So like I've had this phone for a couple weeks...OK like a few. I gave up my LG K7 which is newer just to use it but that's not the point of this thread. I'm mostly wondering which ROM do you guys prefer? Like I've tried OCT-OS 6 and 7 and Ressurection Remix 7 and at the moment I'm running Slim Rom 6 since it's the fastest so far.
Yes I've read the FAQ saying it's what works best for me but really I want an opinion. Like I'm thinking of going down to Slim Rom running Kitkat but then again do I really wanna go to a out of date version of android?
Anyway what do you guys think?
Slimkat Stable 9 with Quantum KK kernel runs better on my phone than anything else.
It is terribly out of date from a security patch standpoint, but I'm just using this phone as a media player and glorified remote control with a throwaway account so not big deal. Honestly though, as long as you don't browse the underbelly of the internet or sideload a bunch of janky apps your risk is probably fairly low.
I'm running stock ROM with root on Android 4.4.2, I like touch wiz so I stuck with stock.
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Hey guys, sorry if this seems trivial, I feel bad for asking this after watching such an epic registration video (which by the way is better than reading all that stupid text and actually kept me interested).
I was deciding whether I should use Android Revolution HD or Codename Android for my phone, or if you think theres some other godly ROM I should be using. I'm trying to keep the phone as stock as possible while getting the tweaks to make the phone amazing.
Thanks~
Its all personal preference and all these devs do great work. Code name android was my go to for the past couple of days, switched over to the latest eclipse with Franco nightly kernel and I don't think I'll be switching back.
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Stay stock, get a custom launcher and custom kernel is another route. I am stock imm76i, nova launcher prime and ogdobber's 3.1 kernel that allows uv's. I am a battery mizer so if you want some performance find another kernel.
bow chicka wow wow.
I was just wondering how others are liking the 4.4 custom ROMs out there so far. I am running Task650's 4.3.1 AOKP ROM and like it a lot. I have tweaked most things to my liking and only get occasional hiccups. That being said I have been running it for almost two months and am getting the itch to switch to kitkat as I always want the "latest and greatest". The problem I am finding is that the half dozen I have tried all have issues with the aosp browser font size being off (really noticeable on xda), most of them also don't support micro SD formatted with exfat, and it also looks like I would have to use Google's ugly emojis if I want to keep the stock messaging app which I like to use. I know these are all nitpicks and I don't want to sound like a whiner as the developers do tons of amazing work for free for a freeloader like me
Interested to hear what people think the evolving of 4.4 custom ROMs will be like and what advantages they have found over 4.3 ROMs. Cheers!
My brother in law wants me to downgrade his phone from 4.4.2, the update messed him up bad. I have previously installed Slimbean on his old Infuse 4g and he loved it. So here I am looking through pages of roms for a phone I don't know a lot about and im lost in all the newest versions trying to find an old one. I realize it does not make a whole lot of sense to most people but due to some of the apps he uses not having been updated he needs to go to 4.3 or lower to have them all work again. So what are your recommendations for the most stable 4.0-4.3 roms?
There are a couple 4.3 Roms just choose and flash. Or if you want aosp flash cm 10.1 or 10.2 not really sure. I've yet to see an app the hasn't worked on kit Kat, from my experience apps runs much smoother and less fc.
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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.
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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
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.
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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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