Which of these ROMs you prefer? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone..
I have been using many ROMs, to be honest i can't stay on one more than 10 hours.. I keep on switching between them..
So which one YOU would prefer from these:
1. [email protected] (4.1.2 with many things m, simple, clean, themes, etc.)
2. JellyBam (4.2.2 best mix of PA,AOKP,CM,AOSP..)
3. SilmBean (4.2.2 very small, clean, dpi 241, simple)
4. AllianceROM (4.1.2 Based with best AOSP feel)
5. Emotion ROM (4.1.2, i got the best battery life in this)
6. Phoenix ROM (4.1.2, many features)
I tried many others ROM such as ARHD, WanamLite, monixROM, miniTab, etc.. But i didn't like them

Im not a real "flasher" nor do i have lot of experience but i did like jellybam
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Mohammed779 said:
Hi everyone..
I have been using many ROMs, to be honest i can't stay on one more than 10 hours.. I keep on switching between them..
So which one YOU would prefer from these:
1. [email protected] (4.1.2 with many things m, simple, clean, themes, etc.)
2. JellyBam (4.2.2 best mix of PA,AOKP,CM,AOSP..)
3. SilmBean (4.2.2 very small, clean, dpi 241, simple)
4. AllianceROM (4.1.2 Based with best AOSP feel)
5. Emotion ROM (4.1.2, best battery life so far)
6. Phoenix ROM (4.1.2, many features)
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My phone is so much faster now that half of the features don't work!

4 me, non. I use monixDEFID v8.2. I'm telling u it's one of the best ROMS :thumbup: using it for 2 months now & has never i mean never freeze or anything go & try it
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AcoAlex said:
4 me, non. I use monixDEFID v8.2. I'm telling u it's one of the best ROMS :thumbup: using it for 2 months now & has never i mean never freeze or anything go & try it
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I did try it.. But it has nothing special compared to [email protected]
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I used phoenix and emotion, but I'm on dualnote v4 ubdll3 since 1 month cause the battery life is great with this version (and I like the aosp look).

I'm not really sure on your pick on the "Best Battery Life Rom". Personally I've tried most of the roms.
IMO:
Alliance Rom - Great Ui, Lots of junk apps(easily removed with Rom customizer.) Surprisingly good battery life. Able to get about 7 hours screen in time with the phone running around 12 to 20 hours. Depending on usage obviously.
Wanamlite - Used to be my daily driver and thought it had the best battery life. Not anymore. A light Rom but battery life was my concern so it had to go.
Emotion Rom(your pick as best battery life) - I had a the opposite experience. Battery life was so so. I would rate it the same as Wanamlite.
Omega Rom - and this is by far the best battery life I've gotten out of my note 2. Fast and smooth transitions. Goes into deep sleep without any kernel wakelocks. Most I had drained while asleep for 8 hours was 3%. I've had this for 2 weeks now and battery life is amazing.
I get a lot of phone calls, Whatsapp every 5 - 10 minutes, browse quite a bit too. Settings for my phone is basically everything that saves battery is turned off, except for 3G. Most of the time I'm out and about so I don't have wifi. I basically run on 3g throughout the day.
The best I've gotten from this Rom is about 10 hours and 30 minutes of on screen time at the end of the having about 1-5% left. I wish I kept the screenshot to prove it but I don't.
So to you new flashers out there, just try it out. You won't be disappointed.
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Kojisan said:
I'm not really sure on your pick on the "Best Battery Life Rom". Personally I've tried most of the roms.
IMO:
Alliance Rom - Great Ui, Lots of junk apps(easily removed with Rom customizer.) Surprisingly good battery life. Able to get about 7 hours screen in time with the phone running around 12 to 20 hours. Depending on usage obviously.
Wanamlite - Used to be my daily driver and thought it had the best battery life. Not anymore. A light Rom but battery life was my concern so it had to go.
Emotion Rom(your pick as best battery life) - I had a the opposite experience. Battery life was so so. I would rate it the same as Wanamlite.
Omega Rom - and this is by far the best battery life I've gotten out of my note 2. Fast and smooth transitions. Goes into deep sleep without any kernel wakelocks. Most I had drained while asleep for 8 hours was 3%. I've had this for 2 weeks now and battery life is amazing.
I get a lot of phone calls, Whatsapp every 5 - 10 minutes, browse quite a bit too. Settings for my phone is basically everything that saves battery is turned off, except for 3G. Most of the time I'm out and about so I don't have wifi. I basically run on 3g throughout the day.
The best I've gotten from this Rom is about 10 hours and 30 minutes of on screen time at the end of the having about 1-5% left. I wish I kept the screenshot to prove it but I don't.
So to you new flashers out there, just try it out. You won't be disappointed.
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For me, in Omega ROM i get 6-7 hours of display but in Emotion i got solid 9 hours of display.. 6 idle time with 0-1% battery loss.. In total of 15 hours..
Wanamlite i didnt like it.. I would go with Android Revolution instead..
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Was it the latest Omega? Because on the previous versions I got around the same as what you mentioned but on v12 it's surprisingly good. I have have perseus kernel flashed but in the forums users have said to have been battery life with stock kernel.
I'd definitely try emotion again. But the only 2 things that bug me is the contact picture icons. It's somehow shrinked or stretched. I'm not the only one with this problem. PMed the developer about it but he never replied me. And the other problem is the toggles. Developer is currently using SF instead of wanams 23 toggles like before.
That's just my 2 cents. Cheers.
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Kojisan said:
I'm not really sure on your pick on the "Best Battery Life Rom". Personally I've tried most of the roms.
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You have been busy!.. ROM list

This is so random.. If 20 users say that x rom is the best, 20 others will say that y rom beats x rom and so on. There's too many variables to conclude anything like this.
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Always comes down to personal preference and what features you will use.
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Always comes down to personal preference and what features you will use.
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Yea and what the thread says?
..your personal opinion
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off topic but pacman ftw
I m in love with the pacman time only had it a day as well had no major problems so far :fingers-crossed:

Ritz89 said:
I m in love with the pacman time only had it a day as well had no major problems so far :fingers-crossed:
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Jellybam 6.6.0 (jellybam.com) is much better than PAC.. (my opinion)
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Which rom has the most extras
hey guys, i want a rom with the most extras, tweaks and apps, basically i want a rom with everything possible so i can decide what i like and what i do not like, any recommendations?
and can you link me to an in depth tutorial on how to flash the note 2 from "official" firmware to the custom firmware

PhoeniX is the best for me as it has a lot of features and tweaks, plus, its really fast!

Thread closed as its a best ROM thread.

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which rom its most stable and good battery life?

which rom its most stable and good battery life ? and everything its working ?
Juggernaut 5.0 is my pick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1322642
I get incredible battery life on darkside digital warfare, very stableas well
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yongh said:
which rom its most stable and good battery life ? and everything its working ?
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Questions like this r more or less preference..
Unless u want atleast 20 different answers I suggest simply finding 1 that works best 4 u as quite simply every1 has different needs for the device and even though hardware wise their almost identical, no 2 ppl use the phone alike. Simply download a few and test, if u find one, just flash a kernel that works best for you, for batterylife look for the list of safe to rwmove apps and remove some.. by disabling the ones u don't need it stops em from runnin n usin ur battery. U can save alot like that
Different roms work better on different phones, even though we're all running the same model. I don't know why that is, but it is. The smoothest rom for my phone by far is Paradox Paradise II, but the battery life is just okay. The best battery life I've had by a huge margin was running Mohk's old rom with synergy kernel. I used to get almost 2 days with moderate use, at at least 1 full day with heavy use. As far as stability, they are all very stable if you install them correctly. I've had minor issues here and there, but they are usually fixed pretty quickly.
Hey all i just got my gs2 a few days ago and i just rooted it well my question would be i like music great sound ect.. what would you recommend..
I'd say, start stock. Then root and then load up kernel that you like. Mess around with overclocking and undervolting.
Once your comfortable with it then load up titanium and start removing bloat, at this point you will have a good idea of what ROM is good simply by installing the ROM and looking at the processes.
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Best battery life AOSP ROM?

Anyone know which is the best on battery? I've tried Slim, CM10, and ICJ. I'll go as far as trying an ICS AOSP, but does anyone have any good recommendations? Is it possible that I could completely De-Sense a ROM? Like take a sense rom but have the AOSP notification drawer and settings and say Nova Launcher?
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mibikin said:
Anyone know which is the best on battery? I've tried Slim, CM10, and ICJ. I'll go as far as trying an ICS AOSP, but does anyone have any good recommendations? Is it possible that I could completely De-Sense a ROM? Like take a sense rom but have the AOSP notification drawer and settings and say Nova Launcher?
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i think battery is more related to the kernel than the rom per se. That being said, I'd suggest ICJ since it uses NCX kernel by default and IMO that is the best kernel for battery life.
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i think battery is more related to the kernel than the rom per se. .
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Completely agree! NCX kernels giving better battery life than other ones.
massalami said:
i think battery is more related to the kernel than the rom per se. That being said, I'd suggest ICJ since it uses NCX kernel by default and IMO that is the best kernel for battery life.
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ICJ is probably the best One X ROM in terms of features, but for me it heats up way to quickly to the point where I can't use the ROM as battery drain is so bad.
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mibikin said:
ICJ is probably the best One X ROM in terms of features, but for me it heats up way to quickly to the point where I can't use the ROM as battery drain is so bad.
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99% of the time it's a rogue app doing that to the phone.
can you check in better battery stats which app is keeping the phone awake or if the phone is achieving deepsleep.
maybe one of the apps isn't playing nice with the phone and keeping it awake or draining it a lot.
if you're patient you can wait a while and try Owain's domination, which is my favorite aosp rom, though he hasn't been able to update it for a while,
but from what i've read, the next update should be amazingly awesome!!!
that + ncx's kernel should provide a good mix of battery life and features.
massalami said:
99% of the time it's a rogue app doing that to the phone.
can you check in better battery stats which app is keeping the phone awake or if the phone is achieving deepsleep.
maybe one of the apps isn't playing nice with the phone and keeping it awake or draining it a lot.
if you're patient you can wait a while and try Owain's domination, which is my favorite aosp rom, though he hasn't been able to update it for a while,
but from what i've read, the next update should be amazingly awesome!!!
that + ncx's kernel should provide a good mix of battery life and features.
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I'll give that a shot when I get home.
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CM10 wins with zero idle drain over a few hours.
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I'm using CM10 nightlies. With the stock kernel I was lucky to get 10 hours standby with average use or 1 hour screen, and the phone was getting very hot. I changed to the NCX kernel and now I'm getting 24 hours standby with average use or up to 4 hours screen time.
I am surprised no one mention CM10 SE ver 2. I am on it and this is the only AOSP ROM that I managed to convince myself to stay on. And I have tried the rest. My phone stays cool on it, I have not met with any bugs with my usual usage of games, xda, browsing, music, camera, phone.. and it is smooth. Feature-wise, it is not as rich as ICJ or AOSP but I never needed so many features and more features just add to the probability of more bugs.
Try out CM10 SE by Seadersn!
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LiquidSmooth, or Seadersn's CM10
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I'm a noob and only tried 2 custom ROMs, but CM10 nightlies were draining my battery too quick so i tried CM10 SE and have been with it for a few versions now. Find the battery great on it.
Once the AOSP ROMs work on new HBOOT ill unlock again, but for now I'm content with sense 4+ and nova launcher.
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I've been using CM10 SE since yesterday and the battery has been fantastic. I'm on HBoot 1.31 so no GPS but everything else works perfectly. I went to bed last night with the battery on 87% and woke up this morning to find that it was still on 87%
Everyone has his own preference for ROMs. There's no point in comparing them with scales such as "speed", "battery life" or "smoothness".
You have to try them on your own and find out yourself.
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Rom and set up with best battery life?

What rom + kernal+ tweaks give you the best battery life?
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The battery on this thing is already a best but battery savers are things like turning off LTE, GPS, AutoSync turning down screen brightness turning on power saver mode ect. Also using a custom kernel i have found that underclocking to 1Ghz really doesnt affect the phone noticeably unless your playing a graphically intensive game
I've found that Jedi X12 gives me the best battery life. The phone with the stock ROM has great battery life, but I've been noticing some improvement with Jedi. Although, I do have Nova Launcher installed on it too...
mdo41 said:
What rom + kernal+ tweaks give you the best battery life?
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I have tried them all!! I am a crack flasher but in my experience I would go with these top 3 combos.
Cleanrom 1.5 AT&T Special edition with stock kernel or perseus it probably only depends on if you are on LTE or WIFI and how long your screen is on.
I am currently running JEDI with his SABER kernel. Maybe I am using the device more these days I am not sure.
BARE BONE STOCK is 3rd in my book.
All the AOSP or CM or any of the more famous ROMS gave me the worse battery life. I think those roms arent as mature as the MODDED TW roms
I can't believe this has been asked again...
Choose a rom that has features that you think or know you want or would like to try. Then depending on the rom you're running see what kernels are available to you (TW roms use TW kernels, aosp & such run on a different kernel). Let the phone run for about 3 days to let everything settle and see how your battery life is.
From general posts around here I've seen Jedi, Skynote, and personal experience here with the Alliance TW rom go about 22 hours with on average 5-7 hours of screen time. All of these roms are either stock or running saber/persues...
~PsyCl0ne
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This is a question that will never get answered.
Everyone's experience will be different.
No two phones are alike. No users habits are alike. What may work for you won't work for me and vice versa. You could try them all out and find the best battery life for your habits.
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
Current Roms: CleanROM Ace 4.6.1(Note 2), AOKP (Galaxy Nexus), Nexus 7 Stock

Worth it?

Is it really worth flashing a custom rom? In terms of speed, features and batt life?
Additional question:
Howcome when I do voice search in google it doesn't show me the cards? Instead it only go straight to search results.
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Justinhopaolo said:
Is it really worth flashing a custom rom? In terms of speed, features and batt life?
Additional question:
Howcome when I do voice search in google it doesn't show me the cards? Instead it only go straight to search results.
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for now atleast I personally I repeat ONLY my personal opinion I have tried other ROMs but I just end up using original Samsung stock but rooted though and using perseus kernel!! as other ROMs for me were just not 100% perfect but in sure many people here would prefer the custom ROMs..my phone hasn't slowed down an inch !! a quad core processor + 2GB RAM why should I get worried anyway!! battery can last upto 2 days with minimal use though..if you want to try out other ROMs try them or check them out on YouTube before you commit yourself as you will have some good idea about the ROM
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Justinhopaolo said:
Is it really worth flashing a custom rom? In terms of speed, features and batt life?
Additional question:
Howcome when I do voice search in google it doesn't show me the cards? Instead it only go straight to search results.
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for me i was on latest mg1 on and it has worst battery life and doesnot have some tweaks i want like sound controls,ignore unstable charging etc,so i decided to switch to wannamlite 3.9 and i thoroughly enjoy it,it has noticeably better smoothness and battery,i tried various custom roms but i always come back to wannamlite
I had Nexus 4 and I have tried many custom roms,
Eventually there isn't a big difference in your day to day use, now and then you can find a few cool feature - but nothing you can't live without.
For me, the main attraction in custom roms is having latest Android version.
I would recommend you stay put, after a few modification like canceling animation and launchers - you will have a great android experience with Stock note 2.
I prefer Samsung's tweaks with the SPen and multitasking. I tried some other ROMs on other devices, but on the Note 2, I prefer a rooted phone running the stock ROM.
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I tried other stuff too. Now I'm back on stock. I thought I'd try it unrooted for a while and see what I thought.
That was 3 months ago, and I still haven't felt the need to root.
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We don't, imo, have a great selection of roms for our phone and I dont think any rom will be as stable as stock.
Root is pretty important but, unlike other phones I've had, I don't think custom roms are as necessary.
With all that said I do like my Jedi custom Rom lol
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For me, it is worth it. I like the different options and customizations provided. Battery life is a hit and miss and depends a lot in the user of course. Though I keep switching between stocks and custom, I personally prefer custom rooms over stock rom.
For me its a big YES..customization, tweaks, root apps are boon for Android users!
I love using phone in 240dpi..moreover 240dpi looks awesome for our giant note 2 screen.
Secondly, access to root apps like titanium backup , supersu, root toolbox and more..
Third-rid of all bloatware
There are alot to be mentioned..its endless.
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for many xda is like a second home....if you are here you need to root
and flash
android is a beautiful language to learn
Of course! My note 2 had drastically slowed down on stock! To such a level that it was taking a good 5 seconds to open the dialer! It was too slow to switch between apps!
But once I switched to a custom Rom, it was lightning fast! And the abundance of customizations! It's just awesome! I'm on probam.. check it out! It's got all the goodies of all the top roms available!
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Absolutely - I would highly recommend at least rooting and flashing kernel like RedPill. It certainly improves battery life, and gives you calibrated screen (seriously, you don't know what the hell you are missing, because Samsung Calibration is horrible), has option to amplify headphone volume, and gives you better sound quality etc. And also many other useful apps need rooted phone.
ARHD is apparently smooth for many people. There are plenty of other ROMs like Project AOSP (AOSP look and feel), X Note (floating multiwindow) etc. Battery life should be awesome too.
I've tried plenty of roms on this phone and my experience has been that none of them offer much benefit over rooted stock in conjunction with the xposed framework. Battery life is great as is reliability. Sometimes those customs will have a funky bug which went rear it's head until the worst time.
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My Note 2 was pretty slow on stock. Huge lag on lockscreen, unlock and lags all over the place.
Installing Nova Launcher and a custom lockscreen did help quite a bit, but it still left a bit to be desired.
Now I'm on Phoenix Rom and it seems much better. Battery life is much improved as well. And perhaps most importantly, I got rid of most of the ungodly TouchWiz ugliness in the process! The default 320 dpi is ridiculous for me! Huge menus occupying most of the precious screen estate. With 240 the phone is much more productive and everything just looks better and sharper.
So for me it was definately worth it!
Though with root, Xposed and custom skinning you can achieve quite a lot already. But root and Xposed are pretty much mandatory.
artikle said:
For me, it is worth it. I like the different options and customizations provided. Battery life is a hit and miss and depends a lot in the user of course. Though I keep switching between stocks and custom, I personally prefer custom rooms over stock rom.
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Im not sure how true it is but I heard battery life is more dependant on the kernel. I'm using saber kernel and am getting a screen off loss per hour of 1%. I've never had it that Good before
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[Q] help me choose a ROM

I need some help choosing a new rom. This would be my first custom ROM on my GN2.
Currently in running 4.3 stock and it has terrible battery life and is slow. Stock 4.1.2 was actually way better.
What I'm looking for is:
- touchwiz features. I don't want to lose s-pen
- stable for DD usage
- good battery life. At least a day on moderate usage
- good performance. At least equivalent to stock 4.1.2 or better
- note 3 features would be nice but not a requirement
Any ideas would be appreciated
Thanks
You just need to test each and see what you like. Go see development thread and test some.
Touch wiz ones are MeanBean,sky note,ditto, stock 4.3 rooted,alliance
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My votes for Mean Bean....
But agree with eZ,,,, No one but yo,u will know if your satisfied with it.
And no one will be running the phone the same way you do, ie: sames apps, same wireless use, same texting, on and on and on.
jefffrizzle2001 said:
I need some help choosing a new rom. This would be my first custom ROM on my GN2.
Currently in running 4.3 stock and it has terrible battery life and is slow. Stock 4.1.2 was actually way better.
What I'm looking for is:
- touchwiz features. I don't want to lose s-pen
- stable for DD usage
- good battery life. At least a day on moderate usage
- good performance. At least equivalent to stock 4.1.2 or better
- note 3 features would be nice but not a requirement
Any ideas would be appreciated
Thanks
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Research and see what best suits what you want. If you are looking for stability then a stock based rom would be best. If want more vanilla android the a CM based rom is best. Its all about what you want. I personally use the Jedi Roms cause I like the stock stability with the extras thrown in
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Agree with all of the above.. Gotta test and see....
I am on Ditto Note 3 with Agni Kernel and it's smokin' hot! Blazing fast and great battery life.
But still you gotta test them out for yourself.
I would say MIUI, after testing many many ROMS which all in the end was quite a like i found MIUI roms to be devoted to appearance and (perhaps mere coincidence) better battery time.
This is really not a question others can answer for you, as eZ says, test and see, you will in the end find a sweetspot.
Miui= ijunk look/Crapple IMHO
What's best there's no best like all the previous posters told you.
Everything is in my One stop shop for you to choose from!!
Go HERE»» http://goo.gl/76G5Q2
I'm not going to recommend anything but you test what appeals to you liking. Cuz we're all different!!
Bajan out...
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