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Cyanogenmod 7 vs Oxygen

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to compare ROMs from different developers with the intention of finding out which one is best. Such threads always end up with one camp bashing the other.
Instead, I just want to have a feel of which one is more widely used. CM7 is feature-packed, while Oxygen is designed to be clean and minimalist. Both have their merits, and I regularly jump ship.
While I'm on Oxygen, CM7 went out of beta, so I am contemplating going back on CM7.

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madman_cro said:
This tread does not belong in rom development section
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Oh sorry, I thought it'd be appropriate to post here because this is where people come looking for ROM. :O

Used CM7 for the sole reason that Oxygen does not have yet the long press volume to skip track starting the official updates from N1. Once Oxygen has it, it's still my choice.

Last time I installed oxygen I couldn't uninstall the latest version of maps (which for my purposes ain't as good as that last 4 version with clearer road names as you zoom in etc). I cant sort that myself, but On cm7 you can. I find cm7 bombproof with great battery but I'm staying with an old 44 radio.

I use Oxygen because it had gingerbread at the time it came out. I tried CM7 but there is no feature that will make me switch from Oxygen to CM7.

I use cm7 because it supports arabic and rtl language.

really stupid question.
oxygen mostly based on cm development.

fterh said:
Oh sorry, I thought it'd be appropriate to post here because this is where people come looking for ROM. :O
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Year exactly why you shouldn't fill it with non rom threads. Make it more difficult to find the actual roms.
really stupid question.
oxygen mostly based on cm development.
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Why? He is not asking which is better, but which is more popular, and I don't think you can tell that from which rom is based on which. If you even bothered to read OP you'd know that.
On topic: For me it is definately Oxygen. The stock android is more than enough for my needs. The only thing i'm missing is the long press volume to skip track, but actually i almost never listen to music anyway.

Cm7. It has theme chooser
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Can't beat oxy's battery life and smoothness

oxygen, although tbh ive never tried cyanogen, and i dont fancy it, like my phone to be relatively hack free.......

well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said

madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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I think Oxygen don't. Oxygen is an AOSP ROM with some customization done by AdamG and _thalamus.

I posted "other"
I jump from Oxygen to Redux, CM isn't a good choice for me... too bloated, I prefer simple (& light) rom
I remove also many apps from basic Oxygen & Redux, I prefer to stay slim
both are very cured & almost bugs free even if right now I prefer Redux for a couple of features integrated in the settings rom

madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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If this is a popularity thread, there are 22000 installs of CM7 on desire.
source: http://stats.cyanogenmod.com/

madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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Wow, that's a big call... I'd like to see how Sense/HD roms come from cm???
Yes, there's *alot* of CM based roms, but Oxygen is not amongst them and it's just stupid to say that everything comes from CM.
I like Oxygen - it's slick and very good on the battery... no it doesn't have as many built in features as CM but that's not for me anyway. This is the beauty of choice though... work out what suits you best and go with that.
M.

CM7, Purely for the mods and hacks that it has, Oxygen is also a very good rom, don't be swayed by what other people are using though, use both roms and then decide for yourself.

About Oxygen
Oxygen ROM is an AOSP source built ROM (ie. not a mod of any sense based ROM), it's minimal, it's superfast and mostly bugfree.
As Oxygen is not a mod/port of any HTC/CyanogenMod or any other ROM and may not be to everyones liking, it's minimalistic and basic but I'm open to ideas and suggestions for improving the ROM.
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for everyone who thinks its a cyanogen modded ROM.....

gingervillain which is not really cm7

What is the most UNIQUE rom?

I have flashed my fair share of roms from Sense to Sense(less), Foyo to Gingerbread the list goes on. One thing I have noticed is that they all seem to have a similar appearance. I have yet to see a Rom that is unique in appearance. Does anyone know of any Roms that give a truly unique look, something new and different?

MIUI is the most unique android rom, it's like a iphone android hybrid.

I agree. I always come back to Miui. They update the rom on every Friday, and as of late it has been incredibly stable. Every so often I'll switch to a Sense rom, but within a week I'm back to Miui.

Acer Liquid. Definitely.

doubleojon said:
I agree. I always come back to Miui. They update the rom on every Friday, and as of late it has been incredibly stable. Every so often I'll switch to a Sense rom, but within a week I'm back to Miui.
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Wrong lol I have to disagree and say the new liquid ui is the most unique Rom..its totally different
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I found that Rom to be... I don't know, frustrating? Issues with the lockscreen, the multiple music players... I think Miui is much more solid, and the built in features are unmatched.

I would have to say that both MIUI are completly in there own. Both based off AOSP (incase you are wanting to try different kernels) But I preferred LiquidMetal. I am not a fan of the iphone. Although the options in MIUI were a lot better as far as customization. I only used each for a short time and am currently on gingersense remix (b2) (attempting to download b3 as I type. This one is nice but looking more like a sense rom with some of the new sense 3.0 stuff on it.
I say give both MIUI and liquid metal a go and see what you think.

rcklesslydriven said:
I would have to say that both MIUI are completly in there own. Both based off AOSP (incase you are wanting to try different kernels) But I preferred LiquidMetal. I am not a fan of the iphone. Although the options in MIUI were a lot better as far as customization. I only used each for a short time and am currently on gingersense remix (b2) (attempting to download b3 as I type. This one is nice but looking more like a sense rom with some of the new sense 3.0 stuff on it.
I say give both MIUI and liquid metal a go and see what you think.
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How is that one running for you? I tried both 3.0 roms and got sick of the rosie loops.
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I love Miui, I really do but it doesn't like my Incredible. It's starting to get better and more functional with the latest updates but still laggy. I have never tried nor heard of LiquidMetal. I will have to look into that one.
I am curious about the 3.0 Roms that are coming out. I'm timid to try them out right now though, I fear that since they are not "stable", I will grow a resilience to them.

MIUI gets my vote. The early versions were too much of an iPhone clone for my tastes but have since gone back to it on recent versions.
However, I'm not crazy about the way they did the launcher being iPhone-esque by keeping all apps on the desktop, I prefer having an app drawer. So I run it with the Go Launcher.
MIUI's theming engine is incredibly easy to create themes on your own, and there is a huge collection of themes online, although I like a good sleek dark theme.
It has been incredibly stable for me, and I've really gotten to like their styles of pop up dialogs and menus.

I have tried all of the 3.0 and 2.1/3.0 ROM's. I can tell you that after a few reboots and soft reboots, they will calm down, and you will enjoy them.
With that said, GingerSense ReMix by wdfowty is the best right out of the box. No loops at all, I assume because it is from a 2.1 base with 3.0 goodies added in.
Try them!

Lsdozer said:
I have tried all of the 3.0 and 2.1/3.0 ROM's. I can tell you that after a few reboots and soft reboots, they will calm down, and you will enjoy them.
With that said, GingerSense ReMix by wdfowty is the best right out of the box. No loops at all, I assume because it is from a 2.1 base with 3.0 goodies added in.
Try them!
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That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Flashing now.

doubleojon said:
That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Flashing now.
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So, whats the verdict?

Best ROM?

I am having a serious amount of trouble trying to decide what ROMs to flash and which to leave in the dust. I'm also contemplating cyanogenmod, but it's still beta. HELP!

"best" is really subjective. Everyone has their own tastes. I say stick with stock for a while, at least you know you will get the OTA updates. If it meets your needs, great. Read up on the features of each ROM, and see if any of the features are interesting to you, try them out.

brandonyoung said:
"best" is really subjective. Everyone has their own tastes. I say stick with stock for a while, at least you know you will get the OTA updates. If it meets your needs, great. Read up on the features of each ROM, and see if any of the features are interesting to you, try them out.
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I know it's subjective. I want a general idea of what the best ROM would be all around. I'll wait for cyanogenmod 9... Either way, I'm happy with stock, I see so many ROMs in the development section that I feel confused. And I only wanted a general, basic suggestion. Maybe you (or someone else) could give me at least that?

What do you feel you would gain by going to a custom rom?

daleski75 said:
What do you feel you would gain by going to a custom rom?
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Little enhancements for ICS. Speed enhancements. Optimizations. Tweakability. Flashing different kernels for OC and UV support (although I don't fully understand it). insecure boot image. Root (although you don't necessarily need a custom ROM for the latter two)...
Not a big fan of themes.
I guess, I've used cyanogen exclusively on my Nexus One, and my Nexus S. I want to branch out and try other ROMs, but I'm also not a flash head. I'd rather find one good ROM and stick with it (like I'm doing with stock). I've tried MoDaCo's (Paul O'Brien's stuff) and Android Revolution HD, and I feel like they're not too different than stock, so I revert back. What do you use?
Thanks.

Try out the gummi rom. It's based off the 4.0.3 build and basically stock, which IMO is perfect. It has the extended power down menu (reboot/recovery/bootloader), the battery percentage in the battery icon. And the Gapps for it includes Google Wallet which is nice. The kernel it's running can be overclocked and undervolted. All in all its a very nice looking rom and I haven't ran into a problem with it yet.

I prefer Android Open Kang Project by Roman, or Bigxie's AOSP 4.0.3 stock w/optimizations (currently using) with Franco Kernel (nightly 3)

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Try out the gummi rom. It's based off the 4.0.3 build and basically stock, which IMO is perfect. It has the extended power down menu (reboot/recovery/bootloader), the battery percentage in the battery icon. And the Gapps for it includes Google Wallet which is nice. The kernel it's running can be overclocked and undervolted. All in all its a very nice looking rom and I haven't ran into a problem with it yet.
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That sounds really good. I think I might try it out.
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I prefer Android Open Kang Project by Roman, or Bigxie's AOSP 4.0.3 stock w/optimizations (currently using) with Franco Kernel (nightly 3)
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Thanks man, I just feel like I don't want to deal with nightlies. This phone is my daily driver so I want something stable. That's why stock is kicking so much ass right now. But obviously owning a Nexus I feel like I missing out on some really important mods and what not.
I want a ROM that doesn't require a lot of maintenance.
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I would definitely recommend Roman's AOKP. There's nothing unstable about it and it offers more customization than anything else released currently.

i downloaded the gummi one but heard of people having gapps issues so hesitated. currently using ZYGOT3 1.3 as it specified "final" and was posted by Droid Th3ory who made tons of roms for the Thunderbolt & a few Bionic ones. seems stable so far & better then stock.

Anyone feel that 4.0.3 is a bit more laggy in certain areas than 4.0.1 (or 4.0.2)?
I notice right away that the task switcher is a lot quicker (no lag on pushing the button) with 4.0.3 but I noticed everything else a bit more sluggish. Watching the apps flow in when pushing the app drawer button is chunky with 4.0.3 and pulling down the notification bar stutters as well.
This is my experience with AOKP and Bigxie's AOSP which are both 4.0.3 ROMs compared with the stock 4.0.1 ROM that came with the phone.

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I would definitely recommend Roman's AOKP. There's nothing unstable about it and it offers more customization than anything else released currently.
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I'll give that a shot as well. Thank you.
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Looking for real AOSP 4.4x ROM

Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a stock-like (vanilla) ROM based on Android 4.4x.
I tried some AOSP ROMs, but they were full of bloated 3rd party apps and annoying mods.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!

Have you tried Shiny ?
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Not yet, but I'm going to.

Like @crs7 said,Shiny is your best bet. Its like what official stock 4.4 would have been for our device. If you want slightly more features like theme chooser and reordering quick toggles,I'd suggest Paranoid Android.

maschiosoosai said:
Like @crs7 said,Shiny is your best bet. Its like what official stock 4.4 would have been for our device. If you want slightly more features like theme chooser and reordering quick toggles,I'd suggest Paranoid Android.
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I tried Paranoid Android (latest stable build), it's really decent, but i was having random graphical lags on my device.

Hmm, running the alpha build. It seems fine for me

I flashed Shiny ROM and that's pretty much what I wanted.
There is a minor graphical lag there-and-there. I guess it appears on all 4.4x ROMs... I can live with it.
I'll give Paranoid Android another try.

I'm going with Paranoid, it seems a lot more stable than Slim. Thanks for the advice.

Shiny would be your way to go if you want to get the most of AOSP and no more. but if you want a bit more features than what AOSP offered, try Paranoid Android 4.44, you will like its balanced stability and usability.
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shiny
shiny...
its up to date as you can ask for.
make an odin flash able tar ball and that's all there is

OxygenOS 4.0 vs CyanogenMod/LineageOS

Hello guys,
I've recently installed OxygenOS 4.0 on my OP3 and it's not that I don't like it but I miss some features and things like that...I'm just used to CyanogenMod I think.
Is there anyone who has tried both and can tell me if CM/LOS is still riddled with bugs or it can be used as a daily driver without major issues? Also how's battery life on LOS?
Thanks for all the inputs my beloved OP3 users,
jay.
EDIT: Nevermind.............made my decision anyway, thread can be closed/deleted.

So which rom do you use now?

After trying almost every cyanogen/lineage rom and almost every AOSP rom, and despite that they released 7.1.1 already, they are full of bugs and crushes.And the most annoying bug is the call echoes, even in roms where this fixed, the in call vlume so low! And you can control it..
So imho, even that OOS 4 lack of customization, it is most stable and a perfect daily driver

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So which rom do you use now?
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I use Sultans CM 13 build, the best ROM out there.

there are so much good roms out there.. but yes, OOS 4.0 is really nice and fast.
i run 2 roms atm, but also tried much others (FOS, RR, BJRR, ) and no, they are NOT full of bugs.
atm i run OOS 4.0 and Dirty Unicorns.
both are fast, stable and nice.

Kernel sources for Nougat will roll out when oos4. Is rolling out globaly
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/kernel-sources-for-nougat.482993/page-3