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I tried so many ROMs but never found a good/not buggy/non laggy one
I want a stable rom and a radio (not one using internet) that doesn't sound like a tv with no antena (spirit fm)
Also i'm asking for an improved rom not an official gingerbread version, please don't suggest this
Thx
Interesting. You could try AOSP ICS from MoltenMotherBoard team or Maclaw version , both you find in development section , them being release canditates and all are a whole lot of bugfree , well for me at least . As for the AM/FM radio i`m curios of an answer myself , maybe someone can enlighten us with a good one
Well, i have tried several cm 9, 10, 10.1 roms and all have their fair share of bugs.. most notably the very low speed with usb transfer, lag in certain scenarios, problems with s2ext or symlinks apps, some have problems with big screen callers, and so on..and i too am very annoyed by lack of radio (spirit fm sucks).. i can recommend you the current rom i am using which is absolutely bug-free once you get it going: cm 7.2 based JellyBread .. from my experience i can tell you that it is:
-lag free, with smartass v2 governor.. especially when waking up the phone after some idle time, other roms (lilke oldroid`s) take some 3-4-5 annoying seconds to wake up and go full speed.. in jellybread is absolutely instantly responding, which for me matters
- usb transfer works at it should..i have 4 class memory card and it is writing at 4 mb/s.. most other roms provided me with 1-1,5 mb/s,, i am talking about formated card with 2 part, one fat32 and one ext2
- wifi has some hiccups, that is transferring a video of 300 mb between my laptop and phone works like this: 1 mb/s for some10 seconds, then drops to zero for 1-2-3 seconds, then again pumps up to 1 mb and so on, like a roller-coaster.. but this happened on ALL roms i ever tried, and in others it was much worse than this.
- it has included fm air radio, and it works fine (but dont have your earphones plugged in-ear when turning the radio on, it is going LOUD for 1 second)
- it is looking great, jellybean like-ish (see for yourself in pictures), smooth animations and everything.. ofc, it is not jellybean, so the visuals when scrolling and such are not as crisp, cm 7.2 lack the tehnology ..but the menus, fade in- fade out and everything, are jb-like, much more nicer than old gingebread, while the performance is the good ol` 2.6.3.7-ish.. a fair trade i`d say
- my battery lasts 3 days easily, with some 2 hours of usage (screen on) during this time..if i turn of background data and stuff, i make it to 5 days of standy (true, very little usage, just some calls during that time, but still)
- s2ext is working fine..which is important..
Apart from JellyBread which i strongly recommend if you want stability and also native radio, as i said Olddroid`s rom which is genuine jellybean is pretty good and almost stable.. once you got it to woke up it works, just some bugs with some specific apps like custom call screen and custom sms handler which were force closing, but definitely much better than the total mess 6 months ago when all these ics/jb roms were virtually unusable.. i remember in august-september i was on an ics rom which was draining the battery from 100 to 0 in under 2 hours, whit screen of i do hope that maybe this summer there will be a stable, bug-free, lag-free jellybean based rom for gio..i intend to give it to my girlfriend when upgrading But for now, I stick with Jellybread
but JELLY BREAD has a problem with lucky patcher.
currently im using AOKP milestone 6 CM9
for me its a great ROM, NEVER had even a SINGLE random reboot, just a few bugs oh and cronmod a2sd++ works just fine
camcorder not working using stock camera app (you can use videoillusion)
usb tethering not working for me (you can use other tethering app)
no FM radio player
well thats the only thing thats bugging me with the ROM, but this is the ROM that still impressed me the most till now
Simple Question. Why are you using the ROM and Kernel that you are using. What does it give you that makes you stick with it?
ROM: - CyanogenMod 11
The most popular ROM available. Has some really good features and provides quick updates. Though I am thinking of switching to another ROM because it's become real slow now.
Kernel - - DirtyV
Definitely the most popular Kernel on the forums now. Much faster than CM stock Kernel. Battery life is average.
ROM - Dreams – Because it's my built and it has everything what I need.
Kernel - AOSPA kernel with some minor changes by me – Because I don't flash custom kernels. ––Soon 3.4 kernel when it works on tuna!
I've tried several roms and ultimaetly, I got tired of flashing a new rom every week (sometimes 3-4x a week) and I landed on Vanir with their stock kernel.
It's not amazingly great, but it will do until I found one that better.
Anyone?
Have tested every ROM to date from 4.2 to 4.4.2 and I still have been using PA 4.1.2 ROM w/Zen kernel combo for the past 1.5 yrs, since it's the only one that works exactly like I want and also stable.
Main features being full tablet mode w/status/navigation/notification bar all at the bottom(if needed) but mostly used in extended desktop mode w/out the crappy built-in ROM PIE Controls, fully functioning stock browser:
LiquidSmooth - many features but no slowdowns like on some other ROMs
Fancy or DirtyV - constant and frequent updates to make them even better
Godra said:
LiquidSmooth - many features but no slowdowns like on some other ROMs
Fancy or DirtyV - constant and frequent updates to make them even better
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How is the battery life like on LiquidSmooth?
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How is the battery life like on LiquidSmooth?
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Its hard for me to tell as my battery is pretty old and last really short on every combination but I guess its fine as most people say so.
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Its hard for me to tell as my battery is pretty old and last really short on every combination but I guess its fine as most people say so.
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How old is your battery?
Cause it shouldn't be much older then mines and I'm still getting a full days worth of battery life from 4.1.2 ROM.
That's including 40+ mins of BT audio streaming in the car(BT is never ever toggled off), 20+ mins of talk time, all play store updates are auto over data, push email, weather/stock widgets update every 30 mins on home screen and screen set to auto brightness.
Might be worth it to buy a replacement battery.
isajoo said:
How old is your battery?
Cause it shouldn't be much older then mines and I'm still getting a full days worth of battery life from 4.1.2 ROM.
That's including 40+ mins of BT audio streaming in the car(BT is never ever toggled off), 20+ mins of talk time, all play store updates are auto over data, push email, weather/stock widgets update every 30 mins on home screen and screen set to auto brightness.
Might be worth it to buy a replacement battery.
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I never bought another battery, so its around year and 7-8 months. I would buy it but Im thinking to buy new phone soon anyway so thats the reason I stuck with this poor battery. And I know battery is not that old but I charge it like 2 times at least everyday, maybe thats the reason it lost some of its capacity.
Anyway, your resulsts are amazing, espcialy BT turned on all time
Rom: SlimKat Stable 4
Kernel: Dirty V SR 3.26 Nephilim's settings
Vanir + SmithyV. Fast and simple.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Free mobile app
PA 3.99 + Fancy Pre51
JellyBean feels more stable than KitKat roms!
Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus utilizzando Tapatalk
Vanir 4.3.1 Final with standard kernel
Super stable and very fast + no problem with the well known memory leak/bug after a few days :good:
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Shiny ROM - I've tried some ROMs and this is the most stable and fast imho
franco.Kernel r396
Cm remix with default kernel. Awesome rom and kernel
sorry if my english hurts someone
CM11 snapshot + build in kernel
use many rom and kernel before, some of them very smooth and fast, but not stable most of the time when flash an update.
CM11 snapshot build give me the best what i want.
Rom: CM11 - Dont know why
Kernel: Fancy forever
LiquidSmooth + DirtyV or SmittyV, total badass performance and bleeding edge commits
CM11 Snapshot + DirtyV-SR
CM is really stable and pretty close to the stock while having few useful features.
Dirty-V is suuuuper smooth and SR version gives additional RAM.
resurrection + fancy 45. super smooth and fast
Hi There,
I noticed we are not supposed to ask questions about "the best ultimate mega rom", or anything similar. I hope this thread, however, is different enough to not violate those rules..
What ROM would you suggest as a good daily driver? I do not need the fastest rom, or the newest android version. I just need to flash something on my Arc so my sister can use the phone for few months without a need for any troubleshooting from my side.. She wants working texting and calling, snapchat, facebook, whatsapp, wifi, camera, music player. She doesn't care about bluetooth, or video recording, or radio. Here are my findings so far:
Official gingerbread is too old.
Official ICS is too slow, even after cleanup (removal of some unnecessary official apps).
I tried some LegacyXperia-based roms, and they were amazing EXCEPT battery life was 4-5 hours even if the phone was not in use.
What would you suggest? Perhaps an older build of Cyanogen Mod? If yes, which one? Any ROM that is reasonably fast and stable would be OK, as long as it is ICS or newer.
Thank you!
Legacy Xperia ROMs are good, you just need to tweak the ROM such that it doesn't use up a lot of battery
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You're right.
As I don't care about latest android (well I do, but my sister doesn't), I have used LegacyXperia cm10.2 release version: cm-10.2-20140303-RELEASE-LegacyXperia-anzu
She is running it only for a day, but so far it seems remarkably stable and battery life seems good enough to last a day. I will report back here if anything changes, but so far so good!
matus201 said:
You're right.
As I don't care about latest android (well I do, but my sister doesn't), I have used LegacyXperia cm10.2 release version: cm-10.2-20140303-RELEASE-LegacyXperia-anzu
She is running it only for a day, but so far it seems remarkably stable and battery life seems good enough to last a day. I will report back here if anything changes, but so far so good!
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CM10.1 is stabler & more battery than 10.2 . else theres not much other. or choose KK cm10.2 isnt best choice (if then better use 10.1)
Legacy Xperia CM 11
I'm using Legacy Xperia CM 11 with Android KitKat. It's pretty good. Many issues are resolved. Previously I used CM 10 nightly, the new one is way better than that. And the KitKat is light weight. But battery usage is kinda high.
Maybe you should try Ultimate HD, now version 5.0.1 but version 6.0.1 will be available soon. I have experienced nearly all custom ROMs for Arc and Ultimate HD seems the most stable Rom, good battery life, app compatibility, ... Cyanogen Mod is good but it has problem with app, especially camera apps downloaded from Google store; battery drains a little fast.
There are many choices when it comes to ROM, depending on how you use it. UHD is a good ROM for daily use, but if you play games with your phone then UHD is not a good choice because the base ROM itself cannot handle games well. If you want AOSP ROM with no modifications, you can use CM.
Things like battery life and apps can be managed if you search properly and apply the knowledge.
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Hi There,
I want to ask people that have tried several different roms: What are the big differences between Stock roms and CM/AOSP Roms?
Also: What are the downsizes of using CM/AOSP Roms? I head about a worse camera but is that all of it?
Thanks in advance!
Best,
C.
kilador said:
Hi There,
I want to ask people that have tried several different roms: What are the big differences between Stock roms and CM/AOSP Roms?
Also: What are the downsizes of using CM/AOSP Roms? I head about a worse camera but is that all of it?
Thanks in advance!
Best,
C.
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I am finding out that every custom rom that i try, CM or AOSP, has a bluetooth ble bug. They will not see bluetooth low energy devices such as some fitness trackers. Custom roms look much better than stock roms but i am forced to being on stock because of that.
Can someone using non stock roms throw a bit of light over here please?
1. Does FM radio work?
2. Does the camera picture quality drop by a lot?
3. Does the eye recognition feature work?
4. Does the knock knock wake feature work?
5. Does battery life improve or worsen?
6. Does it have a Bluetooth bug such as the poster above mention?
Any feedback on these matters will be very much appreciated
Thanks!
For me, i tired 2 AOSP roms, and went back to stock after a month, THEN i heard that it supported 4k via Snap Camera so i flashed another AOSP Rom, im now back on cloudy 2.5
The let downs for me are...
The Camera sucks so hard - nothing comes close to stock, not even lenovo super camera, the moto port.
Battery sucks, yea it can vary Rom to Rom but for me, battery life was crap, im not (and many others) arent interested in flashing 4-5 different kernels and then having to use Synapse to tweak stuff to get the best out of it.
Laggy, i got lags, even with it set on "performance" and having it set there drained even MORE battery.
Many people are happy on AOSP roms but after nearly a year with my G3, stock is still the best (purely IMO)
Good luck
kilador said:
Can someone using non stock roms throw a bit of light over here please?
1. Does FM radio work?
2. Does the camera picture quality drop by a lot?
3. Does the eye recognition feature work?
4. Does the knock knock wake feature work?
5. Does battery life improve or worsen?
6. Does it have a Bluetooth bug such as the poster above mention?
Any feedback on these matters will be very much appreciated
Thanks!
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1. Yes, with Spirit FM app
2. Yes, especially in low light.
3. Not included in custom roms, can be added by application.
4. Double tap to wake works most of the time. Periodically it stops working and user have to disable and enable it.
5. Well, i've got 0.5%/h in deep sleep, and 6-6.5H in active browsing via LTE. Screenshots attached. RR 5.5.3, pure stock - no custom kernel, sysctl/buildprop/etc tweaks.
6. Never had any BL LE device, can't say.
YaDr said:
1. Yes, with Spirit FM app
2. Yes, especially in low light.
3. Not included in custom roms, can be added by application.
4. Double tap to wake works most of the time. Periodically it stops working and user have to disable and enable it.
5. Well, i've got 0.5%/h in deep sleep, and 6-6.5H in active browsing via LTE. Screenshots attached. RR 5.5.3, pure stock - no custom kernel, sysctl/buildprop/etc tweaks.
6. Never had any BL LE device, can't say.
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Many thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated
Did you implement any tweak to achieve that much sot battery life? Like reducing screen resolution and such. What battery life did you manage to get back with a stock rom? To compare.
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And the camera in good light conditions, does quality really suffer that much?
Thanks again!
kilador said:
Many thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated
Did you implement any tweak to achieve that much sot battery life? Like reducing screen resolution and such. What battery life did you manage to get back with a stock rom? To compare.
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And the camera in good light conditions, does quality really suffer that much?
Thanks again!
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No tweaks, no resolution changing (Besides, it won't change battery life unless you're gaming, 2d performance for FHD and 2K is very close on Adreno 330) and no custom kernel.
This result is consistent - today I lost 23% for 3h of usage, of which 83 minutes are SOT. 83/23*100 = 360,8 minutes of SOT if usage pattern won't change. 6 hours of browsing on LTE while travelling through city (i.e changing cells often and high brightness) is good enough for G3.
On standby, I lose 0.4 - 0.7% per hour, depending on how much data there is to sync.
On stock KK, I almost always got 5.10 - 5.30 h of SOT with same usage pattern. But KK was pretty laggy, so I switched on LL. I tried every D855 5.0 build which lg released (With the exception of 20B/C), and even on latest builds I struggled to get 5h SOT, usually phone ended up dry after 4.30 - 4.40 h.
Camera postprocessing in normal conditions is worse than on stock - pictures are less sharp, example of AOSP photos attached.
YaDr said:
No tweaks, no resolution changing (Besides, it won't change battery life unless you're gaming, 2d performance for FHD and 2K is very close on Adreno 330) and no custom kernel.
This result is consistent - today I lost 23% for 3h of usage, of which 83 minutes are SOT. 83/23*100 = 360,8 minutes of SOT if usage pattern won't change. 6 hours of browsing on LTE while travelling through city (i.e changing cells often and high brightness) is good enough for G3.
On standby, I lose 0.4 - 0.7% per hour, depending on how much data there is to sync.
On stock KK, I almost always got 5.10 - 5.30 h of SOT with same usage pattern. But KK was pretty laggy, so I switched on LL. I tried every D855 5.0 build which lg released (With the exception of 20B/C), and even on latest builds I struggled to get 5h SOT, usually phone ended up dry after 4.30 - 4.40 h.
Camera postprocessing in normal conditions is worse than on stock - pictures are less sharp, example of AOSP photos attached.
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Great post mate thanks
DId you just pretty much flash RR and thats all, wow, impressive SOT !
Vivasanti said:
Great post mate thanks
DId you just pretty much flash RR and thats all, wow, impressive SOT !
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Yes.
Anyone using custom ROMs that can say fixes the bugs that are from the original Android 10 ROM? I understand that custom ROMs are not perfect and they still have bugs but, there are some bugs that I don't consider stable enough for everyday use. And also fixes the multitasking limitations of not being able to switch apps without reloading the app in the background. Performance for me can take a hit since I prefer stability more than performance.
If anyone can say that bugs from the original ROM are fixed in custom ones, can you suggest what custom ROM/s I can use?
Thanks a bunch!
I've tested most of the roms in the past 2 months and they re starting to get better and better with every update. The kernels also getting really good. (Previously there were more bugs but now less and less so most up to date roms are actually useable as daily drive, unless you use bluetooth a lot) If you're not using your phone heavily (gaming or watching videos for hours) you can even get 9-10 hours or more SoT.
Most roms have already fixed the bugs like green screen or glitch effect in apps that uses camera with HAL switch (enable/disable cam2api). The only bug that not fixed on custom roms is seems like to be the wireless headphones. Stuttering or not connecting at all.
I would recommend to install Telegram and join a couple of groups so you can see the roms development and interact with devs and other rom users. (To look for groups search rom name + daisy)
I'm currently using crDroid and I'm happy with it.