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New to Android - Which ROM should I use?

I was WP/iOS user and recently switched to Android. Just got my OP3, which is my first Android device. I am wondering, which custom ROM should I get. I kinda need more battery life and SOT so I want to ditch the OOS.
Do note that I have literally 0 use for fingerprint scanner, android pay and camera (well, not fully but any mediocre quality camera/pictures will work).
Also, I would appreciate if there is any guide or video tutorial, showing the whole process of custom ROM installation.

I would recommend Cyanogenmod 13.0 with Elemental X kernel.
Here is a tutorial to unlock bootloader and install TWRP Recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoYTvV1PNM
And here is a tutorial on how to install Cyanogenmod 13.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4NkdHEq20

OOS is a great near-stock rom tbh, but if you still want to try another I'd recommend Sultan's CM

Would recommend you to stay with stock as you may feel all this tweaking thing a bit laggy (coming from iOS , which doesn't let you even customize properly) but for sake of having the taste of tweaking :
Its a 2 part step
1) Unlocking bootloader , installing TWRP , backing up your data (as this will completely wipe out your phone) including whats app (using google drive built-in feature) and messages (using "SMS back up and restore" available in Play Store) . Avoid using links provided in video discriptions
Video Tutorial for Unlocking boot loader and Installing Custom Recovery : https://youtu.be/KQoYTvV1PNM
Tool All in One : http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...ol-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3398993
TWRP Recovery : https://dl.twrp.me/oneplus3/twrp-3.0.2-1-oneplus3.img.html
2 ) Installing Custom Rom close to stock with patched Kernal would be better for you to address battery and SOT issue and lot of audio mods , I would suggest freedom OS 1.6 CE ,
Custom ROM :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/development/rom-freedomos-1-0-t3409348
Just remember : Read all the FAQs and Read Me your self before trying any thing
In case you need to ask some thing PM
arandomdude said:
I was WP/iOS user and recently switched to Android. Just got my OP3, which is my first Android device. I am wondering, which custom ROM should I get. I kinda need more battery life and SOT so I want to ditch the OOS.
Do note that I have literally 0 use for fingerprint scanner, android pay and camera (well, not fully but any mediocre quality camera/pictures will work).
Also, I would appreciate if there is any guide or video tutorial, showing the whole process of custom ROM installation.
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I'd say OOS on stock has the best battery. If you want some rock hard stability along with battery, go for ElementalX kernel on OOS. If you dont want OOS so badly, then go for sultanxda s rom.

arandomdude said:
Do note that I have literally 0 use for fingerprint scanner ..
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I've never been interested in securing my phone and thought I would not use the FP scanner but found it is the quickest and easiest way to unlock the phone so I use and love it now. Just a quick press and the phone is ready to go instead of a double-tap + swipe etc. I suggest you get familiar with OOS for a while before you jump.

Resurrection Remix Blackjubel is great
There es elementalx Kernel preinstalled
It's smooth and stable and battery life is also good.
And you have many in build Features so you don't have to install xposed.

@arandomdude, this poll might shed some light on your question: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/september-rom-kernel-mega-poll-t3456213.

panther124 said:
Resurrection Remix Blackjubel is great
There es elementalx Kernel preinstalled
It's smooth and stable and battery life is also good.
And you have many in build Features so you don't have to install xposed.
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Hey mate, are you able to post stock aosp mms.apk ? I like that app over google's messenger apk

arandomdude said:
I was WP/iOS user and recently switched to Android. Just got my OP3, which is my first Android device. I am wondering, which custom ROM should I get. I kinda need more battery life and SOT so I want to ditch the OOS.
Do note that I have literally 0 use for fingerprint scanner, android pay and camera (well, not fully but any mediocre quality camera/pictures will work).
Also, I would appreciate if there is any guide or video tutorial, showing the whole process of custom ROM installation.
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Just at OOS, just root it, install Xposed and use Amplify and Greenify. It'll boost your SOT a lot. Also don't use Chrome browser. It drains battery a lot.

No one can tell you what the best custom ROM for you is as everyone's preferences vary, my advice stick to stock for now . SOT will improve over the first week of usage and you need to get to know the device / OS before choosing a rom to mitigate any perceived weaknesses. Take your time assessing new roms, as I said SOT will take about a week to stabilise. Above all enjoy yourself it only takes a few minutes to flash a new rom do why not try them all.

New to android?
Then start reading, you have a hell lot of things to learn, don't blindly jump into what random users says is good, laziness will damage your phone and diminish your trust in Android
Sent from my Darkside of Edge plus

[7/28 UPDATE] [UNOFFICIAL][7.1.2][G800F/M/Y] XenonHD 7.1

Team Horizon is a creative team dedicated
to crafting meaningful software
XenonHD is a custom firmware aka ROM for various Android devices. It is based on AOSP and LineageOS with additional features, performance and battery life improvements.
XenonHD is based on the ideas of
Stability
Every update is thoroughly tested before pushing out to the public. After all you rely on your phone everyday!
Open Source
XenonHD is completely open source. You can download the source and bring the love to your device!
Simplicity
XenonHD offers just the right amount of customisation and options. It is not bloated with features that you will never use!​
Download Rom: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195919129
Gapps: http://opengapps.org/
Supersu: https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
XDA:DevDB Information
Xenon HD, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini
Contributors
jimmy999x, spookcity138, ayke
Source Code: https://github.com/teamhorizon
ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: AOSP
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2017-05-11
Last Updated 2017-07-28

Interesting ROM. Smooth, very fast, it is interesting to choose additional settings (not many, but the most necessary). App start quickly. Nova Launcher, Phonograph, Substratum. No root, strange but no camera (Snap Camera HDR works super). Good firmware, I think many will like it. But RR is better :laugh: (Google translation)

Oleggluk said:
Interesting ROM. Smooth, very fast, it is interesting to choose additional settings (not many, but the most necessary). App start quickly. Nova Launcher, Phonograph, Substratum. No root, strange but no camera (Snap Camera HDR works super). Good firmware, I think many will like it. But RR is better [emoji23] (Google translation)
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This is your post that's got me interested in which you'd say is better.. in your opinion
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

AsHv0925 said:
This is your post that's got me interested in which you'd say is better.. in your opinion
Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
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I decided to stay on this ROM for a few days for testing. (Google Translate)

So next week it's gonna be XenonHD.
Finally got to the letter X after about two weeks of flashing almost every AOSP ROM we got.
Man...on your Github thing it's like raining ROMs there. Xenon seems to be right in the middle in terms of custom options. Just enough for me.
It's like LOS but with Substratum and Nova.
On thing I noticed on every ROM is that on startup where you choose language the screen either turns black or sometimes green. You still can choose the languague by tapping the black screen.
Flashed most ROMs with gapps pico 05-20.
Thanks a lot for sharing your work.
Since you're searching for ROMs maybe you haven't heard about ScrewdROM (or ScrewedRom?).

Pat750 said:
So next week it's gonna be XenonHD.
Finally got to the letter X after about two weeks of flashing almost every AOSP ROM we got.
Man...on your Github thing it's like raining ROMs there. Xenon seems to be right in the middle in terms of custom options. Just enough for me.
It's like LOS but with Substratum and Nova.
On thing I noticed on every ROM is that on startup where you choose language the screen either turns black or sometimes green. You still can choose the languague by tapping the black screen.
Flashed most ROMs with gapps pico 05-20.
Thanks a lot for sharing your work.
Since you're searching for ROMs maybe you haven't heard about ScrewdROM (or ScrewedRom?).
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https://github.com/Spookcity/ROMS-G800F/issues/10 There are many roms uploaded, maybe some you like, I'm trying to compile screwdrom, but I had some problems, anyway I'll try

Really like XenonHD. Been using it for the last couple of days and it's running very smooth.
It has Nova launcher, Substratum (which works flawlessly), internal root (but I use MagiskSU 12.0), dt2s on statusbar and lockscreen.
You can turn off the button lights and there is no preinstalled camera app.
Toast symbols work and there also are LED setting. Battery life is great for me.
Thanks for making this work on our device.
Also thanks for the many ROMs on the github page.

After using XenonHD for a week I'm pretty happy with it. Had not a single issue. ROM feels very smooth. Kernel test6 was also running good.
This is a ROM for people who don't need that many custom options. But it has more than Mokee or Octos.
Next I'm gonna try AOSGP from that new Github page, it has a lot of options just like crDroid or RR.
Hard to decide which ROM to use next. From test flashing I also liked Candy, Legend and Liquid.
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 @jimmy999x AOSGP has trouble with onboard Pixel launcher which doesn't work (flashed the ROM twice). Onboard Flick launcher does work.
I flashed Nova launcher and after rooting with Magisk Nova was very buggy (flickering and screen reset again and again), so reflashed Nova.
Again same trouble after uninstalling the Pixel launcher and Nova had to be reflashed. And once more after restoring some apps with Tibu.
Now after a day ROM seems very smooth and I will stay on it.
Thanks for the many many ROMs.

Pat750 said:
After using XenonHD for a week I'm pretty happy with it. Had not a single issue. ROM feels very smooth. Kernel test6 was also running good.
This is a ROM for people who don't need that many custom options. But it has more than Mokee or Octos.
Next I'm gonna try AOSGP from that new Github page, it has a lot of options just like crDroid or RR.
Hard to decide which ROM to use next. From test flashing I also liked Candy, Legend and Liquid.
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@jimmy999x AOSGP has trouble with onboard Pixel launcher which doesn't work (flashed the ROM twice). Onboard Flick launcher does work.
I flashed Nova launcher and after rooting with Magisk Nova was very buggy (flickering and screen reset again and again), so reflashed Nova.
Again same trouble after uninstalling the Pixel launcher and Nova had to be reflashed. And once more after restoring some apps with Tibu.
Now after a day ROM seems very smooth and I will stay on it.
Thanks for the many many ROMs.
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you're welcome. Greetings, lately I have not worked much in the roms since I started university, anyway I will try to compile some more, all the roms I compiled are in my afh profile, good luck https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=181843

jimmy999x said:
you're welcome. Greetings, lately I have not worked much in the roms since I started university, anyway I will try to compile some more, all the roms I compiled are in my afh profile, good luck https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=181843
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Wish you all the best for university. Try to have some fun if they let you. Those were the best years I had, especially when you see what comes afterwards...

Do you have time to update XenonHD?
I saw in the original thread some interesting changes.
Many thanks in advance.

tapptapp said:
Do you have time to update XenonHD?
I saw in the original thread some interesting changes.
Many thanks in advance.
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Yesterday I tried to compile the update, but I got problems and I was very tired, I'll try it today

jimmy999x said:
Yesterday I tried to compile the update, but I got problems and I was very tired, I'll try it today
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Ok, take your time to solve the problems.

jimmy999x said:
Yesterday I tried to compile the update, but I got problems and I was very tired, I'll try it today
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Hey jimmy, could you please please please (with sugar on top) try again? The version you could compile runs so good, such a nice little ROM...

Pat750 said:
Hey jimmy, could you please please please (with sugar on top) try again? The version you could compile runs so good, such a nice little ROM...
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195919129 There is the update, good luck (I have not tested it yet)

Hey, thanks for the update. Did a dirty flash over the last version and it runs great.
Substratum works really fast, Magisk 13.3 works. Spookcity's kernel 3.0 also works.
Battery LED shows when charging with powered off device.
I use the app Android Assistant to show the boot time in a message and here the app icon in the message is colored in the apps color...nice (before only white).
It uses the round icons and could be compared with Liquid ROM in terms of custom options.
Device is now G800 and no F so no certified device, but I don't care.
Thanks for the many ROMS.
BTW Cosmic didn't boot and Carbon showed error 7, am3d is Liquid dark and Emotion looks like AOKP and has some trouble with Substratum crashing also the interfacer crashes.

can we pleas get an update on this rom? i wanted to do it myself, but im new to compiling roms and i didn't get any good results. this is the best rom for s5 mini so far for me, and i tested like all of them. its smooth af, and the personalisation options are perfect, nothing more needed and nothing less

List of roms with "Novatek NT36672" touch screen module support so far.

UPDATE: There is a telegram group with latest nightly builds of genom kernel, they are mostly stable, there may be a couple of ussues with some of them (like phantom touches or random battery inefficiency), however you can find kernels that support our touch panel in android pie, and oreo roms, and they run butter smooth compared to stock rom, (thank you rama982 and all contrubutors to Genom kernel). Just download a kernel build you like, and then flash it after the installation of rom. genom_ci
It has been an issue for a long time, since Xiaomi refuses to release kernel sources for this module (or so i been told), anyways, many people encouter the issue with touch screen that doesn't work after flashing custom rom (screen flickering, response lag e.t.c). This issue was brought up in this thread, however there is no answer to a question that excites most of "novatek" owners that are here - "what can i actually install of all roms". I decided to make a list of roms that happened to avoid this issue, i hope this will help users like me, so they don't have to spend literally weeks stalking, testing, looking around at all sorts of places only to find another rom that doesn't work.
1. This is the easiest one, all MIUI roms that are available for our device are working flawlessly, official global roms, custom ones, they all work (i personally prefer Revolution OS MIUI 8.10, since it has an option for the chinese bloatware and spyware to be removed, and i find it the fastest one).
2. Almost all nougat roms ( the ones that are based on android 7.1, (and maybe 7) ). Or at least 95% of them, i had issues with some of them, but it's okay that some roms are less stable than the others, you will have to find what works best for you.
3. As far as i remember, all roms based on android 8, 8.1 DO NOT work with our touch screen, except the ones that were mentioned here.
4. Who wan'ts a piece of a pie? I think everyone, but not all of us can get it, since there is only a couple of pie roms that work with our panels:
Aosp extended 6.0 (only 28/10/2018 release so far, developers told that they will fix it but they didn't so far, this release is pretty stable and snappy though).
Dirty Unicorns 13.0
(I really like the esthetics of this rom, and a philosophy that stands behind it, but release is missing some important features for me personally.)
lineage-16.0-20181115 (As stable as aosp extended, or even more. Perfect rom for a new user that doesn't care about a lot of features, and just wants to do basic stuff without any bugs and crushes) (IMO)
GZOSP from Here, it's even more simple compared to lineage, but a a bit less stable.
Thanks to rama982 we have Nitrogen Os, it works fine, things are strating to change. (Live a like to Rama982).
This list is potentially suitable for EBBG touch panel users, but as i have no device on hands to test it, i can't say anything about it. If you are wondering wich type of touch screen you have, you can dowload AIDA from play store, or any other "sysinfo" type of app.
That's all. I hope this will help you, it's the smallest thing i can do, as i love the community of this place even more than my morning coffee.
P.S. If i missed something, you can comment down below, or send a private message, we all make mistakes.

vince with novatek panel user here. Info here is really helpful. I'm trying out AEX 10-28 now. i tried the latest build and i got a flashing screen on bootup.

Setesh73 said:
vince with novatek panel user here. Info here is really helpful. I'm trying out AEX 10-28 now. i tried the latest build and i got a flashing screen on bootup.
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Try LOS16, Havoc, or Bootleggers - or try the latest Genom kernels.

I tried out AEX 10-28 for a couple of days. i went back to xiaomi eu beta for full screen navigation. i also opted for genom eas nightly for miui. i think i'll stick with this setup for a while.

Can i use genom kernel nightly on pixel experience rom to support novatek panel?

jharone23 said:
Can i use genom kernel nightly on pixel experience rom to support novatek panel?
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i got blinking screen same as aex when i tried pixel experience with genom.

Setesh73 said:
i got blinking screen same as aex when i tried pixel experience with genom.
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I flashed just now the latest build of pixel experience on my device with genom nightly build for pie roms and it worked... No blinking or screen and the touch is working flawlessly, still checking for small bugs

Thanks for the thread and detailed info!
But Camera crashes on DU, any fixes you guys got?

drmjp93 said:
Thanks for the thread and detailed info!
But Camera crashes on DU, any fixes you guys got?
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Try gcam

DarthJabba9 said:
Try gcam
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Just gave it a try, it's too crashing.

drmjp93 said:
Just gave it a try, it's too crashing.
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All gcam builds are crashing?
Have you tried this one: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_5.1.018_by_SerJo87_1.6RC2_test4d_fixed.apk

DarthJabba9 said:
All gcam builds are crashing?
Have you tried this one: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_5.1.018_by_SerJo87_1.6RC2_test4d_fixed.apk
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Yes tried many, including this.
It crashes as soon it is launched.

Try Open Camera... Its open source and pretty good! I use it daily.
Sent from my Note 5 / 5 Plus using XDA Labs

In case anyone is interested, nitrogen os is working great on my ebbg display

i've tried pixel experience like @jharone23 said and it's working fine. i also installed genom nightly and it runs smooth. i think they worked out most of the kinks for novatek panel. i haven't tried the 12-31 build of the rom yet. gcam v5 works great. i also installed gcam v6 for better back cam low light and i'm satisfied so far. no problems with gps and lte. no network drops on wifi and data. i have mine rooted and installed kernel aduitor, also installed blex and youtube vanced from magisk repo. google backup works like a charm. played ro mobile for 4 hours straight on wifi. everything is great. note for benchmarkers, you would get lesser score in antutu compared to xiaomi eu rom with genom. i used to get 84k score with that setup but with p.e. and genom i only get 80k with performance setting in kernel aduitor. overall a 4/5 stars for user experience just because i was accustomed to full screen navigation in mi eu rom. A 5/5 stars in stability kudos to p.e. developers and genom. i won't be flashing any other rom for quite sometime as my current setup is stable enough as daily driver. maybe t.s. could include rom in the list. thanks jharone23 for the tip.

Most stable Pie rom for Z2 play?

Hey guys
Can anyone please let me know which Pie rom is currently the most stable and stock? I have no problems with the current stock rom of this phone, but I need to try GCam so I need 64bit OS. Also because I have a 4gb variant and it's ram usage is capped at 3.6gb.
It would be really convenient if Turbo Charging and other Moto features could work with the rom, and maybe improve battery life too.
I'd really appreciate it if you all could share your experience. Thanks.

I'm currently using resurrection remix on the z2 Play. It works ok, the external battery mod is not supported but it's working and I've installed an app with root privileges to get more insight in the external battery's statistics. Android version is 8.1.0 and the ROM is downloadable from one of the z2 play threads here in XDA.
The Google camera is working, except for the slow motion camera.
I haven't done much ROM hopping yet as the prebuilt ROMs offering for this model seems limited.
I read the part where you say that you have the 4gb model but the OS is 32bit.
Same here, rediculous, one of the reasons that drove me to flash it with a custom ROM.

try Havoc GSI like me.
And return back here to write your feed back.
i'm using Havoc for a long time, and I will wait your feedback after use it.

Help
masterdam79 said:
I'm currently using resurrection remix on the z2 Play. It works ok, the external battery mod is not supported but it's working and I've installed an app with root privileges to get more insight in the external battery's statistics. Android version is 8.1.0 and the ROM is downloadable from one of the z2 play threads here in XDA.
The Google camera is working, except for the slow motion camera.
I haven't done much ROM hopping yet as the prebuilt ROMs offering for this model seems limited.
I read the part where you say that you have the 4gb model but the OS is 32bit.
Same here, rediculous, one of the reasons that drove me to flash it with a custom ROM.
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which application do you use for powerpack?

Hi i'm looking for the sme info, my cellphone became unusable with time, also i want to root it. It's a petty tha lineage drop support, i like that rom. But what a really wants is some rom with stock gui that i can root and secury updates. I 'don need the last feature, etc. Thanks

Overall best custom rom!!

So, I was tired with RealmeUI and decided to do some experiments with my phone. For the last few days I have been flashing numerous custom ROMs. I'm gonna share my experience with these ROMs. Hope it helps someone decide which one to flash. Earlier this post had some other ROMs mentioned too but I removed them as they were updated recently and I haven't tested them. So, can't provide my review without flashing them.
1. PIXEL EXPERIENCE PLUS & PIXEL EXPERIENCE
This is by far the best custom rom available for this phone. It's been one week and I'm still using it. The UI is buttery smooth. Gaming performance is awesome and battery life is good. The only downside of this ROM is that it doesn't have extra features like the other ROMs. This is purely STOCK. And damn I miss the OOS recorder from Derpfest. I know there's a Magisk module to get the oneplus apps and I did flash it. But the screen recorder was just not there. I tried installing ported apk. But the apk wasn't installed. So I used a app from the playstore- "SCREEN RECORDER". From my point of view this is the best rom for non gamers! I would recommend Evolution X for the gamers out there. I did install only two modules on this ROM - AML and Dolby Atmos!
2. EvolutionX
This is my daily driver now . The smoothness and performance is as good as PE+. But this rom has some extra features which is very essential (to me). If you game a lot and do screen recording, this is the one for you. There's a dedicated gaming mode which turns on automatically when you open games and oos screen recorder. It's a very feature rich rom. The latest version of EvolutionX needs RealmeUI firmware. So flash it first if you're on COS.
3. Havoc OS
Used this ROM for almost two days now and I can tell this is a good ROM. I didn't do gaming though. By the looks of it, I think it will handle gaming just fine. The XDA thread of Havoc is outdated. Join the Telegram Group to get the latest version(which is 3.8). And it needs RealmeUi firmware so flash it if you're on COS.

any bugs in Pixel Exp Plus or should I stick to Realme Ui

I can confirm. Been testing all the three and while I loved them Pe and pe+ are far the best in basic functions like speed, ui, battery, performance. Yet it is true it's very stock android like and missing some extra features but I don't mind for I'm a purist and you can always add extra content, apps, features by downloading and on a rooted device there is no such thing as completely impossible ?

Is there any properly working call recorder in pe+?

akshaybhanushali86 said:
any bugs in Pixel Exp Plus or should I stick to Realme Ui
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I encountered no bugs in PE+. Smooth as phaak!!

Madhuvrata said:
Is there any properly working call recorder in pe+?
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I never use call recording soI never tried any app!

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I encountered no bugs in PE+. Smooth as phaak!!
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Will i get all features of realme ui or i need to install third party apps & can you tell me about camera ,all camera features which we have in realme camera is working?

greenys' said:
I can confirm. Been testing all the three and while I loved them Pe and pe+ are far the best in basic functions like speed, ui, battery, performance. Yet it is true it's very stock android like and missing some extra features but I don't mind for I'm a purist and you can always add extra content, apps, features by downloading and on a rooted device there is no such thing as completely impossible
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Actually, there is one impossible thing- " you can't install the OOS screen recorder (I couldn't). Tried the ported version and the magisk module Oxy-ify. The app just doesn't install.

akshaybhanushali86 said:
Will i get all features of realme ui or i need to install third party apps & can you tell me about camera ,all camera features which we have in realme camera is working?
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You have to sacrifice some things. The private safe of realmeui isn't there. You have to use Gcam. Stock camera features(48MP) won't work. Slo mo does work but is kinda useless. The secondary lenses work but the macro is pretty useless I guess.

Wolverinedd2 said:
Actually, there is one impossible thing- " you can't install the OOS screen recorder (I couldn't). Tried the ported version and the magisk module Oxy-ify. The app just doesn't install.
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Well, there will always be stuff that won't install on different ROMs. I tried so hard to get 48 mp on custom ROMs but found out that it's kind of faux yet a good 12 mp gcam shot can be just as sharp and detailed as an oversaturated stock 48 mp shot on stock ROM. So I gave up on it and I don't mind. There are some stuff you can't install but if you're creative enough you can get around them. I'm sure there are good enough screen recorders out there ?

greenys' said:
Well, there will always be stuff that won't install on different ROMs. I tried so hard to get 48 mp on custom ROMs but found out that it's kind of faux yet a good 12 mp gcam shot can be just as sharp and detailed as an oversaturated stock 48 mp shot on stock ROM. So I gave up on it and I don't mind. There are some stuff you can't install but if you're creative enough you can get around them. I'm sure there are good enough screen recorders out there ?
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I never cared for the 48MP mode. Even in stock rom I used it only twice. Normal 12MP images turns out better than the 48MP images.
I know there are screen recorder apps available out there. But none of them were as good as the OOS screen recorder so I shifted from PE+ to EvolutionX.!

Best rom, lineageos. But it seems nobody is developing it anymore... But still using it and it's great

Let me use this thread to ask this: is there any custom rom being actively developed, that does not have gapps included? Thanks.

Wolverinedd2 said:
So, I was tired with RealmeUI and decided to do some experiments with my phone. For the last few days I have been flashing numerous custom ROMs. I'm gonna share my experience with these ROMs. Hope it helps someone decide which one to flash.
1. DERPFEST
The initial impression of this ROM was great. Performance and battery life was way better than the stock ROM. And the games ran very smoothly(including cod mobile and pubg mobile). And it had great features too e.g. - OOS Screen Recorder. You can't find the app anywhere on the app drawer. It sits quietly in the quick settings. If you don't see it just add from the tiles. But after two days to usage ROM started behaving weird. Occasional lags and stutters in the UI. And some apps were crashing. And sometimes the will go to a bootloop. To get out of the bootloop you have to go into TWRP and flash caches. It is not a solution though as the bootloops would occur again. So I decided to dump this ROM. I didn't know what the reason was. I posted a comment on the post of derpfest but I got no reply. Well, I had installed too many magisk modules, which were useful actually. Viper,ICE sound, Dolby Atmos, Audio Modification Library. Can this be the reason?? Is there something called "Module Overload" exist?
2. POSP
Here I only didn't face the bootloop problem but faced others mentioned above. So I got rid of it before it begins the stucking in bootlogo problem.
3. PIXEL EXPERIENCE PLUS
This is by far the best custom rom available for this phone. It's been one week and I'm still using it. The UI is buttery smooth. Gaming performance is awesome and battery life is good. The only downside of this ROM is that it doesn't have extra features like the other ROMs. This is purely STOCK. And damn I miss the OOS recorder from Derpfest. I know there's a Magisk module to get the oneplus apps and I did flash it. But the screen recorder was just not there. I tried installing ported apk. But the apk wasn't installed. So I used a app from the playstore- "SCREEN RECORDER". From my point of view this is the best rom for non gamers! I would recommend Evolution X for the gamers out there. I did install only two modules on this ROM - AML and Dolby Atmos!
4. EvolutionX
Been using this for the last few days. The smoothness and performance is as good as PE+. But this rom has some extra features which is very essential (to me). If you game a lot and do screen recording, this is the one for you. There's a dedicated gaming mode which turns on automatically when you open games and oos screen recorder. It's a very feature rich rom. But remember you have to be on ColorOS firmware to install this rom. Just flash the firmware and flash the rom. Don't need to boot into COS.
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Evolution X has also a bug, the ported screen recorder doesnt support internal audio recording but great recorder because of 60 fps reolution. Only the default recorder works.

Anyone tried havocOS?

Hi, I was considering installing Pixel Experience plus on my phone. Do I need to have coloros or any specific version of realme ui to install it? I'm currently on Realmeui v11_c.05. I haven't rooted/flashed a recovery yet and plan to do it tomorrow. Should I download coloros before trying to flash this rom?
P.s Thank you for your detailed post, I was quite confused between PE/PE+, evox and derpfest.

chewballs said:
Evolution X has also a bug, the ported screen recorder doesnt support internal audio recording but great recorder because of 60 fps reolution. Only the default recorder works.
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Dude, I have been using the ported screen recorder for all of my PUBG recordings and it does support internal audio! Try messing with the settings

ohgodnonono said:
Hi, I was considering installing Pixel Experience plus on my phone. Do I need to have coloros or any specific version of realme ui to install it? I'm currently on Realmeui v11_c.05. I haven't rooted/flashed a recovery yet and plan to do it tomorrow. Should I download coloros before trying to flash this rom?
P.s Thank you for your detailed post, I was quite confused between PE/PE+, evox and derpfest.
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You don't have to be on COS for PE+ or EvolutionX. RUI will do the job

Wolverinedd2 said:
So, I was tired with RealmeUI and decided to do some experiments with my phone. For the last few days I have been flashing numerous custom ROMs. I'm gonna share my experience with these ROMs. Hope it helps someone decide which one to flash.
1. DERPFEST
The initial impression of this ROM was great. Performance and battery life was way better than the stock ROM. And the games ran very smoothly(including cod mobile and pubg mobile). And it had great features too e.g. - OOS Screen Recorder. You can't find the app anywhere on the app drawer. It sits quietly in the quick settings. If you don't see it just add from the tiles. But after two days to usage ROM started behaving weird. Occasional lags and stutters in the UI. And some apps were crashing. And sometimes the will go to a bootloop. To get out of the bootloop you have to go into TWRP and flash caches. It is not a solution though as the bootloops would occur again. So I decided to dump this ROM. I didn't know what the reason was. I posted a comment on the post of derpfest but I got no reply. Well, I had installed too many magisk modules, which were useful actually. Viper,ICE sound, Dolby Atmos, Audio Modification Library. Can this be the reason?? Is there something called "Module Overload" exist?
2. POSP
Here I only didn't face the bootloop problem but faced others mentioned above. So I got rid of it before it begins the stucking in bootlogo problem.
3. PIXEL EXPERIENCE PLUS
This is by far the best custom rom available for this phone. It's been one week and I'm still using it. The UI is buttery smooth. Gaming performance is awesome and battery life is good. The only downside of this ROM is that it doesn't have extra features like the other ROMs. This is purely STOCK. And damn I miss the OOS recorder from Derpfest. I know there's a Magisk module to get the oneplus apps and I did flash it. But the screen recorder was just not there. I tried installing ported apk. But the apk wasn't installed. So I used a app from the playstore- "SCREEN RECORDER". From my point of view this is the best rom for non gamers! I would recommend Evolution X for the gamers out there. I did install only two modules on this ROM - AML and Dolby Atmos!
4. EvolutionX
Been using this for the last few days. The smoothness and performance is as good as PE+. But this rom has some extra features which is very essential (to me). If you game a lot and do screen recording, this is the one for you. There's a dedicated gaming mode which turns on automatically when you open games and oos screen recorder. It's a very feature rich rom. But remember you have to be on ColorOS firmware to install this rom. Just flash the firmware and flash the rom. Don't need to boot into COS.
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I don't know what's wrong with this post but I can't seem to get the edit option. So I'm writing this in the comments-
"The latest version of EvolutionX doesn't need COS. It needs Realme UI firmware. So, if you're already on RUI don't need to downgrade"

savrin said:
Anyone tried havocOS?
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I'd like to hear about havoc too, it sounds like a promising os, but i can't find anything about it, other than the 6-page havoc thread.