.
Will try.
Thanks
I've been using Pixel Experience as my daily driver for the month.
No complaints.
pepo930 said:
I've been using Pixel Experience as my daily driver for the month.
No complaints.
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PE has the least number of features among all custom roms i tried and miui. eg:
1. No call recording possible in any way.
2. No option to turn on torch with power button when screen off.
3. No advanced restart options.
4. No network speed meter.
5. No ability to change fonts on the fly.
MIUI exclusive features (no custom ROM has these):
6. Native app lock.
7. Flawless native long/scrolling screenshot capability.
Lineage OS 16 exclusive feature:
8. Privacy guard (this feature alone is enough to justify selecting LOS over others)
Not all roms have all of the above features but PE is the only one which doesnt have ANY of them.
MIUI has the maximum number of above features.
hands down for Lineage 16 and Nitrogen OS
Norepinephrine said:
PE has the least number of features among all custom roms i tried and miui. eg:
1. No call recording possible in any way.
2. No option to turn on torch with power button when screen off.
3. No advanced restart options.
4. No network speed meter.
5. No ability to change fonts on the fly.
MIUI exclusive features (no custom ROM has these):
6. Native app lock.
7. Flawless native long/scrolling screenshot capability.
Lineage OS 16 exclusive feature:
8. Privacy guard (this feature alone is enough to justify selecting LOS over others)
Not all roms have all of the above features but PE is the only one which doesnt have ANY of them.
MIUI has the maximum number of above features.
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Yeah. Will try after syberia i guess. Thanks
Ouch - was pretty set on PE, but the lack of call recording, advanced restart and speed meter are big nonos.
My main concern with using the stock MIUI is privacy related - Xiaomi seems to collect far too much info.
PE is great if you want vanilla experience. If you like to tinker, tweak this and that, change the settings every two days then PE is not for you. Maybe NOS is the most stable right now.
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PixelPlusUI is a Pixel Experience based ROM with some more friendly user experience. What differentiates us from the rest, you ask? Well that's why you're here. LET'S FIND OUT. It has additional localised and personalized functionality while preserving the stock Android look by adhering to Material Design guidelines. Unlike OEMs' slow and untimely updates, we closely follow Google to bring the latest updates to our users, and even prolonging support to devices that have been declared obsolete by OEMs. Our ROMs' source code is open source, secure, stable and outstanding. Your experience using PixelPlusUI will be butter smooth with added convenience and features. So do not hesitate anymore, join us now and start enjoying the beauty of stock Android or even be one of our developers. Let's bring this project to greater heights! PixelPlusUI is a minimal and close to stock Android ROM which offers great performance and stability with many awesome features. The main aim of this rom is to give user a better experience without compromising quality of Android experience so that no one struggles in any kind of difficulties while using their device. PixelPlusUI brings a better UI/UX to Android with a seamless experience coupled with customisations and user security. But this doesn't mean our aim is to provide all the customisation available on the planet. We are focused on a cleaner, more Material design approach with Pixel Goodies. So sit back and enjoy PixelPlusUI on your device!
- Kostya Maslennikov - Founder & Lead Developer
- Saurav - Developer & Support Team
- Smokey - Developer & Support Team [/B]
- Rahul Mishra - UI/UX Developer & Support Team [/B]
- And Also Our Hardworking Maintainers
NOTE: As of now PixelPlusUI A11 [ R ] is still in beta so features mentioned below may or may not be present when you are flashing the build.
But when it will get stable u will get every features mentioned below. KEEP PATIENCE !!
Code:
Statusbar :
Introduce dynamic VoLTE & VoWiFi icons
OOS Styled Network Traffic Activity Indicator
Hiding Statusbar on lockscreen
Show 4G Instead of LTE toggle
Quick settings :
Added Daily Data usage in left side of QS
Useful new tiles like sync, Data Switch, AOD , etc
Require unlocking QS tiles
WIFI/NFC, Mobile Data, Bluetooth Panel instead of full Settings
Themes :
PixelPlusUI Paper App
Pixel Theme Picker
More color accents, clocks and fonts
Introduce 404 IDE Clock, Sammy highlight clock, Divided Lines Clock, MNML Clock, Fluid lockscreen clock, SFUNY clock, etc in Display/Style and Wallpapers
Hardware Buttons :
Advance Restart
Expanded volume panel
Power Menu Customizations
Disabled Annoying Emergency button in power menu
Added Screen OFF Animation
Navigation :
Navigation bar layout invertion
Introduce HW Keys backlight & brightness control
Notifications :
Allow to suppress notifications sound/vibration if screen is ON
Gaming mode
Add unlinked ringtone and notification volumes
Incall vibration options
Heads-up & Less boring heads-up
Gestures :
3-finger screenshot gesture
Added Long Screenshot
Double tap to sleep on statusbar and lockscreen
Statusbar brightness control
Security & Safety :
Added System App Lock
FaceUnlock on OFFCIAL
Protect sensitive info on About device
Added Smart Charging
Added Smart Cut Off
Settings :
Introduce Android 12 Style Search bar
New beautiful BatteryMeterView
Brand New PixelPlusUI info in about device
Extra :
Support for internal audio recording
Pixel Charger Animation
Implement cutout force full screen
Configurable 0, 90, 180 and 270 degree rotation
Miscellaneous :
Pixel 5 Goodies
OTA Updates
Russian, Ukrainian, French, Polish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, and etc translations
And Much More As Source keeps updating So Hard to keep all updated.
SourceForge! [ TAP HERE ]
NOTE: It is STRONGLY recommended to fully wipe your device before flashing and please avoid restoring system apps and system data with Titanium Backup (or with any backup/restore app) as this can cause stability issues that are very hard to debug, restoring regular apps is fine.
If you believe you know what you're doing - then fine, go ahead, but please don't complain if you experience any strange behavior.
CLEAN FLASH :
- Download the latest build
- Reboot to recovery.
- Take a backup.
- Wipe System, Data, Cache, Dalvik
- Flash the latest build
- Flash Magisk [OPTIONAL]
- Reboot
DIRTY FLASH :
- Download the latest build
- Reboot to recovery
- Flash the latest build
- Flash Magisk [OPTIONAL]
- Wipe Cache
- Reboot
What works?
Wifi
RIL
Mobile data
GPS
Camera
Flashlight
Camcorder
Bluetooth
Fingerprint reader
Lights
Sound / vibration
Almost everything
What doesn't work?
Nothing yet
You tell me!
BUG REPORT !!
As soon as the problem occurs, take a logcat and please inform us via Telegram or XDA.
for more READ THIS
- Android Open-Source Project
- Pixel Experience
- LineageOS
- Fluid OS
- Havoc-OS
- Paranoid Android
- Octavi-OS
- Wave-Project
- Evolution-X
- Others, I forgot to mention
PixelPlusUI XDA Logo and Banners
- Virendra
- Android OS version: 11.0
- Security patch: April 2021
- Build author/Device Maintainer : zjunior06
- DEVICE: MOTO G5 PLUS
- DEVICE CODENAME: POTTER
Sources and Documentation
- ROM Source Code
- Kernel Source
- OFFICIAL DEVICES
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
TELEGRAM GROUP
------------------ DONATION LINKS ------------------
AS WE KNOW THAT THE BUILD IS FREE OF COST FOR YOU GUYS BUT BUILDING ROMs NEED SERVER SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT EVERY MONTH AND ITS A BIG AMOUNT SO AS A STUDENT ITS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE IT. IT WOULD BE HELPFULL AND REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU SUPPORT US
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Making an assumption that this is the follow-on forum for PE 11(from PE+ 10). If that assumption is correct, HOORAY and congrats. Look forward to working with PE 11 (been using the PE11 beta for 2+ months now and it's really stable and seems to work great). Appreciate your efforts.
is april build stable? or
should i wait for a month or more for stable release?
cbt48 said:
is april build stable? or
should i wait for a month or more for stable release?
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So far, it seems stable and reliable. I did have a minor problem installing...I tried to do a dirtly flash (over the March PE 11 beta). It appeared to work but I had flakey problems after the first reboot and they got worse as time went on...My dirty flash was just initializing dalvic and cache. I personally wouldn't recommend trying that based on my issues.
My second try was to wipe Data, Dalvic and Cache, and that (clean flash) seems to have worked fine. Everything I've tried (so far) has worked properly and everything seems stable. Pain in the neck to reconfigure all apps and screens but it seems to be working properly...I did use a restore from Google backup to re-establish most apps and local files (photos, etc) and they all came thru properly. It was just the layout of the (3) screens of icons, and app configuration (passwords, etc) that took some time.
S
PS: it is still beta, so if you're not comfortable with tweaking/adjusting/going with the flow, you might be better off to wait...YMMV
nices
Smooth AF and Volte working!
Damn this is good Rom dude!!
Found a minor difference and was wondering if it's a "feature" , bug, or something else...
I used to have the current local temperature on my lock screen just below the time, on the same line as any upcoming alarms. It is now missing. I still have the alarms, but no temperature. I can't remember when it showed up (several releases ago I think), and also can't remember if it was put there by a setting or app. Anyone have any ideas?
After more research, this appears to be a "feature" of the AOSP variant of PE (the version that PE 10 wound up being). Therefor, can this be added to PE 11...Please.
Thanks
S
Its not booting for me... Any help would be appreciated... wiped everything except internal storage and flashed...
yusha_khan said:
Its not booting for me... Any help would be appreciated... wiped everything except internal storage and flashed...
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When you say not booting...taking a long time for the first reboot after install is normal (takes 2+ minutes) Are you getting to the boot animation(bouncing dots)? If not, there may be a problem with your download. If it's getting to the animation, let that go for a while (way longer than a regular reboot). Good luck.
spschneer said:
Making an assumption that this is the follow-on forum for PE 11(from PE+ 10). If that assumption is correct, HOORAY and congrats. Look forward to working with PE 11 (been using the PE11 beta for 2+ months now and it's really stable and seems to work great). Appreciate your efforts.
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spschneer said:
So far, it seems stable and reliable. I did have a minor problem installing...I tried to do a dirtly flash (over the March PE 11 beta). It appeared to work but I had flakey problems after the first reboot and they got worse as time went on...My dirty flash was just initializing dalvic and cache. I personally wouldn't recommend trying that based on my issues.
My second try was to wipe Data, Dalvic and Cache, and that (clean flash) seems to have worked fine. Everything I've tried (so far) has worked properly and everything seems stable. Pain in the neck to reconfigure all apps and screens but it seems to be working properly...I did use a restore from Google backup to re-establish most apps and local files (photos, etc) and they all came thru properly. It was just the layout of the (3) screens of icons, and app configuration (passwords, etc) that took some time.
S
PS: it is still beta, so if you're not comfortable with tweaking/adjusting/going with the flow, you might be better off to wait...YMMV
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Dude, this is Pixel Plus UI, not Pixel Experience. They are different ROMs
N1vBruno said:
Dude, this is Pixel Plus UI, not Pixel Experience. They are different ROMs
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Sorry, but this appears to be the closest thing to an official v11 follow-on to PE 10. I'll leave it to ZJRDroid to make the decisions of what to inlcude or not.
spschneer said:
Sorry, but this appears to be the closest thing to an official v11 follow-on to PE 10. I'll leave it to ZJRDroid to make the decisions of what to inlcude or not.
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Nope, you can find official PE v11 on https://download.pixelexperience.org/potter or on Potter's Telegram group. This is PPUI, a different ROM.
N1vBruno said:
Nope, you can find official PE v11 on https://download.pixelexperience.org/potter or on Potter's Telegram group. This is PPUI, a different ROM.
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Thanls for the pointer...
waah! great effort by the team, ui is cool & buttery smooth, there is no lag while using multiple apps, date and time interface in status drop down menu looks sporty. PP-UI 11 is ahead of PE 11.
Highly recommended rom. people who got bored out of PE give this a try
Waited half an hour still not booting ... Same is the case with pe 11 for me... Although am using arrow OS Android 11 version...
yusha_khan said:
Waited half an hour still not booting ... Same is the case with pe 11 for me... Although am using arrow OS Android 11 version...
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spschneer said:
So far, it seems stable and reliable. I did have a minor problem installing...I tried to do a dirtly flash (over the March PE 11 beta). It appeared to work but I had flakey problems after the first reboot and they got worse as time went on...My dirty flash was just initializing dalvic and cache. I personally wouldn't recommend trying that based on my issues.
My second try was to wipe Data, Dalvic and Cache, and that (clean flash) seems to have worked fine. Everything I've tried (so far) has worked properly and everything seems stable. Pain in the neck to reconfigure all apps and screens but it seems to be working properly...I did use a restore from Google backup to re-establish most apps and local files (photos, etc) and they all came thru properly. It was just the layout of the (3) screens of icons, and app configuration (passwords, etc) that took some time.
S
PS: it is still beta, so if you're not comfortable with tweaking/adjusting/going with the flow, you might be better off to wait...YMMV
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spschneer said:
So far, it seems stable and reliable. I did have a minor problem installing...I tried to do a dirtly flash (over the March PE 11 beta). It appeared to work but I had flakey problems after the first reboot and they got worse as time went on...My dirty flash was just initializing dalvic and cache. I personally wouldn't recommend trying that based on my issues.
My second try was to wipe Data, Dalvic and Cache, and that (clean flash) seems to have worked fine. Everything I've tried (so far) has worked properly and everything seems stable. Pain in the neck to reconfigure all apps and screens but it seems to be working properly...I did use a restore from Google backup to re-establish most apps and local files (photos, etc) and they all came thru properly. It was just the layout of the (3) screens of icons, and app configuration (passwords, etc) that took some time.
S
PS: it is still beta, so if you're not comfortable with tweaking/adjusting/going with the flow, you might be better off to wait...YMMV
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i think, inbuilt app lock has some issues with stability. i mean app lock works fine but after enabling lock for few apps the os was not stable, it just hangs, os works fine again if only i reboot from recovery mode. normal reboot/system don't work
Very nice work by @ZJRDroid as usual.
Attached some screenshots since I couldn't find it anywhere.
VoWiFi does not work with T-Mobile USA and its MVNOs.
I enabled VoWiFi in settings, set it to Wi-Fi only, but it still use cellular connection. The same is true if I set to "Wi-Fi preferred" .
Stock ROM (Android 8.1) works correctly with VoWiFi.
Both tested with T-Mobile USA and Tello (T-Mobile's MVNO) SIM cards.
VoLTE works without problems.
Moto G5 Plus / XT1687
ZJRDroid said:
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"This is a user-friendly thread, all your suggestions are important to us and will be taken into consideration."
PixelPlusUI is a Pixel Experience based ROM with some more friendly user experience. What differentiates us from the rest, you ask? Well that's why you're here. LET'S FIND OUT. It has additional localised and personalized functionality while preserving the stock Android look by adhering to Material Design guidelines. Unlike OEMs' slow and untimely updates, we closely follow Google to bring the latest updates to our users, and even prolonging support to devices that have been declared obsolete by OEMs. Our ROMs' source code is open source, secure, stable and outstanding. Your experience using PixelPlusUI will be butter smooth with added convenience and features. So do not hesitate anymore, join us now and start enjoying the beauty of stock Android or even be one of our developers. Let's bring this project to greater heights! PixelPlusUI is a minimal and close to stock Android ROM which offers great performance and stability with many awesome features. The main aim of this rom is to give user a better experience without compromising quality of Android experience so that no one struggles in any kind of difficulties while using their device. PixelPlusUI brings a better UI/UX to Android with a seamless experience coupled with customisations and user security. But this doesn't mean our aim is to provide all the customisation available on the planet. We are focused on a cleaner, more Material design approach with Pixel Goodies. So sit back and enjoy PixelPlusUI on your device!
- Kostya Maslennikov - Founder & Lead Developer
- Saurav - Developer & Support Team
- Smokey - Developer & Support Team [/B]
- Rahul Mishra - UI/UX Developer & Support Team [/B]
- And Also Our Hardworking Maintainers
NOTE: As of now PixelPlusUI A11 [ R ] is still in beta so features mentioned below may or may not be present when you are flashing the build.
But when it will get stable u will get every features mentioned below. KEEP PATIENCE !!
Code:
Statusbar :
Introduce dynamic VoLTE & VoWiFi icons
OOS Styled Network Traffic Activity Indicator
Hiding Statusbar on lockscreen
Show 4G Instead of LTE toggle
Quick settings :
Added Daily Data usage in left side of QS
Useful new tiles like sync, Data Switch, AOD , etc
Require unlocking QS tiles
WIFI/NFC, Mobile Data, Bluetooth Panel instead of full Settings
Themes :
PixelPlusUI Paper App
Pixel Theme Picker
More color accents, clocks and fonts
Introduce 404 IDE Clock, Sammy highlight clock, Divided Lines Clock, MNML Clock, Fluid lockscreen clock, SFUNY clock, etc in Display/Style and Wallpapers
Hardware Buttons :
Advance Restart
Expanded volume panel
Power Menu Customizations
Disabled Annoying Emergency button in power menu
Added Screen OFF Animation
Navigation :
Navigation bar layout invertion
Introduce HW Keys backlight & brightness control
Notifications :
Allow to suppress notifications sound/vibration if screen is ON
Gaming mode
Add unlinked ringtone and notification volumes
Incall vibration options
Heads-up & Less boring heads-up
Gestures :
3-finger screenshot gesture
Added Long Screenshot
Double tap to sleep on statusbar and lockscreen
Statusbar brightness control
Security & Safety :
Added System App Lock
FaceUnlock on OFFCIAL
Protect sensitive info on About device
Added Smart Charging
Added Smart Cut Off
Settings :
Introduce Android 12 Style Search bar
New beautiful BatteryMeterView
Brand New PixelPlusUI info in about device
Extra :
Support for internal audio recording
Pixel Charger Animation
Implement cutout force full screen
Configurable 0, 90, 180 and 270 degree rotation
Miscellaneous :
Pixel 5 Goodies
OTA Updates
Russian, Ukrainian, French, Polish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, and etc translations
And Much More As Source keeps updating So Hard to keep all updated.
SourceForge! [ TAP HERE ]
NOTE: It is STRONGLY recommended to fully wipe your device before flashing and please avoid restoring system apps and system data with Titanium Backup (or with any backup/restore app) as this can cause stability issues that are very hard to debug, restoring regular apps is fine.
If you believe you know what you're doing - then fine, go ahead, but please don't complain if you experience any strange behavior.
CLEAN FLASH :
- Download the latest build
- Reboot to recovery.
- Take a backup.
- Wipe System, Data, Cache, Dalvik
- Flash the latest build
- Flash Magisk [OPTIONAL]
- Reboot
DIRTY FLASH :
- Download the latest build
- Reboot to recovery
- Flash the latest build
- Flash Magisk [OPTIONAL]
- Wipe Cache
- Reboot
What works?
Wifi
RIL
Mobile data
GPS
Camera
Flashlight
Camcorder
Bluetooth
Fingerprint reader
Lights
Sound / vibration
Almost everything
What doesn't work?
Nothing yet
You tell me!
BUG REPORT !!
As soon as the problem occurs, take a logcat and please inform us via Telegram or XDA.
for more READ THIS
- Android Open-Source Project
- Pixel Experience
- LineageOS
- Fluid OS
- Havoc-OS
- Paranoid Android
- Octavi-OS
- Wave-Project
- Evolution-X
- Others, I forgot to mention
PixelPlusUI XDA Logo and Banners
- Virendra
- Android OS version: 11.0
- Security patch: April 2021
- Build author/Device Maintainer : zjunior06
- DEVICE: MOTO G5 PLUS
- DEVICE CODENAME: POTTER
Sources and Documentation
- ROM Source Code
- Kernel Source
- OFFICIAL DEVICES
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
TELEGRAM GROUP
------------------ DONATION LINKS ------------------
AS WE KNOW THAT THE BUILD IS FREE OF COST FOR YOU GUYS BUT BUILDING ROMs NEED SERVER SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT EVERY MONTH AND ITS A BIG AMOUNT SO AS A STUDENT ITS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE IT. IT WOULD BE HELPFULL AND REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU SUPPORT US
PAYPAL: https://bit.ly/zjr_paypal
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How is the battery life of this rom and can someone put screenshots of Screen ON time in the battery sections in settings. I am using pixel experience plus 11 rom and facing battery life issues. Only getting about 4hrs Screen On time.