So I have read a lot about ext4 and haven't really heard any compelling reasons to switch except to kill other phones on quadrant. What are your thoughts? Does ext4 make real life improvements that matter?
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So I have read a lot about ext4 and haven't really heard any compelling reasons to switch except to kill other phones on quadrant. What are your thoughts? Does ext4 make real life improvements that matter?
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The only thing that makes my life easier with EXT4 is it builds your application list faster (when adding shortcuts to a homescreen.)
Whether real or perceived, my phone definitely feels faster with accessing files and switching screens. I totally ignore benchmark tests. I don't even run them.
To me ext4 on 2.2 feels faster then 2.1 over clocked.
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To me ext4 on 2.2 feels faster then 2.1 over clocked.
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100% agreed. Load times and lag are significantly decreased from 2.1, even at 1.3gHz.
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Thank you for your feedback. I really appreciate it. I have been on trulyepic for a week with rfs and have been very impressed with the improvements. I'm tempted to make a change. I'm waiting for an official ext4 rom for trulyepic but also considering something flashier like viperrom on ext4. I'm definately opening a can of worms here but is there a suggestion?
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I use viper rom and am happy with it but I haven't tried all the other roms. FYI team viper will be releasing a new build tomorrow that will have their own custom launcher.
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Same here... ext4 is very snappy.
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To me ext4 on 2.2 feels faster then 2.1 over clocked.
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Besides speed does the optimization also inprove battery drain?
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Besides speed does the optimization also inprove battery drain?
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Good question! Hoping for a yes.
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Besides speed does the optimization also inprove battery drain?
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I am betting better if not the same as I was getting on di18 under volted.
Ext4 write/read cycles to the nanchip are less. Less writes/reads means less wear and less batery use.
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I'm tempted to go to GB to get Netflix. I just want to see what's the best ROM available, and see what features it does/doesn't have. Mainly concerned with stability and compatibility.
Thanks.
Bonsai V5B13. Haven't tried others, but this is very stable, snappy and suitable for everyday use.
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I'm tempted to go to GB to get Netflix. I just want to see what's the best ROM available, and see what features it does/doesn't have. Mainly concerned with stability and compatibility.
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EF02 hands down
EF02 Plus is the most stable for me. Your mmv.
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Bonsai V5B13. Haven't tried others, but this is very stable, snappy and suitable for everyday use.
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That's not readily accessible though for people who can't donate D: But it's beta material so it's not meant for everyone either way. I've heard it runs smoothly though.
AA anonymous rom i3 is really good. And its based off of bonsai
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AA anonymous rom i3 is really good. And its based off of bonsai
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i3 is good. I'm running urban inception since yesterday. I like that there's less bloat to it.
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CM7 doesn't look like it's finished enough to attempt. Can't seem to find any ACS builds.
Why ask this? Everyone will just tell you the ROM they are using. ALL ROMs are good. Just read through the top threads in development and pick one.
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I built my own. Imo it's the best way to have a rom that has exactly what you want.
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What are you looking for? Clean GB has good battery life. Very simple and everything works.
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Thunderhawk has been running well for me
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Here are the top six roms in MY opinion that are the best...
1.)StarskyROM (The one nobody talks about, but offers the BEST performance, in exchange for a couple bugs, that absolutely relate nothing to user-experience-quality. Pretty Stock, balls to the wall speed, not bad battery)
2.) LegendaryRom
3.)ACS ICS (Dont think its being updated anymore, Marcusant created MarcusantRom, listed below, which is basically the same thing as ACS ICS)
4.)SleeperRom (Amazing battery life)
5.)MarcusantRom (Incredibly Stable, Fast, Amazing Looks)
6.).....no need to list beyond this point, its all a matter of personal preference.....
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I built my own. Imo it's the best way to have a rom that has exactly what you want.
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Hmm. Are you going to share that Rom
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I too was away for a while..if you want a rom that works the way the phone was designed, frill free, no attemts to push or squeeze the device, and no bonker theeming.....cleangb is your huckleberrry.
I was suprised not to see it in the guy's list above
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Nothing changes whether you are away or not, the best ROM is the one that works best on your phone for the way you use your phone.
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Now that the new Samurai 3.3.0 is running real well Marcusant's Revival V1 is worth a look if you want something that looks a little less stock.
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Now that the new Samurai 3.3.0 is running real well Marcusant's Revival V1 is worth a look if you want something that looks a little less stock.
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I have not had very good luck with the latest Samurai kernels. I get horrendous lag. I believe this was even acknowledged by the developer, unless im mistaken and a new release has become available recently.
I had some issues as well, but last night 3.3.0 in 3 flavors came out.
So far I am very pleased, other seem to be as well.
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Nothing changes whether you are away or not, the best ROM is the one that works best on your phone for the way you use your phone.
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Kenny is right. To paraphrase- "the phone chooses the ROM"
(I've tried them all except Random's, and they're all great. Marcusant's was probably my fave. On CleanGB now with Travis' new Minimalistic Black theme and loving it. Try new Shadow Kernel, its the bomb)
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Kenny is right. To paraphrase- "the phone chooses the ROM"
(I've tried them all except Random's, and they're all great. Marcusant's was probably my fave. On CleanGB now with Travis' new Minimalistic Black theme and loving it. Try new Shadow Kernel, its the bomb)
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What kind of quadrant score do you get with the shadow kernel on stock settings? I'm running starskrom, flashed the shadow kernel, and now I'm getting 250 less of a score on quadrant. I've gerard some people saying they are getting 3000 or more. That not possible without overclocking right?
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That is correct. You need to OC to get that score. Quadrant is crap and can be easily spoofed. It does just some number crunching and a few video routines. The best judge of performance is how it works and feels for you. If you are hung up on whose benchmark is bigger, stick to smartbench 2010.
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That is correct. You need to OC to get that score. Quadrant is crap and can be easily spoofed. It does just some number crunching and a few video routines. The best judge of performance is how it works and feels for you. If you are hung up on whose benchmark is bigger, stick to smartbench 2010.
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Kenny is right- to paraphrase, "quadrant size doesn't matter".
Or whatever. I just judge by eye- am I lagging? Sticking? Randomly rebooting? My current setup has been flawless. But I am a charter member of "Flashaholics Anonymous" and CK23 is getting ready to drop Serenity 1.1.1, so I have a feeling a Nand backup and new flash is coming at me.
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Kenny is right- to paraphrase, "quadrant size doesn't matter".
Or whatever. I just judge by eye- am I lagging? Sticking? Randomly rebooting? My current setup has been flawless. But I am a charter member of "Flashaholics Anonymous" and CK23 is getting ready to drop Serenity 1.1.1, so I have a feeling a Nand backup and new flash is coming at me.
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LOL...I couldn't quite get the wording right. You said it all!
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I am running acs ics 5.5with the new acs theme. it is pretty flawless. but with that said, for some reason my phone prefers marcusant's rom over the rest. I have tried just about them all and might even try urban precision again now that the mms bugs are supposed to be worked out
Just some advice... You definitely want to be running marcusant revival ROM with the new samurai assassination kernel. You will not be disappointed, trust me. I am getting the best performance I have ever seen possible on the device plus 30 hour of battery life.
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Why is finding a decent Rom for the Evo4G with 4G so darn hard!!!!!
What makes the Evo/Android OS so hard to incorporate into Roms?
If their are any 2.3.5 + 4.67 +4 G Roms that are worth trying let me know!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
MikG 3.11, is definitely worth a try
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Ummm where have you been looking? Swagged out stock(any of them), team nocturnal stock or ics-ish. Diablos annihilator. All 4.67 and amazing. Plus, the classic by tommytomatoe should drop any day now and that will be ridiculous. I'm currently on SOS x ca1nes classic kernel and it is great. Here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536127
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Thank ya
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MikG 3.11, is definitely worth a try
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Yeah... I'm running that right now. It seems to lag a bit (Window sliding and closing windows)
Thanks though
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Ummm where have you been looking? Swagged out stock(any of them), team nocturnal stock or ics-ish. Diablos annihilator. All 4.67 and amazing. Plus, the classic by tommytomatoe should drop any day now and that will be ridiculous. I'm currently on SOS x ca1nes classic kernel and it is great.
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Team Noc's are all like half good and half bad.
Definitely gonna get tommys DL'd for a test ride.
And annihilator too
Thanks
I guess I might just be too picky.
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Nitrous seems pretty good. To be honest though, I do not have 4g in Phoenix so I have not gotten to experience it.
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Yeah... I'm running that right now. It seems to lag a bit (Window sliding and closing windows)
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Team Noc's are all like half good and half bad.
Definitely gonna get tommys DL'd for a test ride.
And annihilator too
Thanks
I guess I might just be too picky.
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I have zero lag are you using a custom kernel or setcpu? I am using anthrax right now but lionfish worked great too.
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Tommy tomato's rom has everything you want plus plenty of great themes
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I have zero lag are you using a custom kernel or setcpu? I am using anthrax right now but lionfish worked great too.
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Same here.using lionfish and no lag and mikg 3.11 is awesome.
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Thanks guys for all the help.
Im running MikGx3.1, omg does it kill my batt. It might last an hour and a half if I do nothing. From 100% turned off to turning it on I had 92% lol and 89% 10sec later.
I'll go down the list and try em all.
Quik/S\ilv said:
Thanks guys for all the help.
Im running MikGx3.1, omg does it kill my batt. It might last an hour and a half if I do nothing. From 100% turned off to turning it on I had 92% lol and 89% 10sec later.
I'll go down the list and try em all.
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This behavior happens due to the way in which batteries are charged. It happens on many ROMs and kernels for the 1st 10%. What is important is what happens after that. If you want to avoid it entirely the only sure-fire is to use an SBC kernel.
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This behavior happens due to the way in which batteries are charged. It happens on many ROMs and kernels for the 1st 10%. What is important is what happens after that. If you want to avoid it entirely the only sure-fire is to use an SBC kernel.
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I don't use SBC as I am worried about what could happen. I use an Anker 1700 battery and it doesn't drop like stock.
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I don't use SBC as I am worried about what could happen. I use an Anker 1700 battery and it doesn't drop like stock.
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SBC doesn't do anything to any battery.
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Most AOSP roms and all sense 2.1 and lower roms have working 4g the only ones that don't have it working are ICS and sense 3.5 ports
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SBC doesn't do anything to any battery.
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Isn't sbc trickle charge and there is always power being applied to egger battery? There must be a reason why cell phone manufactures don't already have this in there phone software.
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Isn't sbc trickle charge and there is always power being applied to egger battery? There must be a reason why cell phone manufactures don't already have this in there phone software.
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Yeah, so you upgrade and buy a new one from them. People forget these companies are master money makers.
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BigSmoke53 said:
Yeah, so you upgrade and buy a new one from them. People forget these companies are master money makers.
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That makes you completely ignorant for making that statement. Yes it is harmful in the long run, and they don't include it because of that and the things that can happen to that battery that cam cause the user harm.
try swagstr SOS X, it is my daily driver and doesn't eat the battery up on mine.. You may also want to download a battery calibrator after flashing a new rom
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try swagstr SOS X, it is my daily driver and doesn't eat the battery up on mine.. You may also want to download a battery calibrator after flashing a new rom
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Google developers have said that battery calibration applications do absolutely nothing to improve battery life. If you would like to challenge them, be my guest.
So my friend and I were comparing our phones he has an iPhone, and my phone would do everything faster his phone just did everything smoother, mostly we checked how games ran, his phone in game options ex: scrolling through options and upgrades was way more smooth and responsive while mine had hiccups, gameplay was the same though, but I'm curious why the iPhone is smoother scrolling even outside of its ui into games while my Hercules beats it in specs?
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Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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lol then i actually have no idea
the only thing that i could recommend is for you to try lightning zap rom
also overclock to the fullest and put in performance mode!!!!!
Then also install the v6 supercharger but i think slimbean already has it so
i think im stumped on this one lol!
Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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lol yeah i totally did a typo there but i meant kernel!
but thanks for clarifying that i wouldn't want to spread that around
well i guess you explained it better than me and thanks!!!
"The iPhone changed things by introducing a dedicated thread with high priority for handling UI rendering, redirecting all power (CPU and GPU) to handling UI element rendering in realtime based on touch input. The result? Smooth-as-butter UI elements, transitions and animations as soon as you touch the screen -- even on older hardware when paired with the latest iOS 5 software. The drawback: everything else, from app downloads to content rendering will pause so the UI can keep that high frame rate, high quality redraw pace."
http://m.imore.com/android-ui-smooth-ios
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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The t989 is faster than the iPhone 4s. Geekbench 2 proves that. But in terms of smoothness the iPhone will ALWAYS win. It's just the way Android is designed. iOS sets resources aside for UI transitions and whatnot and that's why you NEVER see an iPhone stutter and spurt like Android does at times. Give Android another year or so and this issue will be a thing of the past. Unfortunately the only way to resolve this with Android is better hardware... but it's coming!
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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I'm not too familiar with Ubuntu but i agree that it would be cool
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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I'm still using jmtx1 even though there were is more current versions.
Even though ptmr3 said that adding the supercharge script was unnecessary I did it anyways just to ease my mind Lol I also added some of the battery saving mods from pmr...I keep my cpu set to ondemand/noop and slightly underclocked..and I am using the stock tw launcher ..
I think that some of the aosp ROMs out there may be slightly faster. but in my experiences they aren't as smooth as this one ..
Experiences may vary from phone to phone so there is no point in saying which ROM is better than the rest but I put my setup so someone can try it for themselves
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well basically JB is the most stable ROM in my opinion that has the most support otherwise like ICS and GB don't have as much but i think that as soon as Ubuntu gets released the JB roms will be flowing like water but basically that also means that more roms will be smoother and remember that JB hasn't been officially released for our device so what there is currently is made by our awesome devs!
Hi guys, I absolutely mean no disrespect to any developer, but nearly any rom I've tried so far with the exception of bonestock and eclipse not only "feels" a little slower, but scores about half of what it would be if I was on the stock rom.
Is this merely a side effect of running a rom the phone is not made for? As more roms are polished is it possible to meet or exceed stock performance?
All the roms I've tried so far score about 6,000 to 7,000, while stock would get about 12,500, for example.
Again, absolutely no disrespect to any developers as all work very hard to give us the choices we have today. I'm merely curious, is all.
Thanks!
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Hi guys, I absolutely mean no disrespect to any developer, but nearly any rom I've tried so far with the exception of bonestock and eclipse not only "feels" a little slower, but scores about half of what it would be if I was on the stock rom.
Is this merely a side effect of running a rom the phone is not made for? As more roms are polished is it possible to meet or exceed stock performance?
All the roms I've tried so far score about 6,000 to 7,000, while stock would get about 12,500, for example.
Again, absolutely no disrespect to any developers as all work very hard to give us the choices we have today. I'm merely curious, is all.
Thanks!
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Benchmark scores are meaningless don't use em.
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Benchmark scores are meaningless don't use em.
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I wouldn't say that they are meaningless, but even so, I notice slight lag and a bit of a longer delay when opening and transitioning between apps, even before I have checked for benchmarks.
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I wouldn't say that they are meaningless, but even so, I notice slight lag and a bit of a longer delay when opening and transitioning between apps, even before I have checked for benchmarks.
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I would... Then run stock... I guarantee you are in the vast vast vast minority here....
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I wouldn't say that they are meaningless, but even so, I notice slight lag and a bit of a longer delay when opening and transitioning between apps, even before I have checked for benchmarks.
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I used to be a benchmark junkie too until I realized that a few hundred or thousand points in benchmarks had little to no effect on my user experience with a ROM as a whole. Furthermore, benchmark scores can be inflated. You can max out your specs for benchmark purposes, but are you really going to be using all cores on max speed with performance governor throughout the day? My guess is, likely not.
In regards to transitions in ROMs, you can always mess with the developer settings to reduce the animation time for a quicker, smoother transition. I prefer the .5x setting, but your preferences may vary.
I prefer custom ROMs over stock for their levels of customization. Nothing better than to be able to tweak my phone to my own liking. Stock ROMs usually don't have the little extras that make Android a truly personal and enjoyable experience.
Overall, it comes down to what you prefer. For some, its a stock or close-to-stock interface with great performance. Others may prefer a more customized ROM that may or may not sacrifice performance and compatibility, but suits their needs better.
TL;DR User experience is more important than benchmark scores.
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I used to be a benchmark junkie too until I realized that a few hundred or thousand points in benchmarks had little to no effect on my user experience with a ROM as a whole. Furthermore, benchmark scores can be inflated. You can max out your specs for benchmark purposes, but are you really going to be using all cores on max speed with performance governor throughout the day? My guess is, likely not.
In regards to transitions in ROMs, you can always mess with the developer settings to reduce the animation time for a quicker, smoother transition. I prefer the .5x setting, but your preferences may vary.
I prefer custom ROMs over stock for their levels of customization. Nothing better than to be able to tweak my phone to my own liking. Stock ROMs usually don't have the little extras that make Android a truly personal and enjoyable experience.
Overall, it comes down to what you prefer. For some, its a stock or close-to-stock interface with great performance. Others may prefer a more customized ROM that may or may not sacrifice performance and compatibility, but suits their needs better.
TL;DR User experience is more important than benchmark scores.
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You can't tl:dr yourself ha ha ha
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You can't tl:dr yourself ha ha ha
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That's what I was thinking!
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You can't tl:dr yourself ha ha ha
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I believe he did tl;dr for those who don't like reading walls of text, he dumbed it down for them
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I believe a recent Anandtech article mentioned that manufacturers, check for specific benchmarking apps and then optimize their running to get inflated scores. Stock Android, Motorola, and Apple don't have those checks and their benchmarks can be "trusted".
Besides benchmarking scores, does the phone itself just feel a bit slower for any of you guys when running custom roms? Like when you scroll in settings or in a Web browser, or opening an app?
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It was slower for me too , tried cm 10.2 and even liquid smooth but just didn't feel as smooth as stock. Plus I've come to like sense far more than vanilla android
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