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CM7 vs. MIUI

Which is the best?

Most (including myself) will say it comes down to what you prefer. I prefer miui because of some of the built in features (launcher, t9 dialer, free themes, lockscreen opens directly to a new message, built in sms popup). Some hate miui cause of the iphone resemblance. I would just recommend you try them both. It's really impossible to say if one is better than the other because they are so different in appearance and features.

I prefer cm7. Miui is basically an iPhone clone, and if that was what I wanted, i would buy an iPhone.
Sent from my Incredible 2

Having spent time with both, and liking Miui, I've gone back to CM 7.
Miui is great for the customizing and has a lot of theme support out there, but the lack of the launcher with app drawer was a turn off (ended up using Adw) as well as the lockscreen was something I could never get to my liking.
I did like the popup Sms alot... The big reason why I switched, I go to the gym every morning and use my phone for an mp3 player...the last three days of using Miui, I kept getting freeze ups with the Miui music player. Could have been kernel related but I'm using the same kernel with CM 7 (tiamat) with no issues, but I'm also using Player Pro (which I could have used with Miui). I hadn't planned on staying with Cm 7, but after using it for the past week, I'm really happy with it now, and will continue to use at as my daily driver. I may flash Miui again to experiment though from time to time I do still keep a part of Miui in my phone though... I really like the Miui Camera app

PacerguyDon said:
Having spent time with both, and liking Miui, I've gone back to CM 7.
Miui is great for the customizing and has a lot of theme support out there, but the lack of the launcher with app drawer was a turn off (ended up using Adw) as well as the lockscreen was something I could never get to my liking.
I did like the popup Sms alot... The big reason why I switched, I go to the gym every morning and use my phone for an mp3 player...the last three days of using Miui, I kept getting freeze ups with the Miui music player. Could have been kernel related but I'm using the same kernel with CM 7 (tiamat) with no issues, but I'm also using Player Pro (which I could have used with Miui). I hadn't planned on staying with Cm 7, but after using it for the past week, I'm really happy with it now, and will continue to use at as my daily driver. I may flash Miui again to experiment though from time to time I do still keep a part of Miui in my phone though... I really like the Miui Camera app
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I love miui animations and the settings is better looking. I use launcher pro and its awesome.
To fix the music, go into settings after it freezes and reboots and clear the data in the music app.
I love all the different lock screens and how simple it is. This is not an iPhone with launcher pro. It's android after being cleaned up.
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What makes MIUI more customizable then CM7??
I have tried out both and feel like CM7 has more features. Can anyone fill me, or anyone else who is curious, about main features then separate these two roms?
I am currently running Skyraider, but feel myself drifting back to one of the two mentioned before.

kubes069 said:
What makes MIUI more customizable then CM7??
I have tried out both and feel like CM7 has more features. Can anyone fill me, or anyone else who is curious, about main features then separate these two roms?
I am currently running Skyraider, but feel myself drifting back to one of the two mentioned before.
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Miui has a fully supported theme app that does way more than the cm7 one. I had a lock screen that could open 10 different apps...the notification bar is more efficient too
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Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this Knipp, as I am still trying to learn as I go. I more or less try to teach myself everything, and have done a pretty good job so far, in my eyes at least.
But, when you say "fully supported theme app", i am no so sure i understand what you mean. Does that mean, MIUI has themes with apps built into them?
I appreciate the time you take to reply to my question.

kubes069 said:
Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this Knipp, as I am still trying to learn as I go. I more or less try to teach myself everything, and have done a pretty good job so far, in my eyes at least.
But, when you say "fully supported theme app", i am no so sure i understand what you mean. Does that mean, MIUI has themes with apps built into them?
I appreciate the time you take to reply to my question.
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No problem and Yup go to settings then themes
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I love MIUI, mainly because it looks better aesthetically, but that's just my opinion. CM7 is great too.
The deal with MIUI themes is, you can download several different themes and use aspects from each for different things (e.g. use one theme's lockscreen with another theme's notification bar, and a third's icons,etc.)

I find MIUI to be much more useable and stable too.

MIUI sometimes gets a bad rap because it CAN look like an iclone, but only if you really want it to: you don't have to theme it that way if you want it to look different.
You can change the look of everything - from the taskbar, to the kind of lock, the lockscreen background, the launcher (although I use LPP), the size and shape of the icons, sms, fonts, and even the dialler - and more. It's pretty impressive, IMHO.

knipp21 said:
I love miui animations and the settings is better looking. I use launcher pro and its awesome.
To fix the music, go into settings after it freezes and reboots and clear the data in the music app.
I love all the different lock screens and how simple it is. This is not an iPhone with launcher pro. It's android after being cleaned up.
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Thanks for the headsup on the Music fix.I figured it had to be something crazy going on.
I ended up reflashing back to Miui just after my original post earlier today.
Added a few changes that I had been using with CM 7 and now I'm back to the Miui fold once again.
I forgot how much I really do like the Miui experience. I plan to do the update to 1.9.9 later, I'm still on 1.8.26
To the OP... I would give both a try and see which you prefer...

MiUi 1.9.9 is constantly giving me fc whenever I do anything. Not sure why. It's android.process.alcore, whatever that is. Anyone able to help me? Please pm me if you can.
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For me its about the aesthetic. MIUI is ridiculously neat and crisp. Yeah I don't care for the iPhone like launcher...but oh well. I do use adw or go launcher from time to time..but the MIUI has those stock folders that are so cool. And just cause the launcher looks like an iPhone isn't so bad. Its still android. We can still do nandroid backups and flash other stuff. We can overclock our phones and play with them all day. IPhones are for yuppies, but....they are onto something with the layout/launcher. In the end it is all up to the user. CM7 is for sure something to try. Having to also flash that gapps.zip kinda is lame but but all of us like hanging out in clockwork recovery. Lol
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Yuo, the overall Miui experience is something to be enjoyed. After flashing back a few days ago, I flashed back to CM7 for a few minutes last night, and the first thing that caught my eye was the overall lack of crispness so to speak. Miui sure has the crispness to it. It is a great rom. I do still like CM 7 as well though. after a little theme work it can look really good as well.

PacerguyDon said:
Yuo, the overall Miui experience is something to be enjoyed. After flashing back a few days ago, I flashed back to CM7 for a few minutes last night, and the first thing that caught my eye was the overall lack of crispness so to speak. Miui sure has the crispness to it. It is a great rom. I do still like CM 7 as well though. after a little theme work it can look really good as well.
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How did you theme it like this?

anyone using miui with the latest JDKernal? is it better with JDkernal or Tiamat?
Thanks

Honestly its all based on what you want. If you want something more iPhone like go with Miui if not go CM7. Personally i like stock Sense 3.0 so i'm running Virtuous Unity.

spiderj said:
anyone using miui with the latest JDKernal? is it better with JDkernal or Tiamat?
Thanks
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I was running the latest version of Tiamat and ran across someone using JD Nightly and was professing "Incredible" battery life. So I started test-driving that kernal late yesterday. So far, I'm not seeing anything incredible, but I'm going to give it a couple days to "settle" before passing judgement.

[Official][ROM list] Battery life-Testing & Help for JB Updated 05/26/2013

THIS THREAD IS BASED ON HANDS ON USE
Use an app other than Tapatalk, or view via desktop to get the full benefits of the OP.
This thread is now CHANGED to everything battery related on new roms. Thread used to be called "BEST ROM FOR EPIC 4G TOUCH" but due to recent flood of posts about bad battery life on various roms especially Jelly Bean roms, I have decided to change this into a thread about battery performance. Users can still post their pictures about how they got their battery to perform.
I will and I am sure others will too try their best to help with any battery related issues or questions you might have. To get proper advise, please post screen shots of battery usage along with screen on time. Also try to get an app such as Better Battery Stats or Gsam Battery monitor and provide screen shots of your kernel wake locks and parital wake locks from Bettery Battery Stats. Do not worry if you can't figure out the information. We will try to help you figure it out
The goal is to achieve maximum battery life possible by using various resources already available such as "PROJECTLACEBO" - For E4GT Optimization along with other tips from members who have been with this phone for a long time.
If you don't care about what happened in this thread prior to the change jump to this page directly.
POST 2 will be modified accordingly.
In order to give new flashers, or those new to the E4GT, a better answer when it comes to which rom runs the smoothest, (or at the very least, has better battery life) these roms for the E4GT have been tested for at least 90-95% of battery, each.
There are far too many subjective opinions as to which runs the best. THIS THREAD IS BASED ON HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH THESE ROMS.
This is an opportunity to lay to rest preferences based on single rom testing. The sole purpose of the thread is to help the E4GT community.
The objective here is based on peoples EXPERIENCE with these roms. This will help determine:
-which has better battery life
-which experiences/doesn't experience LoS, force close, freeze...
-Name of each rom as it is being tested
-Four screen shots per rom.
1. About phone (displaying build number)
2. Battery at 98-100%
3. Display time (1-8%)
4. Battery duration (5-10%)
-No charge on device.
These roms were chosen based on tests and regular maintenance, and will be updated as the roms are updated.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO LIST (IF ANY) WHAT THEME AND TWEAKS YOU ARE USING
I will be running all ROMs stock as published by DEV. May be some visual mods but nothing more such as battery tweaks etc.
AS ALWAYS. FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! DON'T FORGET TO THANK THESE DEVELOPERS, THEMERS, MODS, AND CONTRIBUTERS!!!
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*ICS ROMS*
AnaKonda ~ Review
AOKP ~ Review
[ROM][COALITION][TN&TR]"Black"
BLEND ICS ~ Review
Blu Kuban ~ Review
BOA VeNuM's Own ~ Review
Calkulin's ~ Review
CaLk N vEnUm TwEaKeD sToCk
Celstial Body
Cerberus
CleanBlue
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This rom is the closest to aosp as touchwiz rom can get as far as theming goes. Very nice job in theming this rom with ICS blue. As you can see battery was amazing. No other issues what so ever.
CodeName ~ Review
CyanogenMod 9
EpicTouchAOSPICSmod ~ Review
ET4G s5 v0.8
For some reason phone was not going into deep sleep half of the time. Stayed at 200MHz. My guess is thats why battery performance was poor. I am sure messing with governors and other things could have achieved deep sleep. But out of box, very smooth, nice gs3 launcher etc. Oh yeah and advanced data restore from nand is not best option for this rom. It will mess up widgets and launcher.
Frankenstein's Ego--Review
FTW Annihilation
GamerMod V1.1
HoOliGaN
HTC Sense 4.0
Kobridge's Tweaked Stock FI03 ROM
First of all, I installed this rom using method 1 in the op of the rom and it didn't work out so well. Sprint id continues to force close. And as you can see from screen shots for some reason android os % was high and stay awake for 6 hours. In short don't follow this method to install. My guess is since this is complete stock rom with just added few tweaks, it is missing some things which is removed by most custom roms. Overall it was smooth if you ignore sprint id fc. 4g indeed is fast. Sorry that I forgot to grab the setup screenshot.
LightWeight v0.5 ~
M'ICS ~ Review
Deep sleeps like a baby. Kernel is awesome. Nice theming. Very smooth. Everything works.
MIUI ~ Review
PARANOIDANDROID
Phantom's Blazer Rom ~ Review
Surprised to see stock kernel give such an awesome battery life. No issues with rom. No fcs, reboots, los etc. Everything works!
Purple Galaxy
RE-CALKED
Very stable. On latest ics leak available as of 9/18. Check out all the mods. There are tons! Some say FI03 gives faster 4g. But no issues, no fcs, los, reboots.
ReTurN oF ThE LivinG ReJeCTz(rom)FI03 DREAM TEAM
STAR POWER ~ Review
STd
Super Galaxy
Very smooth. The font looks extra clean. Nice S3 themeing. No Fcs. No los. Comes in 2 versions. Debloated version is the one tested.
SuperNovA ROM v.2.0
TERMINUS
Tersus Satus
tFF18 with FF18 repack with AGAT recovery 0.2.1
*TheCollective*AoCP - CP2
Something new with OTA update in the settings on AOSP based type of rom. Couple of bugs such as no video recording. But overall very smooth. No los or fcs
The Universe
Touched by a SGSIII
Toxic Stock
VeNuM ICE
Wicked Sensations ~ Review
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BOOST
FG20 Stock, Rooted, Deodexed (ICS / 4.0.4 / Boost)
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*JB ROMS*
Links:​
AOKP JB
Stable. No los, reboots, Fcs. Nice JB animations. Google Now works. Only major issue was 4g was not going over 1mbps. I get around 4-6mbps. Others have reported this in the rom thread too. Camera can do burst shots!
AOKP JB 4.2.1 Magical Unicorn E4GT
AOSP JellyBean 4.1.1 ~ How to ~ Review
AOSP JB 4.2.1
[ROM] [4.2.2] [unofficial] BAKED blackbean-9 [5/6/13]
JB Black Bean with Jelly"FK23 Themed Modded Solid!
[ROM] [TeaM VeNuM] The Blu Kuban JB GB27 Odexed
[ROM]ChameleonOS JB 4.2.2 (5/04/13)stock/AOSP hybrid[Unofficial] for now
CM10 Beta2
Beta 2 is extremely smooth. There are some minor issues like low audio with headphones. Battery life is very good. Everything else works. Gps, 3g, 4g etc. Compass is wonky but it can be fixed easily with the JB tweaks.
CNA-3.6.0-Jelly-4.1.1 (JoyRide)
Buttery smooth. No fcs, los, reboots. Update profile/prl before installing rom or 4g will be slow. Gps works. Definitely different then AOKP/CM10. But has most features of those 2 roms.
CyanogenMod 10.1 - WILD FOR THE NIGHT
[ROM] Evervolv | 3.2.0p4 [AOSP 4.2.2]
[ROM][4.2.2] Extend ROM Series (Updated 4/24/13) [AOKP][ChaOS][SN][AOCP]
[FK23 TW JB]Kobridge's Stock ROM
{ROM}{JB}{4.1.2}{Shadow God}Jellyverse v3.0{GB27}
Pegasusq 200-1000. Greenify. Forgot to take a screenie when it was 100%.. Just like ICS JV, this is super smooth. Nice themeing. Awesome mods and support. No other issues.
[ROM]AOKP JB [5/6/13]4.2.2 Magical Unicorn E4GT Unofficial. DD here!
MIJJz JB GOODNESS JB 4.1.2
MIUI v5 2.9.7
PACman
PARANOIDANDROID
Buttery smooth. No fcs, los, reboots. Update profile/prl before installing rom or 4g will be slow. Gps works. Table/phablet UI is awesome. Running pegasusq governor with 1000-200 cpu freq. Battery on Jelly bean roms is kinda wonky. They will drain somewhat fast but climb back up.
[AOSPA 4.2.1][01/25] PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 betaNINE
[ROM][4.2.2] Quattro v3 - SGS4ified AOSP [BBB8]
[ROM][OFFICIAL][JB 4.2.2][AOKP/CM10.1/PA] ReVolt JB D710 [UPDATE!!5/03!!!]
[ROM]Unofficial Slim Bean[5/3/13]Build5[ JB 4.2][Light&Fast]E4GT SPH-D710
[FK23 TW JB]Touched By SGSIII
[ROM]AoCP The COLECTIVE JB 4.2.2(Unofficial)5/6/13
[Team ScarLick] [FL16] The Dark Angel Rises
{Team Rejectz}Presentz UniverseJB aka Jellyverse
[ROM][4.2.2][AOKP/CM] Vanilla RootBox [5/4/13][v3.9.1][Per-App-DPI][PIE]
[ROM][TW][4/19/13] White Out Rom V.3 + ComaDose v 1.3 ---Goddly
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Special thanks to 1brainsurgeon who was the original creator of the thread.
1brainsurgeon said:
BluesRulez will be taking over this thread. I will be checking in and helping when I can. Please direct your questions/ concerns to BluesRulez.
Thanks guys/gals
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
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BluesRulez said:
Thank you for the opportunity. :angel:
To be honest when I first got this phone, I was overwhelmed by all the different roms out there. I wanted a source where they were all in one place and had info such as the one brainsurgeon has provided us. This thread and the wiki were the 2 main places I looked.
I realize that at the beginning some were confused and didn't agree with the purpose of the thread but trust me this thread had helped me and I am sure others have been helped too.
With that said, I will be starting to manage the thread once I have some questions cleared up.
(And sorry for long post!)
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Battery tips updated 10/27/2012
Tip 1:- Keeping your wifi on even when it is not needed is not always beneficial. For example when phone is in deep sleep. Wifi could keep your phone awake and keep waking your phone up. To save some battery it is better to have wifi disconnect/turn off when phone is sleeping. Thanks to PhAkEer you can use this script to achieve that.
Original post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32408825&postcount=396
PhAkEer said:
With to stay on 'never' it still obeys wifi_idle_ms
I'm not even sure what default setting is but I usually set it to like 6 or so
For whoever
http://db.tt/SQdxsNUb
If you untar that file, move it to xbin and execute it... your WiFi will sleep according to your sleep policy.
A heads up though, that script also sets gtalk idle ms,
Long press timeout, dchp max retries, MMS max message size 99999999, disables drop boxes spyware... etc..
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To use it, download zarchiver from play store. Download the file PhAkEer posted. Extract the settings file anywhere using zarchiver and then move it to /system/xbin folder. Also set permissions to execute. This can be easily done using ES File Explorer and going into properties of that Settings file.
Tip 2:- Run all JB roms on this setup
-Governor = Pegasusq
-Max cpu freq = 1000Mhz
-Min cpu freq = 200Mhz​
JB roms are so smooth that underclocking doesn't affect performance a bit.
Tip 3:- Turn off auto sync. Unless your are a very busy person and can't afford to miss any e-mails and have to read them as soon as they come, I don't see a reason for auto sync to be on.. Not just email but this is for all sorts of data sync. Manually sync from time to time OR setup e-mail programs to sync every 4 hours or so.
Tip 4:- If you are seeing lots of audio_out wake locks in better battery stats, go to sound settings and turn off lock screen sounds, tap sounds etc.

I'm having trouble following the intent of the thread.. Personal rom preference and opinion (which you don't want?) comes from having experience with the rom (which you do want). Further, you've already linked (broken links btw) to probably the 3 best roms for E4GT.
I'm not trying to be douchebaggy or a picker of nits, just confused.

Not to be douche baggy, I will simplify for you. Any forum outside of a particular rom itself asking 'which rom is the best?' is usually flooded with opinions about roms that the poster has never tested. Many times people will insist one rom is better without ever flashing the other.
Furthermore, flashing and running these roms that many consider to be the best, and running them for an equal amount of time with their previous data setup, will help give a more honest and accurate answer as to which is better. I'm fully aware that all devices have their own personality. This will help pinpoint the best (at least battery wise), regardless.
Links fixed. I moved this thread from general to the appropriate area and failed to update links...

And this is just your opinion.... Lots of people think that cm7 , cm9 , MIUI and name any other ROM is the best .... It's impossible to say the best because I like my roms a certain way just like you like yours a certain way ....
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Epix4G said:
And this is just your opinion.... Lots of people think that cm7 , cm9 , MIUI and name any other ROM is the best .... It's impossible to say the best because I like my roms a certain way just like you like yours a certain way ....
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How's that cm9 running on your E4GT???
It's simple. Run what MANY consider the best roms (posted above) with your exact same setup and see which one runs better for you. Which has better battery life for you? Which feels snappier?... If you don't have the energy or motivation to do so, then don't.

1brainsurgeon said:
How's that cm9 running on your E4GT???
It's simple. Run what MANY consider the three best roms (posted above) with your exact same setup and see which you runs better for you. Which has better battery life for you? Which feels snappier?... If you don't have the energy or motivation to do so, then don't.
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It's simple everyone likes their on thing .... There is no best .... I run cm 7 and get over 13 hours on battery with 3 to 4 hours of screen on ... Most of the roms here are about the same .... There really is not one that is head and shoulders above the others so it basically comes Down to which one you like as far as looks and such ... They are equally good shall we say ...and some offer more settings and such
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Epix4G said:
It's simple everyone likes their on thing .... There is no best .... I run cm 7 and get over 13 hours on battery with 3 to 4 hours of screen on ... Most of the roms here are about the same .... There really is not one that is head and shoulders above the others so it basically comes Down to which one you like as far as looks and such ... They are equally good shall we say ...and some offer more settings and such
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You're not what I am looking for in this thread. Kindly move on. This is a challenge and you are flooding the first page with why people shouldn't try this. I have renamed the thread to make it more understandable
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I get 1 day 6+, hours, almost 4 hours screen on time with Blazer 3.7. That's the best I get consistently out of these roms.
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MustWarnothers said:
I get 1 day 6+, hours, almost 4 hours screen on time with Blazer 3.7. That's the best I get consistently out of these roms.
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right on! Can ya put some sceenies up?

Running stock ROM on my iPhone 4S. Feels very smooth and snappy but battery life sucks.
Oh wait...

_MetalHead_ said:
Running stock ROM on my iPhone 4S. Feels very smooth and snappy but battery life sucks.
Oh wait...
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Haha. I hear that's a great device. Tell me all about it

1brainsurgeon said:
Haha. I hear that's a great device. Tell me all about it
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ROFL don't get me started. I have a love/hate relationship with this thing.

Hopefully I grabbed the right screens. At a work meeting, heh.
I did have airplane mode on for a bit (not long at all) towards the end as I get horrific signal at my buddies apt building which saps the battery like crazy.
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_MetalHead_ said:
ROFL don't get me started. I have a love/hate relationship with this thing.
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Well, they sure do look purty Hey, when you get a chance, can you throw up a screenie of your build.
Ooops ^ mustwarnothers^

Strongsteve's no changes made and Calkulin's theme added but his settings...
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MustWarnothers said:
Hopefully I grabbed the right screens. At a work meeting, heh.
I did have airplane mode on for a bit (not long at all) towards the end as I get horrific signal at my buddies apt building which saps the battery like crazy.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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can ya throw up a build screenie when ya get a chance?

JohnCorleone said:
Strongsteve's no changes made and Calkulin's theme added but his settings...
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Corleone!! Being Patriotic...nice to see ya in here!
Have you run Blazers?

1brainsurgeon said:
Well, they sure do look purty Hey, when you get a chance, can you throw up a screenie of your build.
Ooops ^ mustwarnothers^
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The great _MetalHead_ delivers

1brainsurgeon said:
Corleone!! Being Patriotic...nice to see ya in here!
Have you run Blazers?
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Haven't tried Blazer yet. I have been pretty loyal to strongsteve's ROM but I have a Calkulin nandroid as well because I always have a black themed setup and a blue one. Plus I have tested a few themes for friends. I like to change it up from time to time
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[COMPARISON] CM9 - AOKP Roms for One X

If you take a look at the Development Thread for the One X, you'll sure get confused by all the AOSP Roms you can find there (I'm also really confused). So I started this discussion Thread to compare this roms and help people finding the best AOSP Rom for the One X
We have 9 AOSP Roms, I have personally tried many of these, but I really need the help of the community for the reviews of the Roms
But first... Why install a AOSP Rom? I love AOSP Roms because they are very simple, clean, user-friendly and really performance. You can download and apply many themes, tweak your device and give it your personal print!. With Sense roms my Internal memory was fast full even if I didn't put in it my files, I don't know why, but my Sense Rom filled my SDcard... BUT AOSP Roms have many bugs, like stock camera, WiFi direct (read the whole thread), and you can't use Beats Audio, because AOSP can't read Beats libraries (if I understand...)
So, let's start!
-Interpresentation's CM9 NIGHTLY UPDATED!!
CyanogenMod 9 Development
It's a every-nightly updated Rom, it's the basic CM9 with only a few issues, great Rom, hope you enjoy it!
User Reviews
"The focus of this Rom is to get a complete CM9 tree set up for One X, the others have extras, but this one is the simple nightly CM9 with great battery life and performances"
Issues
-Camera focusing on face
-Data Connection occasionally fails
Battery Test
1day and a half (user datas)
-Tbalden's CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 11 UPDATED!!
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 11
This last, but not least CM9 Rom is one of the most preferred AOSP build, thanks to the stability and the less number of bugs you can find in. This Alpha 3 update brings LINARO optimizations (hope it works well and truly optimizes our phone), it should have fixed echo issues but it has to be tested... The Alpha 4 fixed a BT issue and added a few tweaks and the leasts updates fixed GPS, orientation sensors and LED notifications. I can't follow each update, it's daily , but here you have the changelog, the Rom is great, everything is working, stock camera, start working on MHL, Rom updated with new CM9 changes!!!
After a long development period (a week) tbalden came with an other alpha update (10th) that gaves a high-stability to your CM9. I'm using it for a whole day, battery is great and I haven't encountered any single bug... Great!!!
BLACK SCREEN ROTATION FIXED in Alpha11!!!!!
"Faster, smoother and more responsitive build"
Issues
-Face Focus
Battery Test
Personally tested, I use my phone a lot and it lasts me a whole day, so I'm really happy with battery!
Floatshow's PARANOIDANDROID [RC3] UPDATED!!
PARANOIDANDROID EndeavorU[ICS 4.0.4][HYBRID][STABLE]
If you had a SGS, GNEX, GNOTE, S2, Desire, Sensation and many others, you probably know about this great Rom (Official Site). It has the PAD and PAL (Per-App-Density and Per-App-Layout) that make this Rom not just a Tablet mode, that shrinks the dimensions of the apps and LCD density, but with PAL, this Rom changes tha apps layout, they really look like tablet apps: this is the first (and unique) Hybrid Rom, and it runs great!!!
The RC3 update brings alpha10 fixes and ParanoidAndroid 1.5 improvements!
User Reviews
Amazing from, very fast and beautiful!!!
Issues
-Can't feel Vibration
-Haptic Feedback not working
-Backlight buttons bug
-Recent apps aren't appearing with hardware buttons
-Mismatch tapped number/displayed number (PIN)
Battery Test
Great Battery life
-TripNRaVeR's CM9
CyanogenMod 9 - Endeavor Unleashed 017
You maybe don't like him, but he's a great developer that has solved the in-call volume issue, we have to be proud of him
He has built CM9 for months, with a huge changelog that's making his rom quite perfect, this new update made the touchscreen more responsibility. Trip is developing a 3.1.10 kernel, we all have to thanks him because many features are fully wotking, you can find the kernel here
User Reviews
"Freaking fast, best Rom for my One X"
Here a complete review with battery stats!
Issues
-Face Focus
Battery Test
Battery drains a full charger in 7-12 hours with heavy use. If you keep your screen off, it will last much longer
-Owain94's CM9 Domination Build7 UPDATED!!
Domination - Taking Cyanogenmod to the next level
This is one of the two Roms I've flashed on my One X, but I didn't like it at all, battery is not good but we have many many tweaks to use:
Custom density, kill button in recent apps, tablet mode, NEON codecs, font changer and many more... The update increses the phone performances and the gives you a really smooth device. This new update (Build5) improves performances, adds tweaks and drain less battery! Build 6 fixes everything, from random reboots, to a2dp and MHL support! The build 7 update fixes black screen rotation but there is a multitouch bug that will be fixes soon. Check the HUGE changelog here
Issues
-Camera FCing, use third-party cameras, they work
Battery Test
Not Good (don't have numeric datas)
-Krarvind's Slim ICS 4.0.4
Slim ICS (OneX) - Clean, Simple & Fast
And this is the second one I've tried and I REALLY like it: battery is great, i think because we have a lot of free RAM (1.1 GB free of space in system!). It's fully customizable because it has AOKP settings, only 100MB to download. This 4.1 update brings performance improvements, many fixes and WiFi Direct and a2dp working!!! Try it because kravind made a really impressive Rom! New updated file with a single zip to flash (that includes basic rom, essencials and slim gapps). Official Site Here
Issues
-Camera FCing when focusing and recording long videos (in 720p and 1080p)
-Wifi Hotspot
Battery Test
Great, 2 days normal using (don't have numeric datas)
-Nzvbjr's Unofficial AOKP HTC One X [Build5][b40]
[Beta4][b39]Unofficial AOKP HTC One X
This is the first but the less flashed AOSP Rom I think , but the developer has fixed most of te bugs, i hope people will try it.
With this new update the developer made a very fast AOPK, he fixed Hotspot, only stock camera FCs, you have to use Third-party cameras
I personally try it, it's a good Rom but after signing in in Play Store, I couldn't download many apps, they were incompatibles, but I used them in other Roms before.
With this new update this AOKP come out from beta version and becomes build 1, every bug is fixed if you don't care about the 0.5s blackscreen in rotation . But the dev made a bad work in this new update (build5), battery is more than terrible and instead of many improvements, like DSP manager and CM7 settings, the Rom is not as smooth as before the update, and GPS in very slow, hope the dev will check these soon...
Issues
-GPS is not perfect
-Camera FC
-In-call Volume
Battery Test
Battery is terrible, draind a lot with display OFF and much more with display ON...
-The|gamer's AOKP
AOKP (Build IMM76I)
Compiled with Trup's Tree, this is a great AOPK port, I haven't flashed yet, so I hope you guys help me reviewing this build
User Reviews
-Works well, pretty stable and good battery life
Issues
-GPS (will be fixed in next built)
-Wifi Tethering
-Camera bug (fixed here)
Battery Test
?
Adwinp's Sakura no [email protected]
[AOSP][BAREBONES] Sakura no [email protected]
This is not a CM9, neither a AOKP, it's only a AOSP/Vanilla Rom, I didn't try it but users say that it's faster than others AOSP Roms and stable, no FCs or crashes during tests. I hope you try it, it's a very promising Rom . In this Rom you can't find any third-party app, it's clean, you have to install them by your own
Issues
-Wifi Direct
-Wifi Hotspot (working on it)
Battery Test
?
Known Issues (sabret00the idea )
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I hope this post may help you (and me too ), but I really need your help to complete the reviews and battery drain datas
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I was thinking of making exactly this a few hours ago. Thank you so much!

Very very helpful thanks keep it updated
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For the moment I use The|Gamers AOKP (build 1.2) and it works pretty well...
most problem's I had with other rom's was fc during filming or the echo.
On this One there is no echo but I didn't test the cam.
Battery life is pretty good (IMO) and everything seem's quite stable...
I'm hoping to see this Linandro fixes and camera enhancement soon

Thanks for this summary. Looks like none of them are ready for prime-time.
I need to install an AOSP build to test GPS (mine's broken under Sense), based on this, not sure which way to go.

most are ready really to be used as a daily driver. but i think maybe a few more weeks for the developers to iron out all the little issues and then we shall see the goods
great thread

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most are ready really to be used as a daily driver. but i think maybe a few more weeks for the developers to iron out all the little issues and then we shall see the goods
great thread
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You are right @Goku80, we only have to wait for the fixes, and it won't take too much time I hope
Don't stop sending me reviews, I will upload this thread as you send me your thoughts and battery tests

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You are right @Goku80, we only have to wait for the fixes, and it won't take too much time I hope
Don't stop sending me reviews, I will upload this thread as you send me your thoughts and battery tests
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well you are going to laugh but i tried Slim and within few minutes reverted back to my backup rom. got use to sense to much plus would be ideal if we had an app which could control voltages and frequencies much better than what we have out on the market (which basically is none) system tuner to much crap in that app. so for now i will stick with Sense..
anyways will try a new rom next week so will let you know how i get on. hopefully is more than a few minutes

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well you are going to laugh but i tried Slim and within few minutes reverted back to my backup rom. got use to sense to much plus would be ideal if we had an app which could control voltages and frequencies much better than what we have out on the market (which basically is none) system tuner to much crap in that app. so for now i will stick with Sense..
anyways will try a new rom next week so will let you know how i get on. hopefully is more than a few minutes
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It's the opposite for me , my phone run smoother with tha AOSP builds and I'm using Slim for a week without any heat problems with the annoying green-red-green-red LEDs when the charger was plugged in. Sense is more elegant but it's really huge. Regarding to your answer, i don't use any volteges controller, i really don't like them, i let my phone do what he likes , and thanks for your upcoming help

Roms UpDated! Check the 1st post

I think this needs to be pinned.

gorle said:
It's the opposite for me , my phone run smoother with tha AOSP builds and I'm using Slim for a week without any heat problems with the annoying green-red-green-red LEDs when the charger was plugged in. Sense is more elegant but it's really huge. Regarding to your answer, i don't use any volteges controller, i really don't like them, i let my phone do what he likes , and thanks for your upcoming help
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+1 on this. Its been great for me.
Also, for the last guy, take a look at the NS Tools app that is provided.
--Matt

Slim ICS by Krarvind
This is truly the best AOSP rom for the HOX, very stable, best battery life.. and I've tried them all!

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This is truly the best AOSP rom for the HOX, very stable, best battery life.. and I've tried them all!
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and for me slim is the smother one

You are all right, Slim is great!

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You are all right, Slim is great!
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What is slim doing that makes his battery life better than all of the other ROMs? I've not noticed any difference between ROMs. I thought that it was essentially the kernel that determines battery life.

Slim is called Slim because the developer removed everything that was not necessary to make his rom working, so there are less worling processes and less Ram used, with a minimum battery heating and better battery life. You are right, battery drain is made by kernel, but this things I explained before help the phone to save more juice!!!

Thanks for your effort! Versions of vanilla is what Android is about, the rest is just unhealtvy fat, imo
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All Roms updated, added PARANOIDANDROID RC1

Fantastic thread. Only thing missing is a known issues chart/graph.
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Just ordered one of these sweet tabs. Now I need the tools and things. please advise

First I don't know a safe place to download Odin from. Google has many sites to choose from and I don't want to get something that's infected.
Second There are so many roms to choose from I don't know where to start. I want a stock rom clean with no bloat in it. I know this will mean it will be faster and have better battery since I'm not wasting it on the Samsung crap.
Found the TWRP recovery and have that ready to go. Plan on installing it backing up the stock rom then wiping it out.
Thanks in advance for all your advice.
DrClaw

As for custom roms, cm11 is a good one with no Samsung crap. What model do you have? And you can get Odin from http://androidcentral.us/2013/11/download-odin/
Cm11 has everything working except fingerprint scanner. It's really fast, customization, and has great battery life.
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I'm not 100% sure but if I'm right. Being that's is the 10.5 wifi only version it should be smt800 i believe.
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I'm not 100% sure but if I'm right. Being that's is the 10.5 wifi only version it should be smt800 i believe.
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Yes SMT800 is Wi-Fi tab S 10.5. We have cm11 for both models and root for both models of this tablet
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I'm not 100% sure but if I'm right. Being that's is the 10.5 wifi only version it should be smt800 i believe.
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I would advise the same either go for CM11 Android 4.4.4 or CM12 Android 5.0.1 (CM12 is a bit buggy but usable) if you need any help rooting it, flashing etc drop me a pm and I will help you.

Kahun said:
I would advise the same either go for CM11 Android 4.4.4 or CM12 Android 5.0.1 (CM12 is a bit buggy but usable) if you need any help rooting it, flashing etc drop me a pm and I will help you.
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I would use cm11 since its more stable. I can wait for lollipop. Can't live without my xposed lol
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I would use cm11 since its more stable. I can wait for lollipop. Can't live without my xposed lol
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That's what I thought that I can't live without xposed but to be honest I realized that it's not too bad without it but I hope it comes to ART runtime sometime soon

Kahun said:
I would advise the same either go for CM11 Android 4.4.4 or CM12 Android 5.0.1 (CM12 is a bit buggy but usable) if you need any help rooting it, flashing etc drop me a pm and I will help you.
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Sweet it arrived today and its charging now. was 54% out of the box so as soon as its up to 100% I'm ready! I don't care as much about rooting it as I just want to install TWRP and do a backup to get a backup on the computer then I will be just replacing the rom right away so it will have root.
I went to the cyanogen site and they don't show a rom for this tab. I was checking out thunderom looked interesting. Any reason why you choose cyanogen over the rest? Thanks for the responses. I do really appreciate all the input since I'm new to the Samsung tab universe. (Asus convert)
DrClaw

Claw22000 said:
Sweet it arrived today and its charging now. was 54% out of the box so as soon as its up to 100% I'm ready! I don't care as much about rooting it as I just want to install TWRP and do a backup to get a backup on the computer then I will be just replacing the rom right away so it will have root.
I went to the cyanogen site and they don't show a rom for this tab. I was checking out thunderom looked interesting. Any reason why you choose cyanogen over the rest? Thanks for the responses. I do really appreciate all the input since I'm new to the Samsung tab universe. (Asus convert)
DrClaw
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Well thunder from hasn't been updated in ages. The developer is really busy. As for cm11 it's either in the original android development of the tab S thread or the android development. I forget. It's not on the site because the one we have is unofficail but works really well. I choose cm11 because of how touchwiz u I is crap. Cm11 also has great features like skin changing, boot animation changing, and it's smoothness. Thunder Rom is based on stock Samsung touchwiz. I am on stock rooted right now with upintheair kernel. This is my results from upintheairs kernel which I'm staying on stock right now lol.
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Well thunder from hasn't been updated in ages. The developer is really busy. As for cm11 it's either in the original android development of the tab S thread or the android development. I forget. It's not on the site because the one we have is unofficail but works really well. I choose cm11 because of how touchwiz u I is crap. Cm11 also has great features like skin changing, boot animation changing, and it's smoothness. Thunder Rom is based on stock Samsung touchwiz. I am on stock rooted right now with upintheair kernel. This is my results from upintheairs kernel which I'm staying on stock right now lol.
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So is it actully better to do the back up then root the stock? I just don't want all the bloat that Samsung crams down your throat.
DrClaw

Goodies ordered so far...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162089 New AC router to replace the N router.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6SJ28C3454 SD Card for the Tablet.
http://www.gumdropcases.com/device/...ideaway-case-for-samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10.html My favorite Case for everything I can get one for.
Please comment and let me know what you think.
DrClaw

You cant really backup before rooting. You need to root first before installing twrp. I would wait before you root though. Like use it a couple weeks to spot out if there are any defects in it. If there are none then root with cfautoroot. It won't wipe your data or apps. It just install root and Supersu. Cfautoroot is pretty safe as it just installs a recovery to install root and reverts back to stock. After your rooted just install twrp. BTW you void warrenty rooting too. And I'm not sure about the the case and other stuff. I never owned one or have any knowledge in them lol.
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Already rooted. Going to play store to install twrp
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162089 New AC router to replace the N router.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6SJ28C3454 SD Card for the Tablet.
http://www.gumdropcases.com/device/...ideaway-case-for-samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10.html My favorite Case for everything I can get one for.
Please comment and let me know what you think.
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Looks all good to me

Having an issue with twrp app. When I try to get the list of devices it crashes the app. I was considering the Odin method but can't find much information about it. If you know a Guide would you please send me in the right direction.
Thanks
DrClaw

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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Decisions Decisions...
I see a ton of roms available. I don't know what I should get. I don't mind touchwiz as its nice to have all the off and on options right in the notification bar. I couple questions I have follow...
Does putting a new rom on here remove any features like reduced cores or lessen the graphics support?
What roms are the most minimalist? I want to choose the apps I use myself and not be forced in to preinstalled apps. I got spoiled by Cromi-X on my TF700T.
I can always use Titanium backup to more apps to the system side for space usage. Any advice or experiences people have with roms would be appreciated.
Thanks
DrClaw

Claw22000 said:
I see a ton of roms available. I don't know what I should get. I don't mind touchwiz as its nice to have all the off and on options right in the notification bar. I couple questions I have follow...
Does putting a new rom on here remove any features like reduced cores or lessen the graphics support?
What roms are the most minimalist? I want to choose the apps I use myself and not be forced in to preinstalled apps. I got spoiled by Cromi-X on my TF700T.
I can always use Titanium backup to more apps to the system side for space usage. Any advice or experiences people have with roms would be appreciated.
Thanks
DrClaw
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Well, I used thunderrom. It was super smooth and great battery life. You get to pick what you want in the installer (apps you want). Its just that it hasnt seemed to be updated in ages. Also, I had some trouble installing system apps that I liked. It would kf never installed. I think that was becuase it was deodexed. Custom Stock based roms give you a better optimised of stock rom. Meanwhile roms like cm11 give you a whole UI and looks but you wont get any touchwiz features. Blissrom is still being worked on and is still buggy.
Personally, I use stock Rom with skyhigh kernel. This gets me the best battery life, with no heat issues, and cpu controls that you can adjust. I set my cpu to battery settings that the kernel suggested and it does not sacrifice performance. Soon we will probaly get more roms. So far I havent seen any stock based roms that isnt deodexed, and have the option to remove bloat.
Basically the roms give you the options to change/customize things. Kernels give you the option to tweak or change cpu and gpu stuffs.
The pictures show the battery life i got with just browsing and taking pictures and watching a bit of youtube. Im using stock rom with skyhigh kernel with battery settings.

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Well, I used thunderrom. It was super smooth and great battery life. You get to pick what you want in the installer (apps you want). Its just that it hasnt seemed to be updated in ages. Also, I had some trouble installing system apps that I liked. It would kf never installed. I think that was becuase it was deodexed. Custom Stock based roms give you a better optimised of stock rom. Meanwhile roms like cm11 give you a whole UI and looks but you wont get any touchwiz features. Blissrom is still being worked on and is still buggy.
Personally, I use stock Rom with skyhigh kernel. This gets me the best battery life, with no heat issues, and cpu controls that you can adjust. I set my cpu to battery settings that the kernel suggested and it does not sacrifice performance. Soon we will probaly get more roms. So far I havent seen any stock based roms that isnt deodexed, and have the option to remove bloat.
Basically the roms give you the options to change/customize things. Kernels give you the option to tweak or change cpu and gpu stuffs.
The pictures show the battery life i got with just browsing and taking pictures and watching a bit of youtube. Im using stock rom with skyhigh kernel with battery settings.
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Nice. is the kernel easy to install? Have you debloated at all? I.e frozen apps etc

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Nice. is the kernel easy to install? Have you debloated at all? I.e frozen apps etc
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Yep. Apps like knox, evernote, bussinessweek, nytimes, and a few samsung apps. Its easy to install, you just need a zip and a custom recovery like twrp. Also an app called xposed so you can disable touchwiz auto cpu.

[Q] The lag is killing me.

(I'm Dutch, so my English isn't anywhere near perfect, I'll try to explain my issue as good as possible)
The past month I have been dealing with a very annoying kind of lag on my LG G3. After trying to unroot my Nexus 5, I absolutely destroyed it and lots of things went wrong. After that, my phone wouldn't boot up anymore and I had to buy a new one, which was the LG G3. The phone looks good and all, and the specs are great, but my experience with the interface is that it tends to be very choppy and lags frequently. Since a few days my WhatsApp starts lagging as well. Whenever I want to send a message to someone, I start typing as usual, but after the first letter it freezes for a second or 1-2, and then it starts typing again. This is very frustrating because this causes me to make a lot of typos. My phone tends to freeze a lot in general, and in the 6 months I've had the G3, I had to take out the battery like 3 or 4 times already, because I couldn't turn if off manually.
I've attempted several things to solve it, like installing certain apps, deleting all unncessesary pictures/videos in order to clear up space, deleting all apps I never use. Nothing seems to work, though. In my opinion, despite the fact that the LG G3 is better when you look at the specs, the Nexus 5 will remain to be my number 1 favourite phone, because I have never experienced any kind of horrible lag like I do on my LG G3. It's too late though, now I have to deal with this phone for the time being, until I can afford a new one.
So, what should I do? Should I root my phone and install a custom ROM that increases overall performance and eliminates lag? Or are there any other things I should consider? Please let me know guys, I would really appreciate some kind help right here <3

I read somewhere that the LG keyboard lags upon typing if you have more than 2 languages set up. Try to reduce to one language only.

Thanks for the suggestion. Though, my LG-keyboard only has the Dutch language set up, no other language is selected. Tried using other keyboard such as Google Keyboard and Swiftkey, but to no avail unfortunately.

Ive found that Kit Kat is a lot more stable for the G3, I have the D850

Never had an experience like what you have. I think you can try to uninstall the necessary apps to check if it's caused by some of them, switch to another input method like Google keyboard to get rid of the type lagging. Good luck.
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I've just got the phone to see how it performs and I'm struggling with the lag all around the system. Apps can take an age to open, the gallery is especially slow. There's just a distinct lack of smoothness.
I'm coming from the OPO, so have been blessed with the AOSP experience. I may flash an AOSP ROM, but I want to test the camera's true potential.
Ant recommendations? I'm trying out Chupa Chups 4.2 for the time being to see if that is any better.
Regards.
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For @lynxboy I recommend BlissPop ROM, I'm using it and only wished I'd gone AOSP sooner. I'm also using the Motorola Camera apk which has all the Camera options of stock plus more. BlissPop also comes with its own camera based off CM and you can also install the Google Camera so you have 3 options there.
@Stefalicious There's not much you can do on stock to get rid of lag mate, I recommend you root and install a custom ROM. If you like the stock interface and layout you can flash something like CloudyG3 that is based off stock, otherwise BlissPop is amazing and is AOSP-Based.

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For @lynxboy I recommend BlissPop ROM, I'm using it and only wished I'd gone AOSP sooner. I'm also using the Motorola Camera apk which has all the Camera options of stock plus more. BlissPop also comes with its own camera based off CM and you can also install the Google Camera so you have 3 options there.
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How's the camera quality on AOSP though? I've been searching and keep reading that there's a significant hit in the output quality of images.
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@lynxboy depends on the Camera app you use. Personally, I use the Motorola one and get fantastic photos with the laser focus and either 1080p or 4k video is available so no issues there.
In the G3 General section there's a dedicated "Photos taken with the G3" thread so maybe if you asked in there for samples from people using AOSP ROMs you might get some replies?
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[/COLOR @lynxboy There's also this mod you can use to get even better quality:
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Just an update. I installed Chupa Chups 4.2 and performed further debloating by uninstalling the majority of the LG apps including home, keyboard and messaging etc.
Now running Nova (material beta) and have built up the cache for most apps. There's still lag on system apps like Gallery and Phone, but it's much better than it was out of the box.
I guess the Korean OEM skins will never match AOSP for pure fluidity, but maybe I can cope with this for the time being.
I can always go back to the OPO if needs be.
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i got a G3 a few days ago, cheap, as a backup phone to my M8. was really surprised at lag on the G3 like others, thought it would be a helluva lot smoother. originally ran stock, now running Cloudy 2.2 and Nova launcher in which IMHO, don't see any noticeable different from LG stock, although battery life is marginally better.
i did notice that running any live wallpaper will lag the homescreen considerably, no big deal, but for a phone of this calibre, should not be an issue. my M8 has never missed a beat on anything.

Thank you all for the great replies. It's both good and bad to see that I am not the only one dealing with these lags. I followed iDefalt's advice and decided to root my LG G3, install the TWRP custom recovery and flash a custom ROM. My personal preference went to CM12, just because of the looks. I haven't really looked at CloudyG3, and I don't know how CM12 and CloudyG3 compare to each other, but so far I must say that I am VERY impressed with CyanogenMod12. The performance has improved by a mile, I feel that the battery life has gone up slightly too, and of course the UI looks so sexy, just like it would on a Nexus 6 with Lollipop. I love it. Even my homescreen looks sexy!
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Stefalicious said:
Thank you all for the great replies. It's both good and bad to see that I am not the only one dealing with these lags. I followed iDefalt's advice and decided to root my LG G3, install the TWRP custom recovery and flash a custom ROM. My personal preference went to CM12, just because of the looks. I haven't really looked at CloudyG3, and I don't know how CM12 and CloudyG3 compare to each other, but so far I must say that I am VERY impressed with CyanogenMod12. The performance has improved by a mile, I feel that the battery life has gone up slightly too, and of course the UI looks so sexy, just like it would on a Nexus 6 with Lollipop. I love it. Even my homescreen looks sexy!
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Stock CM-12 is bug ridden just beware, most AOSP ROMs like BlissPop, etc. Have better battery life, overall better performance, and often fix the bugs in the stock CM-12 builds, so in all honesty it goes:
Custom-AOSP ROM > CM-12 > Custom Stock-Based ROM > Stock w/root > Stock
Anything is an upgrade from stock though. CloudyG3 is stock-based, not AOSP, just for future reference
For anyone looking for even more performance, you can install a custom kernel for your ROM. In CM-12's case, being AOSP-based, you can install the 777 kernel by 777-Jon, or the Furnace kernel. Both work really well, and BlissPop comes with the 777 kernel included in the ROM because it's that good.
Glad to see it got sorted out, I'm available for anymore questions!
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lynxboy said:
Just an update. I installed Chupa Chups 4.2 and performed further debloating by uninstalling the majority of the LG apps including home, keyboard and messaging etc.
Now running Nova (material beta) and have built up the cache for most apps. There's still lag on system apps like Gallery and Phone, but it's much better than it was out of the box.
I guess the Korean OEM skins will never match AOSP for pure fluidity, but maybe I can cope with this for the time being.
I can always go back to the OPO if needs be.
Regards.
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You can even get AOSP skins and themes for stock-based Custom ROMs, so if you like the look of AOSP but want the features of the stock-based custom ROMs... They're available!
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simes6600 said:
i got a G3 a few days ago, cheap, as a backup phone to my M8. was really surprised at lag on the G3 like others, thought it would be a helluva lot smoother. originally ran stock, now running Cloudy 2.2 and Nova launcher in which IMHO, don't see any noticeable different from LG stock, although battery life is marginally better.
i did notice that running any live wallpaper will lag the homescreen considerably, no big deal, but for a phone of this calibre, should not be an issue. my M8 has never missed a beat on anything.
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To be fair it's using a GPU that was designed to push 1080p displays, not 1440p/Quad-HD displays, so a live-wallpaper running on a stock kernel will push the GPU. The reason your M8 runs better is because even though it's the same CPU and GPU underneath, the screen is only 1080p and not 1440p, therefore the GPU doesn't have to power nearly as many pixels (Twice as less, in fact. ) But if you want even more performance, you can install a custom stock-based kernel like the ChupaChups kernel that works with all Stock-Based custom ROMs and optimizes things a bit better