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Cm9/aokp/arhd

OK I know its my personal preference to choose between roms, but i also want to know yours. I like arhd cause other stability and stock feel, but aokp is also great since I get much more control of my phone, with that said sometimes , this 'control' can lead to stability issues with the rom. So what do you think is bettr overall?
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ARHD is more stable, AOKP has 4.0.3 and more mods. Just try it.
Im on ARHD btw
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AOKP because it is 4.0.3 and has more choices for kernels such as Franco.
AOKP is more stable than ARHD imo. Stick to milestones if you're worried about stability.

I switched to AOKP after being on ARHD.
AOKP has more customization, less boot time and more battery!

The only instances of instability I had on this device came when using ARHD. Currently using AOKP and it absolutely flies with Franco's kernel. 4.0.3 is a massive leap over 4.0.2, it's like moving from a beta build to final. Having in built mods is one of the benefits of choosing a ROM built from source, and not just based on the stock images.
Regards.

AOKP here also, fast and stable...never had a reboot, blazing fast with franco's kernel overclocked @1350mhz.
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i'm happy with ARHD 2.1.3 (4.0.2)
is there a changelog for 4.0.3, what incentives are there to upgrade, my phone is stable and fast as it is.
LE: found something: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.3.html
but they seem more API improvements rather than actual bug fixes or new (visible/usable) features
also here
http://dkgadget.com/upcoming-androi...on-new-camera-capabilities-and-tons-of-fixes/
"....tons of fixes" -> like what for example?

Both are great ROMs, and I've used both. I'm going with AOKP for now, because you get:
4.0.3
toggles in notification bar
4 way lock screen
raised the default auto brightness default (fixable on ARHD)
Hold back button to kill app (die facebook, die)
Power menu add-ons
No stability issues for me (build 17)
Yesterday I had 1 day and 1.5 hours, with about 2.5 hours screen time on auto brightness
AOKP just saves me a lot of trouble with its built in tweaks, so I don't have to go hunt them down myself.
One con: the unicorn boot animation... Easily fixable though, there are a bunch of boot animation choices in the themes section.

zerozoneice said:
i'm happy with ARHD 2.1.3 (4.0.2)
is there a changelog for 4.0.3, what incentives are there to upgrade, my phone is stable and fast as it is.
LE: found something: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.3.html
but they seem more API improvements rather than actual bug fixes or new (visible/usable) features
also here
http://dkgadget.com/upcoming-androi...on-new-camera-capabilities-and-tons-of-fixes/
"....tons of fixes" -> like what for example?
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The overall smoothness and performance of apps, especially the browser, is much improved. When I was using ARHD, I was slightly disappointed with this device coming from a SGS2 and could understand the threads and posts about lag etc.
I challenge you to try a 4.0.3 ROM and come back and tell me it isn't a much faster/smoother experience.
Here is an example of the improved browser performance on The Verge website, which was famously shown to lag heavily on many video reviews (4.0.2).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN27yZQWfU0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Regards.

danielvc said:
ARHD is more stable
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I don't see how ARHD is more stable. I never had a single reboot with AOKP build 19.

judging from what you guys have said aokp looks like the winner here, and yes I've got to say browser is much improved from stock 4.0.2. Then again I need to try out arhd. But I will most likely use cm9 when it releases it final. Has anyone used the alpha builds? How are they on battery life?
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I thought ARHD might be more stable but to my surprise and delight I've had an even better experience with AOKP.
It's hard to beat anything AOSP based, especially with so many mods and tweaks. Usually you sacrifice stability with ROMs like this but not in this case. It's amazingly well polished and I have no complaints at all. Blown away with AOKP.

bongd said:
I thought ARHD might be more stable but to my surprise and delight I've had an even better experience with AOKP.
It's hard to beat anything AOSP based, especially with so many mods and tweaks. Usually you sacrifice stability with ROMs like this but not in this case. It's amazingly well polished and I have no complaints at all. Blown away with AOKP.
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My thoughts exactly - I was hesitant at first to move away from ARHD because stability is important for me. I've been running AOKP this past week (milestone 2) and just loaded on the franco kernel the other day and my phone has been MORE stable. On ARHD I did have the occasional hiccup/stutter/lag and an odd issue where my touchscreen failed me - fixed only with a battery pull.
Since AOKP + franco - no issues with an overall smoother experience. Battery life has been comparable to ARHD + faux123 v10 mainline kerrnel - well over a full day's use without even thinking about reaching for my charger

Haven't even tried arhd, but I use AOKP, I like it. 4.0.3 or bust
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masully84 said:
Haven't even tried arhd, but I use AOKP, I like it. 4.0.3 or bust
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What he said.

are you all using the stock kernel that came with AOKP or Franco?
If franco, what are your governor settings, UV settings, etc?

with AOKP do you mean
[ROM][AOSP 4.0.3] Android Open Kang Project - maguro build 20
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Yes either the latest build or the milestone 2. The builds are nightlys and are updated more frequently with the newest features but they may be more buggy. That said many people on the forums seem to run them without much issue. The milestone releases are meant to be bugfree and complete as described in the AOKP thread.
I'm using the default Franco settings - I don't think I know better than he does when it comes to optimizing a kernel and I have no complaints with regards to performance or battery life..

Ive been using AOKP and Franco since i got my Nexus last week, and its worked beautifully. This morning i switched to LeanKernel in order to see if it would improve battery life. Will report back on my findings.

Sorry I'm new from the Nexus S, but is AOKP similar to CM? I pretty much always used CM derivatives.

Are there any stable stock ICS or Jelly Bean Roms?

I bought a SGH-T989-D (telus version) and it came rooted with cyanogenmod installed. It was so fast and beautiful but it had many major bugs that made it unusable (call echo, battery life, caller id broken, random restarts). It's been about 4 months so I wanted to see what the most stable roms are.
I'm looking for a rom that is fast and close to stock ICS or maybe jellybean if that's out yet. I'm currently on touchwiz ics but it's not as smooth or snappy as the buggy rom the phone came with was.
Thanks in advance and sorry if this is noobish.

This one is stable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25363458
Its the stable version of CM 9
And my personal favorite AOKP 7/15 milestone 6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28327124
Only issue I have is speaker phone sounds choppy.
As for JB, there is good progress, but not a DD in my IMHO.
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The one by BinaryBiship is pretty good. And there's nightly builds so at least you know they're actively updating.
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this question gets asked quite a bit and my opinion on the matter(since you asked) is bugs don't seem to pop up for everyone. If the phone you had had issues maybe it was just that version of CM. If you like CM then I would suggest trying a nightly, RC2 or AOKP.
There are different developers that have kanged CM as well so try that. Since what is a bug for one person is not necessarily a bug for others its a trial and error. Anyone can post a link and say this or that is the best but only your real world experience can determine if its your dd= daily driver or not....
I have been running CM9 or AOKP since I got my phone and no issues at all...No radio issues No GPS issue No hot reboot issues... so far nada... Give them all a try thats my opinion

As said earlier, CM9 and AOKP are both great. My only issue with them is that they don't have wifi calling so be wary of that if you need that feature.

Just update to the latest cm9 nightly at get.cm for the Hercules. If you are already on cm9 then make a back up and then wipe system, cache, and dalvik. Then flash cm9 and gapps.
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Love the latest by Darkside. Its not pure stock but the latest is speedy, GREAT battery, and solid enough to be my DD ROM ..
Stats in sig. Good luck!

CM9 has come a LONG way these past months and virtually every bug you posted has been fixed. CM9 RC2 has been running beautifully for me for nearly a week and a half now. I recently took the plunge with TDJ's latest Venom kernel and it's been running even smoother. AOSP ROMs may have been buggy in the past but now there really isn't any reason to go back to TW. Unless of course you need wifi calling... but our devs are currently working on that and there are alternatives that allow you to call from wifi (Talkatone, Vonage, GrooveIP). So really, in my opinion, there really is no reason to go back to carrier bloat.

You could always use odin to flash a stock ICS, then root and remove bloat. You'd have a completely stock ICS running stable. As long as you're rooted, you can always flash modifications down the road. If you want a little extra performance but want to still maintain stock as much as possible, you can just flash a modified kernel on top.

[Q] Looking for that one ROM for my HTC One X

So I am new to the XDA forum, I am not new to Android. Now however I am in a bit of a spot. Looking for that one ROM which actually works properly without bugs or stability issues. This has proven to be a rather big challenge.
Almost every single ROM I have looked up, either on this forum or other forums, has issues. Most of them are seen as minor, but for my part, the lack of WiFi or USB tethering is not acceptable. Nor are those small bugs which makes apps crash from time to time.
So I am looking for a ROM with offers me the pure Android experience, so no Sense UI, with a few custom tweaks like battery indicator removal and the like. The ROM should be OTA compatible and based on Android 4.2.2.
I have looked all the big ROM's and many of the smaller ones. And like I write earlier, they all seem to have issues that makes renders them a defect product in my eyes. It is my no means easy to create a custom ROM, and all the hard work that developers put in to it, that I will praise :good:
But since I am looking for a complete product that take run my HOX until a new Android phone worth having comes out, stability issues, app craches, sluggishness and so on, are not acceptable.
It is a tall order I realise, but I figures that there is nothing lost by posting this thread. So are there anyone out there who knows an custom ROM?

AOKP and CM both have WiFi tethering and USB tethering working fine. I've been using CM since its alpha days, never had something not working that bothered me (meaning that i don't use MHL or FM radio, both of which don't work iirc. Any AOSP-based rom won't have them working.)

pandaball said:
AOKP and CM both have WiFi tethering and USB tethering working fine. I've been using CM since its alpha days, never had something not working that bothered me (meaning that i don't use MHL or FM radio, both of which don't work iirc. Any AOSP-based rom won't have them working.)
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I have downloaded the CM 10.1 M3 release, thought about installing it, it also comes with OTA updates, for some people at least, by the time the stable release version comes out, it should work for all users.
But I could not find any information regarding the possibilities of tweaking the notification bar. Do you have the option of modifying or removing the battery indicator?

shopperen said:
I have downloaded the CM 10.1 M3 release, thought about installing it, it also comes with OTA updates, for some people at least, by the time the stable release version comes out, it should work for all users.
But I could not find any information regarding the possibilities of tweaking the notification bar. Do you have the option of modifying or removing the battery indicator?
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You can modify it to show icon, icon+percentage, circle and circle+percentage, as well as hidden.

pandaball said:
You can modify it to show icon, icon+percentage, circle and circle+percentage, as well as hidden.
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I have a beautiful battery widget, which looks much much better then any other, still hoping that the developer will add moving it to the right side for root users. So I want the default one hidden. So another question would be, if you hide it, does it leave an empty space, or do the other right-side indicators re-align to fill that empty space, so to avoid blank space?

They fill the blank space.

pandaball said:
They fill the blank space.
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I will try the CM10.1 M3 release. What about bootanimation, is there an inbuilt function for that, and if not, do you know where the bootanimation.zip file is located?
Ohh, and what's the word on Google Apps being installed directly from the Play Store?

TeamVenom look @ my signature this rom rocks advice before you flash any rom just read
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elsworth1983 said:
TeamVenom look @ my signature this rom rocks advice before you flash any rom just read
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I have already looked at Team Venom Viper X ROM. But it comes with Sense UI, and I have no use for it, not anymore. Since Android 4.0 and Holo UI, there is no need for a UI overlay, and if one really wants that, there are plenty of Launchers in Play Store.
And there are also issues with WiFi tethering.

shopperen said:
I have already looked at Team Venom Viper X ROM. But it comes with Sense UI, and I have no use for it, not anymore. Since Android 4.0 and Holo UI, there is no need for a UI overlay, and if one really wants that, there are plenty of Launchers in Play Store.
And there are also issues with WiFi tethering.
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No worries i use to use trips rom's i was a flasholic until i flashed TeamVenoms rom and never looked back.
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Interesting, maybe I should do the same. Please tell us what rom you decide to use

shopperen said:
I will try the CM10.1 M3 release. What about bootanimation, is there an inbuilt function for that, and if not, do you know where the bootanimation.zip file is located?
Ohh, and what's the word on Google Apps being installed directly from the Play Store?
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Replace it manually in /system/media/bootanimation.zip. Really, most of these questions can be solved by just flashing CM and finding your way around it

Honestly, you can't go past Slim Bean when it comes to stability and features. It has pretty much as many features as AOKP, but it also has features from CM and some of its own unique features too. If you use Apex launcher with Slim, it's easily one of the fastest and smoothest ROMs around.
I've been using Slim Bean for a week now and i hardly EVER keep a ROM for more than 3 days because i always find small issues. With Slim Bean, performance is great, battery life is phenomenal (i got 60 hours up time with close to 4 hours of screen on time, i can attach screenies if you want), there are no outstanding bugs and it just works like it should.
With CM10.1, i always run into small issues here and there and battery life is not so great. When it comes to Ice Cold Jelly, battery life wasn't so good for me and performance was all over the place and it was rather unstable when i tried it a few versions ago.
So, Slim Bean is the absolute winner for me when it comes to ROMs without Sense. I highly, HIGHLY recommend that you try it out. Krarvind only produces very high quality ROMs.

Got your ROM?
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magic_android said:
Honestly, you can't go past Slim Bean when it comes to stability and features. It has pretty much as many features as AOKP, but it also has features from CM and some of its own unique features too. If you use Apex launcher with Slim, it's easily one of the fastest and smoothest ROMs around.
I've been using Slim Bean for a week now and i hardly EVER keep a ROM for more than 3 days because i always find small issues. With Slim Bean, performance is great, battery life is phenomenal (i got 60 hours up time with close to 4 hours of screen on time, i can attach screenies if you want), there are no outstanding bugs and it just works like it should.
With CM10.1, i always run into small issues here and there and battery life is not so great. When it comes to Ice Cold Jelly, battery life wasn't so good for me and performance was all over the place and it was rather unstable when i tried it a few versions ago.
So, Slim Bean is the absolute winner for me when it comes to ROMs without Sense. I highly, HIGHLY recommend that you try it out. Krarvind only produces very high quality ROMs.
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From what I can tell, Slim Bean is running some sort of custom launcher, is that correct? Because like I wrote, I have no interest in that nor any other launcher, I just want want the stock Android Holo UI and a few additional features.
Does Slim Bean support OTA?

pandaball said:
Replace it manually in /system/media/bootanimation.zip. Really, most of these questions can be solved by just flashing CM and finding your way around it
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Sounds like CM is the way to go. SlimBean is tempting, but it uses a form of launcher other the stock one, and that holds no interest for me.

[Q] Stable 4.4 rom closest to stock

Hey guys!
I am now trying to flash kitkat on my nexus... As far as I've seen in the topics, the only bug that isn't really fixed are the graphical issues in the rotation which I don't really mind so I think it's time to try some roms.
Until now I've always used stock roms, they always were simple and stable and after trying cyanogenmod in my dad's phone (not nexus) I found some modifications like the battery showing the percentage or the settings having theme options and other things that the average person wouldn't use...
I would like 4.4 stock like in the Nexus 5, not something with personal modifications, is there a stable rom with that?

Rayaxe said:
Hey guys!
I am now trying to flash kitkat on my nexus... As far as I've seen in the topics, the only bug that isn't really fixed are the graphical issues in the rotation which I don't really mind so I think it's time to try some roms.
Until now I've always used stock roms, they always were simple and stable and after trying cyanogenmod in my dad's phone (not nexus) I found some modifications like the battery showing the percentage or the settings having theme options and other things that the average person wouldn't use...
I would like 4.4 stock like in the Nexus 5, not something with personal modifications, is there a stable rom with that?
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Graphical glitches are completely fixed on almost every ROM available for maguro (Galaxy Nexus). As far as stock experience is concerned here, I would recommend you to go for any CM11 build available in development section. PlayfulGod's build is recommended by me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525351

Rayaxe said:
Hey guys!
I am now trying to flash kitkat on my nexus... As far as I've seen in the topics, the only bug that isn't really fixed are the graphical issues in the rotation which I don't really mind so I think it's time to try some roms.
Until now I've always used stock roms, they always were simple and stable and after trying cyanogenmod in my dad's phone (not nexus) I found some modifications like the battery showing the percentage or the settings having theme options and other things that the average person wouldn't use...
I would like 4.4 stock like in the Nexus 5, not something with personal modifications, is there a stable rom with that?
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I have been using Fork My Life's 4.4 rom with no issues at all for about a week. If you have the toro nexus I would suggest that rom. They have fixed the graphical issues and no reboots. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427087

I have the GSM/Maguro GN
Well, I'll try again CM11, I did it two weeks before and had to return to stock because of the reboots and battery drain, let's see for now xd

Best Roms on Nexus 7?

Just got a new Nexus haven't even powered it on yet, and I was curious what Android version has the best Rom support on this device?
Would it be advisable in your opinion to bring it all the way up to marshmallow or would I have more options temporarily staying on lollipop? Or is marshmallow just fraught with problems or anything to that effect? I had some devices in the past that just plain sucked for a while when the new version came out.
Thanks in advance. I did read up on several things but that's not going to compare to the experiences you guys have. I appreciate it.

If u want performance , better battery life and do not care about a higher number in Android version in about tab of system settings and fancy animations here and there, I suggest u go with Android 4.4.4, especially Mahdi 2.9 Final ROM with ElementalX 2.15 kernel and get a LP/MM theme from Play Store that is compatible with CM11 theme engine. Lollipop and Marshmallow are not optimised at all for Nexus 7 2013, they transform it in a 2009 device. But if u want MM or LP , I suggest Dirty Unicorns with stock kernel (Unicorn Blood) which is fantastic or ElementalX/Glitch Kernel.
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Pure nexus rom(6.0.1) runs flawlessly on my nexus 7... It went while on wifi 6 days no use and only used 20% of the battery with tapatalk running Gmail and YouTube along with titanium backup running every night...you can run the latest without issue or compromise. Oh running xposed also no issue.
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I came here to ask this same question haha.
I'm runnning Screw'd rom for my Nexus 7 and it's been pretty damn great to be honest. Apart from little glitches here and there, it runs flawlessly. (Okay maybe not little glitches, but sometimes I'll turn it on from standby and it won't detect any touch inputs at all, then I have to restart it and it works fine)
Thanks though Admiral, I think I'm going to try out the Pure rom and see how it goes. Also happy that Xposed is running fine. Hell yes!

I'm not sure anymore, I liked Tesla but that project isn't updated anymore for the N7 I believe, CleanROM isn't updated anymore either so I'm still trying to find which is best for me. I'm thinking about sticking to stock with maybe a custom Kernel for overclocking and double-tap to wake.

idCyber said:
If u want performance , better battery life and do not care about a higher number in Android version in about tab of system settings and fancy animations here and there, I suggest u go with Android 4.4.4, especially Mahdi 2.9 Final ROM with ElementalX 2.15 kernel and get a LP/MM theme from Play Store that is compatible with CM11 theme engine. Lollipop and Marshmallow are not optimised at all for Nexus 7 2013, they transform it in a 2009 device. But if u want MM or LP , I suggest Dirty Unicorns with stock kernel (Unicorn Blood) which is fantastic or ElementalX/Glitch Kernel.
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In the past I preferred Paranoid Android, Pac-Man and Cyanogenmod, how would you say this Mahdi 2.9 ROM compares to those in the way of customization?
I was looking to see what was available in the way of those on 4.4.4 and 5.1.1 the other night. Seems like the last time Paranoid was good was on 4.4.4 and Cyanogenmod seems like it didn't have any stable releases on 5.1.1 from what I can see but nightlys available.
Wondering 4.4.4 has a stable cyanogenmod? I don't mean to be lazy about dealing with nightlys (I have in the past) but I'm Uber busy nowadays. Still I'm a suckered for the customization lol ??? it's a terrible dilemma

DanRyan85 said:
In the past I preferred Paranoid Android, Pac-Man and Cyanogenmod, how would you say this Mahdi 2.9 ROM compares to those in the way of customization?
I was looking to see what was available in the way of those on 4.4.4 and 5.1.1 the other night. Seems like the last time Paranoid was good was on 4.4.4 and Cyanogenmod seems like it didn't have any stable releases on 5.1.1 from what I can see but nightlys available.
Wondering 4.4.4 has a stable cyanogenmod? I don't mean to be lazy about dealing with nightlys (I have in the past) but I'm Uber busy nowadays. Still I'm a suckered for the customization lol ??? it's a terrible dilemma
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U have all the UI customisation that other ROMs have on Mahdi and for me is the best 4.4.4 ROM with ElementalX kernel. Haven't used PA in a very long time so I dunno how the latest release of 4.4.4 is. I have never touched CM on this device because there is no Official CM maintainer for flo/deb and never will and if we get fixes and updates at mercy's will just because Google still supports it and no dev tests anything, I prefer to keep away from it. For example on 5.x.x there was a bug that was fixed after a few months
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