I'm wanting to root and flash my g3. I'm not wanting to do it all the time like I used to with my old HTC phones... So could someone point me to a stable, very smooth snappy rom with good battery life. I'm not looking for anything flashy or really different then stock. Just wanting to do a one and done...
So what are your suggestions????
Just an FYI. This should have been posted in Q/A . That being said. Honestly it all depends on you. How you use your Device. What you expect from the Rom. What you consider " Good " battery life. There are many variables. What I consider good, may not be to your liking. But that being said. I'll give you a few choices. First would be TPR. It's as close to Stock as I would go. Stable fast, and reliable. Then there is M.O.A.R. It looks almost completely Stock,. Or you can customize the heck out of it with the built in Morphology. Also fast, Stable, and reliable. If you want to go completely over the Top. You should check out JellyBomb. Fully Themed, completely customized, and a Ton of baked in Extras. Not matter which one you choose, I would first suggest reading up on the thread of the Rom. Prior to Flashing .anything. That will better help you decide which one will suit your needs best.
And with that, best rom threads are closed.
Users are expected to determine what is best for their own needs.
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Hi all.
I have started this thread for all users. And mainly newbies.
Now when i say newbies i dont mean anything bad, in a way i mran people eho are new to the nexus and are overwhelmed by all these great roms and devs. (Max respect to all you great devs)
If you are hoping that i will say....this rom is the best......or that rom is the best, you will not find that here...
I am what they would say a "crack flasher" and have flash most of the gsm roms (not all, so devs if i dont mention your rom its because ive had no experiance with it) anyone feel free to post there opinions.
Right lets start.
I am splitting these up in to groups.
Customization (obvious customize hell outa it...not as good battery.
Balanced. Fair customization fair battery.
Stock (ish) pretty much stock less customization. Good battery.
Stock. As close to stock as possible great battery.
I set it it out like this as its my opinion.
Right then, lets really begin this time.
From, the top.
Customization
You have aokp, liquid smooth and black ice, i repeat there may be more that i have not tried.
These 3 roms will give you as much customization as the devs can think of and cram them in there. I find that these have the worst battery. (That does not mean terrible, but just compared to others.
Balanced.
Cyanogen mod 9, eagles blood, gummy. These roms give an average user a good bit of customization and pretty good battery.
Stock (ish) only one i have experianced is bugless beast. I hate stock rom for one reason, wich is no wifi toggles etc. Bugless beast will gives me the feel of stock (wich i love) but with those features.
Toggles aren't the only feature but its what stands out to me most. Also offers great battery life.
Stock
Android revolution hd
This is a great rom for the people who want completely stock but better performance than stock.
Offers really great battery life.
There is one section i missed out as i didnt know what to call the section. The rom that belongs in this unknown section is........BAMF
i have had little experiance with this rom but my opinion is....
This is a unique rom. Well thought out. It dosent look like most of the others. Its set out diferant and offers good customization and pretty decent battery life.
And thats all, i know there are other roms i have missed out but i want to list the ones i have experianced personally.
Please no haters as i have put a lot of effort into this post.
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Looked around a good bit and did a good bit of searching, however there are a good number of choices that seem close, but without first hand I don't know, some of the posts are also a good bit dated and ROM's seem to change so often it can be hard sometimes using the outdated posts, so please bare with me.
I don't do much with the phone, I use Google maps, calls and text, everything else is very rare, so I am looking for something as stable as can be with the best battery life. I enjoy simple things and don't care for eye candy either way, so if it's there it does not bother me but if it looked like a cmd line but still functioned I would not care either. Any suggestions or pointers would be helpful.
You should probably just stick with the stock ROM, but root your phone and delete all the AT&T bloatware. If you're not satisfied with that, maybe try a custom kernel. Once you feel the need for some customization, try a custom touchwiz ROM, like S3Rx (what I'm running now). It's stable and gets great battery life, but also has theming options and other tweaks.
S3Rx thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252932
1. Read the ROMs OP. It will tell you its features.
2.Each rom is unique. Not one is better or simple than others.
3.it is completely up to you to figure out what you like as a daily driver
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Hey,
I've been searching but all the information is quite old (1+ year).
I am looking for the ''best'' rom. Best as better than stock (better performance, better battery life, memory management, etc.) It's subjective but I am not looking for one in particular just your impression of what you would use and why.
Also if you have a great up to date link, that would be enough too
I'm a huge fan of Spirit Rom. I've used quite a few, and still keep coming back to it. Good battery life and plenty of customizations to make your phone feel fresh and new again
You won't find many best Rom threads because they are frowned upon. Most end up being closed because they turn into fan fest and trolling nightmares.
Best is an opinion so as the old saying goes an opinion is like a belly button everyone has one.
We will leave this open and see how it goes, if it becomes a problem thread those causing problems will be handled and thread will be closed.
Keep it all cool in here.
Edfunkycold
Have a great day! from my LG G3
Thanks for the suggestion, I am trying it now. Still trying to figure out how to back-up then I will install. Would be great to have extra suggestions to try more than one custom rom!
I am using Liquid Smooth rom and it runs very fast and smooth. Kitkat 4.4.4.
You can't go wrong with this one IMO. Pretty much stock Lollipop, runs very smooth, battery life is great, and has super active devs. Only thing bugged is the camera, but it still works with Play Store apps and apparently the issue will be fixed soon.
I'm looking to root as I'm out of warranty. But, I've been out of the loop for a while. What's the best M8 ROM at the moment?
I don't mind between Sense or GPE (although the phone is stock Sense). It seems like Venom might be the best option. Either that or Skydragon. But, I'm not sure. My priorities are speed/battery life. But I do need it to be relatively stable and bug-free since it'll be a daily driver.
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!
Asking "what is the best ROM" is like asking folks what your favorite color should be. Everyone has different preferences and needs. Sure, Viper and Skydragon are great. As are ICE, S.ROM, GPE, and any number of other ROMs. Sure, folks may have recommandations. But just because someone else likes it "best" has no bearing on whether you will like it or not.
I can think of at least a few times in the past, where the ROM that worked best for me, was one that was more obscure, and not so popular. You'll never find those jems, if you just flash what the is popular, or follow what folks tell you to.
Sounds like you've identified a few that look good to you. Just flash and try them out, and see what you like best.
Thanks for the advice! I completely understand that.
My only issue is that the M8 will be my main/work phone. So, I don't have that much time to explore various ROMs. I'll definitely try out a few but I would prefer to get one that works.
But the points you raised are important. In that case, I would change the question a bit. In terms of battery life/speed, what is the best ROM? I'm looking for something that is relatively smooth, fast and bug-free. Or would you say that all the ones you mentioned fit that criteria?
Again, battery life varies drastically from one person to another based on variables such as your local reception, what types of apps used, etc. All of the Sense ROMs and GPE ROMs are based on official software (but with customizations and optimizations added), and tend to be very stable and bug free. All are worthy of being reliable daily drivers. And just because I didn't mention it, doesn't mean its not a great ROM either.
Just bought myself a new HTC 10 from DWI that arrives today from Hong Kong. I'm sure it's going to be full of bloatware I dont want so I'm looking at flashing something else that is close to stock, if not stock android. It looks like Viper10 or LeeDroid are the two best options (as far as I can tell).
- What are the main differences between the two?
- Which one would I be better off with?
- How long would it take to install them?
Viper gives more customization and Lee gives speed and stability imo. I can't tell you which is better off which since it depends on your behavior using the phone. The installation process won't take more than 30 minutes, the complicate part is rooting and flashing recovery etc..
BrianKuo1853 said:
Viper gives more customization and Lee gives speed and stability imo. I can't tell you which is better off which since it depends on your behavior using the phone. The installation process won't take more than 30 minutes, the complicate part is rooting and flashing recovery etc..
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Sounds like Lee would appeal more to me. Just started using the phone though and its amazing, no bloatware at all. Just updating to Nougat now and cant fault it - wondering if its even worth going through the hassle to root and flash it etc.
BrianKuo1853 said:
Viper gives more customization and Lee gives speed and stability imo. I can't tell you which is better off which since it depends on your behavior using the phone. The installation process won't take more than 30 minutes, the complicate part is rooting and flashing recovery etc..
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why shall our rom not be stable? We have much customizations yes, but when you install the rom, you have a pure stock look and behavior at the beginning...it's up to the user to customize.
We don't force any user use any of our customization if he does not want to....and those customization don't make the rom not running stable.
I would say all sense roms that come with a stock kernel are running stable.
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why shall our rom not be stable? We have much customizations yes, but when you install the rom, you have a pure stock look and behavior at the beginning...it's up to the user to customize.
We don't force any user use any of our customization if he does not want to....and those customization don't make the rom not running stable.
I would say all sense roms that come with a stock kernel are running stable.
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I guess everyone sees and lives thru ROMs differently. People tend to think that a feature packed ROMs are usally less stable, since they have to have loads of processes and stuff running in background, which in turn results in a FC or crash every now and then. Thus, lighter ROMs are being considered more stable :silly: Just my opinion, I'm still full stock, can't decide what to flash
voolandis said:
I guess everyone sees and lives thru ROMs differently. People tend to think that a feature packed ROMs are usally less stable, since they have to have loads of processes and stuff running in background, which in turn results in a FC or crash every now and then. Thus, lighter ROMs are being considered more stable :silly: Just my opinion, I'm still full stock, can't decide what to flash
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Nope.Viper is as stable as LeeDroid since they are stock based. The less stable ones are LOS based. You could categorize as less customizable more customizable.
voolandis said:
I guess everyone sees and lives thru ROMs differently. People tend to think that a feature packed ROMs are usally less stable, since they have to have loads of processes and stuff running in background, which in turn results in a FC or crash every now and then. Thus, lighter ROMs are being considered more stable :silly: Just my opinion, I'm still full stock, can't decide what to flash
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We have no additional processes running, lol. Most users don't have the knowledge how things work...but then people shouldn't judge the work of people that spent thousands of ours of their freetime into.
A general rule is though: Asking for a good rom is always wrong since people have different preferences.
You should always try out the roms yourself and make your own picture of it.
Well I did say imo..
Obviously I'm not a godly dev like you but that's just what I think, it may not apply to all of you but I was just simply answering op.
#AlternativeFacts :laugh:
Make XDA great again!
I'm sure the guy originally asking for an opinion has now gotten a fair share of slapping.
The best way to find out, just to repeat whats been said, is to flash different ROMs and find your own preference. There is nothing objective in ROM choice, it is always entirely opinion based and as such a wonderful starter for flame wars. I love those questions. Could jump right in
Sneakyghost said:
#AlternativeFacts :laugh:
Make XDA great again!
I'm sure the guy originally asking for an opinion has now gotten a fair share of slapping.
The best way to find out, just to repeat whats been said, is to flash different ROMs and find your own preference. There is nothing objective in ROM choice, it is always entirely opinion based and as such a wonderful starter for flame wars. I love those questions. Could jump right in
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What he said.
Thread closed.