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[Chinese ROM] - Now Blast 2.3.5 Updated today!

looking for any nice blur rom, modded found this thread about a Chinise Rom, so decided to look for any update of this. All credits goes to the developer Now疾风 vist his page for any news, but as I read is the last update till the release of 4.0.
Is a really stable rom and fast, did amazing job with theme, feel that battery last longer than any other rom out there, can not log into motoblur and an error linking contacts, with calls and sms at least to me. Try it you wont regret it!.
ROM features (translated with google, and sorry cuz of my english by the way):
Font for Fangzheng Ya Yuan, the global background beautification, streamlined out some of the procedures, added the ability to synchronize Google contacts, maps, voice, positioning, host advertising shielded power button Add to Sleep mode, modify the lock screen wallpaper, delete comes Ringtones, some nice ringtones, SD card acceleration for 2048, the latest Sony BRAVIA ENGINE engine, adjust the battery the initial reads the value of the correction battd permissions, build.prog optimization, root, Deodexed, Zipaligned increase the camera sound on off option. dial microseismic. status bar to operators, Sina weather transparent processing, integrated N more advanced settings. AGPS open base, open voice input and output. switched hang up the vibration switch, FTP file sharing .4 point touch. increase support 1080P camera crack Bluetooth transmission APK. increase the installed software is installed to the fuselage and SD card location Select the Four Diamond microseismic micro-light. screenshot press and hold the Power Options to increase the recovery mode, restart the menu long press the Home key to display the most recent task Tap the Search key off-screen press the search key and start the Power Options to optimize the configuration and script. horizontal screen HDMI mapping refinement shows 12 hours of the status bar (show early morning, morning, noon, afternoon, the evening, at night, at midnight, the middle of the night) the RE Manager Meihuaban, boot speed, improve fluency and stability.
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Screens with ICS theme:
Installation:
1-Full wipe, system, cache, etc
2-flash ROM
3-Flash Radio (works only with this one)
4-Flash Ram Fix (look in the forum for it, will boot, I did not flash it mine yet)
5-If you want the ICS theme
6-Reboot and enjoy
PD:
1- Remember to do it at your own risk, I always cross my fingers when flashing my phone
2- You need to flash webtop, but since I don use it, cuz I install ubuntop. I did not download it, that why is not in the folder
Download
Folder Link
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If I did something wrong sharing this, just OP close it, did not want to hurt someone feelings. Just sharing is caring :good:

This roms looks great but will it work on a locked photon on 2.3.5 ota
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dwaynet89 said:
This roms looks great but will it work on a locked photon on 2.3.5 ota
Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2
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No.

I'm really starting to hate my photon.
Thanks for the quick reply though.
Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2

What languages are supported???

Hai_Duong said:
What languages are supported???
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Chinese and English

why it is in General section, should go to Developer Section.

Good rom
,I had flashed this ROM for a long time.
It works well and the battery life can not be any better!
I can have my phone work for at least 2days without any charges!
Try to edit build.prop by RE,you will get a Jelly Bean!
bb[remember to delete me!]s.gfan.com/android-5251808-1-1.html

There is already a thread about this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615689
Please continue there.
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My "Perfect" Build v1.0 - Guide (Custom Kernel, tune, zips, apks, libs, sound, vids)

My "Perfect" Build v1.0 - Guide (Custom Kernel, tune, zips, apks, libs, sound, vids)
Below you will find a detailed plan on how to get the absolute most out of your Moto G 2015. I've spent countless hours testing and tuning -- coming up with the setup shown here. Its unbelievably fast and effective, with top tier battery life, and an amazing and unmatched sound system.
Requirements (all downloads listed here are found on XDA, along with their threads for support and security verification)
*Flashables* (All found on XDA)
-CM13 Based Rom (I prefer crDroid, but also CM13 Official Nightly, and Temeseks CM13)
-G-Apps Pico 6.0 (latest version. you can install higher levels of gapps if you so desire, but pico will work just fine)
-Inazuma R3 Kernel
-Optimus R6 Kernel
-PDB-ABS Tweaks v5.0 (init.d Scripts, build props, etc)
-Project Skynet Genesys TX6
-PMB SQlite3 Engine Database v5.1
-FeraDroid Engine v0.20 Beta 3 (*optional)
-Xtreme Music v7.03
-Divine Beats Dolby Atmos v5.0
-Bravia v4 and X-Reality Engine 13-16mp
*APKS* (All found either XDA or Play)
-Selinux Mode Changer (on XDA)
-Kernel Aduitor - Modded Version (on XDA - Formerly known as Singularity)
-Busy Box Pro 1.24.1-Stericson (on XDA)
-System App Remover (Google Play)
-Terminal Emulator (Google Play)
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I would recommend that you start entirely fresh -- full wipe, then clean install the rom/kernel/and zips.
...Lets Begin!!
Initial Setup:
-Download all the required apk programs and flashable zips, as well as the latest versions of a CM13 stable ROM (I prefer CrDroid for all out speed and stability)
-Wipe (or factory reset), then clean install in this order:
a)xxxxx CM13 Stable Rom
b)Open gApps 6.0 Pico
c)Inazuma R3 Kernel
d)Optimus R6 (NOT R7!!)
e)Project Skynet Genesys TX6
f)FeraDroid Engine v0.20 Beta 3
g)PMB SQlite3 Engine Database v5.1
h)PDB-ABS Tweaks v5.0
i)Xtreme Music v7.03
j)Divine Beats Dolby Atmos v5.0
*THERE IS A MAX of 10 ZIPS in the QUEUE. After you flash the initial 10, you can flash this next one.*
k)Bravia Engine v4 and X-Reality Engine Port
It will take about 5 minutes to flash all the zips listed above, but trust me... its worth it!
-Once all zips are flashed, wipe cache/davlik, then reboot.
-Run through setup, unchecking every single option along the way.
-Once loaded to the home screen, be sure to make your SD Card portable or permanent. (I prefer portable)
Initial Tweaks/Settings
-Enable Developer Options
1)2d gpu rendering
2)animation scaled down to lowest setting
3)advanced reboot menu
4)root enable and adb
-"MORE" (below wifi and data)
6)Emergency Broadcasts ALL OFF
-Sound
1)Vibrate on Touch OFF
2)Intensity 0%
-Display
1)low brightness level
2)adaptive OFF
3)Ambient OFF
4)Live Display OFF
5)Double Tap ON
6)Sleep 30 seconds
7)Wake up on plug OFF
8)Daydream OFF
9)Battery Light OFF
-Security
1)Unknown Sources
-System Profiles OFF
-Privacy
1)Block private
2)Block unknown calls/messages
-Location
1)OFF
2)Scanning OFF
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Install all APKs from the download list:
-Fully Install BusyBox Pro 1.24.1 from within the program.
-System App Remover (all of these are optional, but here is my personal list. 50mb, and increased battery/performance)
**audio fx, basic daydreams, black hole, bluetooth extensions, BT midi service, browser, bubbles, calculator, calendar and storage, call log backup, cLock, CM wallpapers, CM Actions, android backupconfirm, android shared storage backup, android wallpaper cropper, email, exchange services, fm radio, google backup transport, google calendar sync, holo spiral, html viewer, live lock screen service, live wallpaper picker, location services, market feedback agent, omni switch, phase beam, photo screen savers, photophase, print spooler, proxy handler, screencast, setup wizard, terminal, themes, themes provider, user dictionary, vpn dialogs.**
-Selinux Mode Changer: Set to Permissive
-Kernel Aduitor - Modded
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After installing Kernel Aduitor, here are the settings that will provide you with the perfect balance of battery life and performance.
Again.... (Very Important Settings)
-CPU:
-1401/200mhz MaxMin
-Conservative Governor (50 Down, 85 up, 15 feq step, everything else untouched)
-Schedule Work Queues on Awake CPU's - ON
-CPU Boost 0ms
-Sync Threshold Disabled
-Input interval 0ms
-Disable ALL core's input touch boost
-HotPlug:
-Intelliplug ON
-Conservative Profile (May use Balanced as an alternative)
-Touch Boost OFF
-Hysteresis 8-10 (May use 14-16 when used with Balanced Profile)
-Threshold Value 1000
-CPU Off-Screen Max - 400 (if unused while screen off.), otherwise, use 533-800mhz if you plan on listening to music while the screen off. 400mhz will cause skipping and major lag for this purpose.
-Thermal:
-Core Control ON
-VDD OFF
-Temp Throttle OFF
-GPU:
-465/200mhz if gaming. Otherwise 310/100.
-MSM Adreno Governor
-Adreno Idler ON
--60, 10, 10 for battery favoring
--35, 20, 5 for balanced
--25, 25, 3 for performance
-Screen:
-Color Profile CUSTOM
-Red 235, Green 240, Blue 255
-Min RGB 35
-Sat Intensity 80
-Hue 0
-Screen Value 130
-Contrast - 120
-Automatic High Brightness OFF
-High brightness OFF
-Battery:
-Power Suspend Mode HYBRID (Userspace for extreme battery)
-Suspend State 0 (When using Userspace, try 1 or 2 depending on your need for battery life)
-IO Scheduler:
-Internal- 2048kb read ahead
-Option 1 and 2 (*sioplus or deadline*)
-scheduler tunables (option 1-sioplus, for super fast reads and single task use): asycn read 400, write 4000, fifo batch 32, sync read 200, write 2000, writes starved 2 (option 2-deadline, for benchmarking performance (read 200, write 2000, fifo 32, front merge 1, read 300, write 6000, starved 2
-Option 3 and 4 (tripndroid and bfq) -- for everyday, well rounded performance. Excellent playback of HD videos, extremely fast USB transfer, very effective multitasker.
-External: 512kb read ahead
--TripnDroid or BFQ
-Rotational Storage ON
-Random Entropy ON from rotational storage
-I/O Stats OFF
-RQ Affinity 1 (You may try 2 if you aren't multitasking, 1 is more balanced between performance and multitasking, while 0 is for when performance is less needed, but effeciency and error free work is required)
LMK:
-Adaptive LMK ON
-15, 20, 35, 60, 95, 140mb
Virtual Memory (VERY IMPORTANT for performance, hence I will give ranges instead of exact figures. Depending on what you use your phone for, these settings can be drastically different. The ones I use are for all out performance, low lag, and moderate multitasking)
-Dirty Ratio: 75-95
-Dirty Background: 40-60
-Dirty Expire 500-750cs
-Dirty Writeback 5000-7500cs
-OverCommit 80-100%
-Swappiness 5-25
-VFS Pressure - 20-40
-Laptop Mode ON
-Min Free 4096
-Extra Free 8192
-zRam 300-350 (Stock is 510mb. I feel that a small ramdisk is just as effecient, while freeing up a few hundred mb for more traditional purposes.)
-WakeLocks:
-wlan_rx, wlan_cntrl, and wlan OFF
-Entropy:
-64 (128 optional) Read
-128 (256 optional) Write
-Misc:
-SELinux Permissive
-TCP Algorithm CUBIC
-Vib Strength 0%
-Logging OFF
-Dynamic F-Sync ON
-OTHER:
-Check "APPLY DURING BOOT" to every section of Kernel Aduitor's App
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Next:
-Install Terminal Emulator, and open it.
-type "su" at the command prompt, then enter
-type "ABS" (all capital!) then enter.
-You will now see a basic text menu.
-Select #1. This will check your system to make sure its ready to move forward with the tweaks.
-Back on the main menu, select option 2
-Run the following scripts: (Run individually, then return to previous menu)
--#2PDB-Booster,
--#3 PDB Junk Cleaner
--#5 PDB-BuildProp Tweaks, then run each of the following tweaks:
2- Image quality
3- GPU Rendering
5- Increase Scrolling Speed
7- Touch Smoothness
9- Internet Speed Extender
11- Fix App FC's
13- Faster boot
14- Signal Strength Extender
15- HPSA Internet Tweaks
16- Flag Tuner
17- Voice Quality Extender
19- Faster Streaming
20- Liquid Smooth UI
21- 60 Frames Per Second Enable
-Next, return to main menu, and choose #6 PDB-Profiler
-Select your primary need. I use multitasking.
-#7 Ad Blocker Enable
-#8 Internet Speed Tweaker
-#11 SqLite Optimizer
-#12 and #13 should already be activated, but if not, do so now.
-#14 SD Card Speed Tweaker
-Return to Main Menu once again and choose #4
--REBOOT DEVICE--
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After reboot, enter the Terminal Emulator once again:
Type "su" then enter
Then type "menu" (all lower case) and enter,
After the menu appears, perform command #1 - Checks. It should return all Ok's. If not, please visit the Skynet Genesys Thread for help.
Next, run command #3, and set the mode to balanced for everyday use, battery for low performance/good battery backup, and gaming for extreme performance with less regard for battery life. After completing this step, run command #4.
On this menu, run the following commands:
#1 Xtreme Renices (Places urgent priority on principle processes)****optional*** some ROMs have difficulty with this. Heating issues possible.
#3 Scaling + (lower power use and performance during deepsleep)
#4 WiFi Sleep (allows quicker dormancy of the wifi during inactivity)
#6 KSM (Memory Mergining, Same Page Merging of data used by multiple processes)
**#7 Google Killer (*OPTIONAL* Kills Google appls for battery life extension)
#8 Touch Screen Tweak (Improves responsiveness and reactivity of the touch screen. *OPTIONAL* If the earlier ABS build prop tweak did the trick, then you can skip this one. However, if it didn't give you the results you were looking for, I'd recommend trying this one.)
#9 Netboost - Some additional internet boosting tweaks
#10 Assertive Display - An advanced display manager for Qualcomm Hardware. Its a night/day difference for those who haven't used it before. It takes ambient and live display to a whole new level. Giving you clarity and depth in practically ANY light conditions.
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With that all said and done.
Its been a pleasure, researching all of the tweaks and tunes available. I'm sure that those who are more experienced than me have came up with better ideas, but for this hillbilly from kentucky... its the best I can do! I love this phone, and the performance it offers for budget pricing!
Sorry its so long, and probably difficult to understand. But I hope you appreciate the work I put into it. There's a few revisions I plan on making to increase battery life, with the help of xposed, greenify, amplify, wakelock tuning, etc. And I didn't really get around to talking about the sound lib and progs we installed. I can assure you, there's nothing placebo about viper4android 2.4.01, dolby atmos, xtreme music, and about a dozen or so libraries that are log proveable as working. The bravia v4 Xreality engine.... I just started using it, and haven't had time to really test it out... but it *should* give us an increase in graphic quality, especially in regards to pictures and videos. In the coming days I'll be adding a new section to further increase audio, productivity, graphics, and battery life. But for now..... this is what ya get! REMEMBER THOUGH..... SELinux MUST BE SET TO PERMISSIVE for Xtreme Music Libs to work correctly. You'll be grateful that you did!
Thank you for reading, and I hope you get as much out of it all as I did.
Have a great weekend guys! and gals!

Feel free to cherry pick, add, remove, tweak, etc. No negative talk. If you don't like my work, do your own build. But if you have something constructive to say, questions to ask, or thoughts to add.... I'd be super grateful, and pleased to read them! My goal is to get the smoothest, fastest, and longest lasting battery as possible... . blended into one neat package.

I'll have to try this when I have time. Thanks for the extensive list of tweaks and addons!

@bubbyj
Thanks mate, looks good.
Would be good that you add the links for each item we have to download.

CPU frequency doesn't go down stays at 1,4 GHz heats up my phone..

Do we have to install Inazuma AND Optimus kernels or choose one?

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CPU frequency doesn't go down stays at 1,4 GHz heats up my phone..
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I put the wrong entropy levels in. It should be 64-128 read and 128-256 write. That cleared it up on my end. Otherwise check your CPU settings. Down threshold 50-60, up 80-85, step 12-16, conservative gov, conservative hotplug profile, intelliplug active, touch disabled in all locations. Sync disabled. Boost 0ms. If this fails, post screenshots of kernel auditor, each section. We will correct the problem for you.
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Yes, the inazuma provides a few options that optimus r6 and r7 don't. And vice versa. And because optimys uses any kernel, it simply overlays its settings on top of the existing one.
R7 has 1401 oc, but loses the intelliplug hotplug. It also loses adreno idler. And has a r6 few unique features added compared to inazuma r3. So by installing r3, then dirty flashing optimus r6, you get a hybrid kernel that offers the best of both. You get all freqs from 200 to 1401, with an added 300mhz state. You get intelliplug hotplugging. You get GPU oc and under clock of 100mhz for extreme battery savings and retain the adreno idler. You get all of optimus optimizations and updates, as well as all the governors and schedulers combined. Its really an awesome kernel that results in crossbreeding the two.

Edited the original post. Made extreme renices optional, fixed entropy causing CPU loading (now 64/128 or 128/256, whichever works best for your usage). Also removed battery optimize from ABS tweaks. It works well, but may cause lags.

It works fine without skynet and abs but the moment i flash any of those two the cpu jumps ans stays at 1,4 ghz

Where do you get R6? I can't find a link only for r7
Envoyé de mon MotoG3 en utilisant Tapatalk

vinz244 said:
Where do you get R6? I can't find a link only for r7
Envoyé de mon MotoG3 en utilisant Tapatalk
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https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=Flashhhh&dl=Flashhhh/Optimus/Optimus-R6-Osprey.zip
here

U can use ApkPure no need gapps anymore

Any update on the kernel setup?

Can someone just send me direct links to the correct version of each flashable files I need to download? I've tried doing this myself multiple times, but once it flashes the "audio enhancer" files it starts to say "unable to mount /data" and "unable to mount /storage" in the TWRP log, and when I reboot into the device, it takes a few minutes to "optimze apps" then it just sends me to the Cyanogenmod boot screen and it stays there. I really shouldn't be asking you guys for something like this but I've had to, multiple times, wipe my data and I'm just getting a bit frustrated since I really want to try this build. Thanks in advance.

OMG man, you give me another mobile with this tutorial, thank you very much mate!!!

Jushten said:
Can someone just send me direct links to the correct version of each flashable files I need to download? I've tried doing this myself multiple times, but once it flashes the "audio enhancer" files it starts to say "unable to mount /data" and "unable to mount /storage" in the TWRP log, and when I reboot into the device, it takes a few minutes to "optimze apps" then it just sends me to the Cyanogenmod boot screen and it stays there. I really shouldn't be asking you guys for something like this but I've had to, multiple times, wipe my data and I'm just getting a bit frustrated since I really want to try this build. Thanks in advance.
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Same thing here , i still not found any way to get all the files flashed :/

Jushten said:
Can someone just send me direct links to the correct version of each flashable files I need to download? I've tried doing this myself multiple times, but once it flashes the "audio enhancer" files it starts to say "unable to mount /data" and "unable to mount /storage" in the TWRP log, and when I reboot into the device, it takes a few minutes to "optimze apps" then it just sends me to the Cyanogenmod boot screen and it stays there. I really shouldn't be asking you guys for something like this but I've had to, multiple times, wipe my data and I'm just getting a bit frustrated since I really want to try this build. Thanks in advance.
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FrancyelZelling said:
Same thing here , i still not found any way to get all the files flashed :/
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Here is the list, all of then worker in my phone, but the names that he gaves is a bit different so be careful
NOTE:
I flashed the crDroid (04-22-2016) and it make a bootloop, I tried the AICP too, same problem, the only one which worked was the Nexus Experience 10.2. If you wanna try, the link is below.
Main Post:
*Nexus Experience: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/development/rom-nxrom-nexus-experience-mm-6-0-1-t3347772
*G-Apps Pico 6.0 :http://opengapps.org/
*Inazuma R3 Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/orig-development/kernel-inazuma-t3320323
*Optimus R8 Kernel:http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/orig-development/kernel-optimus-kernel-r1-t3300877
*PDB-ABS Tweaks v5.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tweak-arkaynine-boost-script-v3-0-t3120404
*Project Skynet Genesys TX6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/android-l-booster-1-soon-t3030796
*PMB SQlite3 Engine Database v5.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...mod-projct-mod-boost-nitro-x-edition-t2809443
*FeraDroid Engine v0.20 Beta 3:http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...beta-feradroid-engine-v0-19-ultimate-t3284421
*Xtreme Music v7.03: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/mod-beatsaudio-e-xloud-installer-t3029951
*Divine Beats Dolby Atmos v5.0: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/app-divinebeats-sound-master-phone-sony-t3274355
*Bravia v4 and X-Reality Engine 13-16mp: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...recompeliren-bravia-engine-x-reality-t3141461
Download link:
*Nexus Experience: http://nxrom.us/motog3.html
*G-Apps Pico 6.0 ARM/6.0/PICO)
*Inazuma R3 Kernel: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995305053
*Optimus R6 Kernel: https://basketbuild.com/filedl/devs?dev=Flashhhh&dl=Flashhhh/Optimus/Optimus-R6-Osprey.zip
*PDB-ABS Tweaks v5.0 :https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24385658843824596
*Project Skynet Genesys TX6: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762635998635
*PMB SQlite3 Engine Database v5.1(will start automatically ):http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3440756&d=1439715903
*FeraDroid Engine v0.20 Beta 3(will start automatically ):http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3696184&d=1458938908
*Xtreme Music v7.03: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636007047
*Divine Beats Dolby Atmos v5.0: https://userscloud.com/ppg965q9d4q7
*Bravia v4 and X-Reality Engine 13-16mp(The second Option): https://drive.google.com/folderview...leEc4MUVXWTdwQnFqV2kxRDcyblBpNXhELThEMGdvWmc#

The problem with skynet is the jump in entropy settings to like 2048 or so, that automatically occurs on some phones. This causes the cpu to lock in at 1.4ghz and pretty much stay there, and loading at 60-80%. I'm going to be offering a brand new build based around the AOSP roms that are popping up everywhere. I'm currently testing it thoroughly. Expect a new thread with a smoother, faster, snappier, and cooler running phone based around this new platform -- probably by the end of the week.
It will include an entropy fix with it. My current settings are 1536 and 256 (read-write) and it does great!
And just one more thing --- along with the new build I'll be offering, I'm also working on an intense battery build. I understand fully that not everyone is interested in squeezing out every last bit of performance and instead desire a usable phone that lasts much longer between charges. I've been working on it off and on for about 3-4 weeks now and have found some amazing tweaks and mods that'll accomplish that goal. The hardest part for me, is being an all out performance nut --- I lose interest in increasing battery life once the performance aspect starts to suffer. With that said, I'm going to be putting my wants to the side and focus much more on the community.

MAJOR UPDATE INFO:
It has came to my attention in the last week or so, that the latest builds of MM --- CM13 based --- DO NOT WORK WITH THE INAZUMA R3 and Optimus R6!! It will bootloop indefinetly. Only versions of CM based roms from prior to about 4/10/2016 will work with it. I've read about it on a few other threads, and tested it myself. It DOES NOT work. It appears to be a problem with the Inazuma R3 Kernel (you can view the thread to see a few people saying the kernel bootloops on the latest versions). The developer is apparently aware and is working on a fix.
As far as the 'unable to mount' /data issue, this occurs now and then with flashables. For me, the fix is to reboot twrp back into the recovery. Don't reboot system. Just reboot recovery, then continue to add your selections. The one that does it most often is the PMB SqLite3 database 5.1 --- and thats about 99% of the time. Hence, I install it at the very last.
I want to apologize for the problems that people have been having, many were my fault and I take responsibility for that. Luckily, everything is fixable and you can always return to your previous setup without issue.
AOSP Version 1.0 will be released by Friday evening.
CM13 version 2.0 will be released shortly after, with fixes to all the issues that have been brought up on here. Thank you again for point the problems out, and giving this a try. See you guys soon!

Check this tool >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/orig-development/mod-maxopt-battery-saver-tuner-t2955539/ it does miracles to the battery life and multitasking, before flashing put your phone on airplane mode and do a nandroid backup

Phoenix OS v1.1 Released

Hello, everyone, the Phoenix system x86 version v1.1 released. We added several new features to this version. For example, root permissions support, keyboard mapping function, Ethernet settings, you may not know where to open these functions, I will give you a detailed presentation.
Download：http://files.phoenixos.com/os/PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.1.0.exe
Update：
System
Add root access；
Add keyboard mapping function；
Add Mirror output function like HDMI;
Add Ethernet settings[font=宋体]：[/font]Boot default Ethernet connection
Add Resolution adjustment function;
Add Graphics adapter, mainly contains GTX700\800\900 series;
Repair Game can't connect network;
Optimized Reduce the maximum volume of the broken sound models;
Optimized Reduce the probability of crash by Atom processor;
The task bar & Notification Center
Revision notification center icon
Start menu
Optimize the display of large screen devices;
Browser
Optimizing UA display logic;
Update ad blocking list;
CZ FileManager
Increase picture and wallpaper images (Picture directory);
Network neighbors will pop up after the addition of success;
Repair the bug that desktop icon disappeared after the application upgrade;
Fix the bug that APE format file has no playback application optional;
Application of the market will not prompted to upgrade of FileManager;
Fix the bug that native music applications failed to add music;
Fix some other bug;
Enhanced stability;
More info:
http://bbs.phoenixstudio.org/en/showthread.php?tid=1716

Official mirror uploaded by @Dante_xu - it will soon be added to the official download site and it's already added on the official forum:
https://mega.nz/#!VgNCGJTD!y62XM6nge9OTkKMp-nRbZoGKYoHqGB0nYiLyxhbBN7I
It is worth mentioning that in this release, if we toggle the root ON, we can freely modify the system partition! No need for any custom files!

Does "Pokemon Go" app works with this version?

good update but remix os is still far superior.

@slybunda At what? I can also say my bike is superior without listing it's pros.

more stable and better 3d support

It all comes down to specific hardware @slybunda . On my devices Phoenix is more stable and has more features at the same time plus a better design. I personally don't care about 3D acceleration - android-x86 would be enough for games because those are usually ran in fullscreen, so no desktop UI needed.
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I love your rom so much @Regnas I updated a port that already existed for the vzw gs4 just so I could keep using it for my own personal use. It's the best rom ever, 10,000xlove. Sorry that's a little off topic because it's not really the same rom. This is just the first post I've seen from you and had to shoutout some love

@tdct12 do have in mind that this is an official release by Chaozuo @Regnas does deserve the love for publishing it though

tdct12 said:
I love your rom so much @Regnas.....
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Lol...... see post above....

Still playstore not included?

It is included
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Has anyone had any luck booting this from USB? I have tried from USB and SD, but have had no luck. I was able to dual boot from my SSD drive, but it seemed to make my Win 10 OS lag a lot. I ran the installer and selected install to U, and let it install. I do have bios setup to boot from USB first and even tried it through the boot menu. It almost seems like the drive is not bootable though. Any ideas or thoughts?

Verification failed error 15. Any work around?

My Opinion on X2 Oreo ROMs + fixes roundup & goodbye :'( (Moto X2 broken)

My X2 broke again few days ago and this time im up for new Phone because the cost of repair is to high compared for the value. Also i need more battery & a (better) working Camera. Also i need to re-new my Phone Contract, so i can get a new Phone cheap. Before i leave i wanted to share my experiences for new or senior users which use/plan to update to 8.1. This Phone is very tricky, so it may save you a lot of work ^^
--- HOW-TO: Get best 8.1 battery/experience + gps fix ---
~ During my time with victara, I tested all 8.1 ROMs for a long time, gone thru log's, tested a lot of other stuff's and this is my result: (if you want to use X2 as an daily driver) ~
~ This applies to mostly all 8.1 based ROMs ~
1. From system/vendor/lib/hw/ delete power.msm8974.so = this lib is not used by anything since long and it just constantly crashes EVERY damn time you touch the screen. After deleting, reboot device and feel the speed increase instantly.
2. If you're a not playing RAM intensive games, use the SwapTorpedo Magisk module, it gives much more speed by disabling zRAM, which in turn saves a lot of CPU uptime. Our 2Gb RAM are enough to run even 3-5 heavy or more Apps simutanesly.
3. In developer settings at the bottom there is "background check" you can disable it for allmost ALL user Apps like fb etc. Notifications will still work no worry, they go thru Play Services. Also don't disable background check for Playstore & GServices = will result in crashing loops (internally), also you should keep all the calendar and contacts sync open if you want that feature.
4. Greenify has not much power on Oreo, dont use it. Use Naptime for great standby! ( keep "disable on charger" for GoogleSync to work properly)
5. footej Camera delivers best results on this semi broken camera...
6. Put as much Apps into /system partition, because they are faster then (use "stock" GApps package) and reflash it with an updated GApps package every now & then if you update your ROM (maybe once or twice a month)
--> on startup Android automaticly detects if there's a newer version of app in /system & deletes the one in /data ^^
7. If you want fast and fixed GPS then replace the file in /system/etc with my attached one. (unzip it 1st!) Works on all ROMs for victara!
8. Our APNs list file is outdated as hell, i suggest manually edit your settings. --> in "type" add: "default,mms,supl,ims" (supl is for location services and ims for things like VoLTE config)
9. There is a wifi config file missing in /system/vendor/firmware ... /prima/HERE [i dont remember extact location], but you will see WCNSS.conf (or similar name) file which is 0 bytes... copy the original one from /system/vendor/etc/wifi/prima to that location & reboot
10. Bad in-call sound quality & low volume fix: open build.prop in /system
Code:
persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=true
change value to
Code:
persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false
Code:
ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=7
change value to
Code:
ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=8
(stock default)
--> save & reboot. Profit.
12. Allways look if you can disable unused Apps in Settings BEFORE deleting them from /system/app or ../priv-app -> it can cause loops (drain)
13. for getting another hour SOT (tested on new battery, non original but legit one) use Swift black substratum theme for anything. "make use of your amoled"
... will maybe update list later
Most stable, bugless 8.1 ROM? IMO: MokeeOS, why? (good stuff)
-> based on latest LineageOS 15.1 sources, even tho they dont merge every commit from LOS (?)
-> updates every day, even for our chipset
-> EXT4 is allmost 3 times faster than f2fs
-> its rock stable, just no NFC, less flashlight toogle bug, best camera performance of all 8.1 ROMs with footej camera.
BUT YOU NEED TO MOD IT! AFTER EVERY UPDATE. (bad stuff)
- STOP it collecting YOUR usage/location data: download the App i attached. (they removed the option to stop it and added their own location & data miner lol)
-> in system tab -> MokeeSettings -> disable all of its services (stats updating & uploading services etc). It will not affect system, but theres no other way, because they really try to hide it from the user
-> you can also disable analytics from Mokee Pay App
-> after disabling the services, you can uninstall "disable service" app
Dont get me wrong, i dont like many things how they "manage" their ROM & source. Moreover they push their users to donate, for FOSS (=FreeOpenSourceSoftware, get it?). with the work others did, but rebranding, "kanging" it as theirs. (atleast they give credits to Lineage on github). Anyway if your are looking for a stable 8.1 ROM, this is your only choice...
Thank you all in Moto X 2014 forum, i will possibly go for OPO 6 (bad Camera) or S9 (bad Software support by Samsung), cant decide
peace! :fingers-crossed:

Thanks man! i followed your instructions! but i dont know how to do point 2, since i dont know how to install magisk.

Sad to see you go. Thanks for all your works to this aging phone. I still keep mine and I have moved to Moto Z2 Play. Hopefully,I can afford One Plus 6. But,it's not available here. Good luck with your new phone. I'm sure you will enjoy it more.

aBixler said:
Thanks man! i followed your instructions! but i dont know how to do point 2, since i dont know how to install magisk.
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You simply look for Magisk v16 zip file on xda and flash it in recovery

bejunk said:
You simply look for Magisk v16 zip file on xda and flash it in recovery
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That's all??? Woow, I looked up on Google and found a couple of complicated tutorials, thanks man.

aBixler said:
That's all??? Woow, I looked up on Google and found a couple of complicated tutorials, thanks man.
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Yeah. And then you open the app & look for modules. You can test them - and thats the great thing about Magisk - if you dont like them, you can easily uninstall them like an app.

bejunk said:
My X2 broke again few days ago and this time im up for new Phone because the cost of repair is to high compared for the value. Also i need more battery & a (better) working Camera. Also i need to re-new my Phone Contract, so i can get a new Phone cheap. Before i leave i wanted to share my experiences for new or senior users which use/plan to update to 8.1. This Phone is very tricky, so it may save you a lot of work ^^
--- HOW-TO: Get best 8.1 battery/experience + gps fix ---
~ During my time with victara, I tested all 8.1 ROMs for a long time, gone thru log's, tested a lot of other stuff's and this is my result: (if you want to use X2 as an daily driver) ~
~ This applies to mostly all 8.1 based ROMs ~
1. From system/vendor/lib/hw/ delete power.msm8974.so = this lib is not used by anything since long and it just constantly crashes EVERY damn time you touch the screen. After deleting, reboot device and feel the speed increase instantly.
2. If you're a not playing RAM intensive games, use the SwapTorpedo Magisk module, it gives much more speed by disabling zRAM, which in turn saves a lot of CPU uptime. Our 2Gb RAM are enough to run even 3-5 heavy or more Apps simutanesly.
3. In developer settings at the bottom there is "background check" you can disable it for allmost ALL user Apps like fb etc. Notifications will still work no worry, they go thru Play Services. Also don't disable background check for Playstore & GServices = will result in crashing loops (internally), also you should keep all the calendar and contacts sync open if you want that feature.
4. Greenify has not much power on Oreo, dont use it. Use Naptime for great standby! ( keep "disable on charger" for GoogleSync to work properly)
5. footej Camera delivers best results on this semi broken camera...
6. Put as much Apps into /system partition, because they are faster then (use "stock" GApps package) and reflash it with an updated GApps package every now & then if you update your ROM (maybe once or twice a month)
--> on startup Android automaticly detects if there's a newer version of app in /system & deletes the one in /data ^^
7. If you want fast and fixed GPS then replace the file in /system/etc with my attached one. (unzip it 1st!) Works on all ROMs for victara!
8. Our APNs list file is outdated as hell, i suggest manually edit your settings. --> in "type" add: "default,mms,supl,ims" (supl is for location services and ims for things like VoLTE config)
9. There is a wifi config file missing in /system/vendor/firmware ... /prima/HERE [i dont remember extact location], but you will see WCNSS.conf (or similar name) file which is 0 bytes... copy the original one from /system/vendor/etc/wifi/prima to that location & reboot
10. Bad in-call sound quality & low volume fix: open build.prop in /system
Code:
persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=true
change value to
Code:
persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false
Code:
ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=7
change value to
Code:
ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=8
(stock default)
--> save & reboot. Profit.
12. Allways look if you can disable unused Apps in Settings BEFORE deleting them from /system/app or ../priv-app -> it can cause loops (drain)
13. for getting another hour SOT (tested on new battery, non original but legit one) use Swift black substratum theme for anything. "make use of your amoled"
... will maybe update list later
Most stable, bugless 8.1 ROM? IMO: MokeeOS, why? (good stuff)
-> based on latest LineageOS 15.1 sources, even tho they dont merge every commit from LOS (?)
-> updates every day, even for our chipset
-> EXT4 is allmost 3 times faster than f2fs
-> its rock stable, just no NFC, less flashlight toogle bug, best camera performance of all 8.1 ROMs with footej camera.
BUT YOU NEED TO MOD IT! AFTER EVERY UPDATE. (bad stuff)
- STOP it collecting YOUR usage/location data: download the App i attached. (they removed the option to stop it and added their own location & data miner lol)
-> in system tab -> MokeeSettings -> disable all of its services (stats updating & uploading services etc). It will not affect system, but theres no other way, because they really try to hide it from the user
-> you can also disable analytics from Mokee Pay App
-> after disabling the services, you can uninstall "disable service" app
Dont get me wrong, i dont like many things how they "manage" their ROM & source. Moreover they push their users to donate, for FOSS (=FreeOpenSourceSoftware, get it?). with the work others did, but rebranding, "kanging" it as theirs. (atleast they give credits to Lineage on github). Anyway if your are looking for a stable 8.1 ROM, this is your only choice...
Thank you all in Moto X 2014 forum, i will possibly go for OPO 6 (bad Camera) or S9 (bad Software support by Samsung), cant decide
peace! :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks man, specifically for the power.msm file to delete. The speed boost is amazing!!

Why the **** are developers not merging these changes with their roms? do they just not care?

Galaxyninja66 said:
Why the **** are developers not merging these changes with their roms? do they just not care?
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Because they are hacks and not the properly way to fix
1.Ext4 is only for System,f2fs is much more faster
2.all other hacks can cause issues...

linckandrea said:
Because they are hacks and not the properly way to fix
1.Ext4 is only for System,f2fs is much more faster
2.all other hacks can cause issues...
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I do not understand, because some dev say that ext4 is faster and others say it is actually f2fs ... I understand the velocity that f2fs has, but this also brings instabilities to the system, while ext4 is more stable but not is fast as f2fs ... even so they still say ext4 may be faster than f2fs on some devices.the question is, for our victara, what is the best file system?

Leonardoliveira said:
I do not understand, because some dev say that ext4 is faster and others say it is actually f2fs ... I understand the velocity that f2fs has, but this also brings instabilities to the system, while ext4 is more stable but not is fast as f2fs ... even so they still say ext4 may be faster than f2fs on some devices.the question is, for our victara, what is the best file system?
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F2fs is generally more faster than ext4,
The firstly versions of f2fs(2012-2013) aren't very stable but now f2fs is very stable on the majority of device.
In other words
In general f2fs is a bad idea only if the original kernel isn't shipped with it(not our case)

linckandrea said:
Because they are hacks and not the properly way to fix
1.Ext4 is only for System,f2fs is much more faster
2.all other hacks can cause issues...
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I have yet to notice a solid speed improvement when switching from f2fs on ANY android device I have owned, plus this isn't the android chef's choice, the user is the one who decides this.
"Not the proper way to fix" - This is irrelevant and only applies if we have a proper way to fix these issues, the fact of the matter is that there is no official fix and these have yet to show any signs of conflicting with anything.
Most "developers" I notice are just creating a real quick build using pre-set instructions then sometimes cherry picking from other device's github sources. I am greatful that work is being done but it makes me want to boot into my old development desktop environment and show these cat's how to make something spicy. It's as easy as adding these fixes into your environment and then building the system image with these changes included, you don't even need to use the terminal to add most of these.

linckandrea said:
F2fs is generally more faster than ext4,
The firstly versions of f2fs(2012-2013) aren't very stable but now f2fs is very stable on the majority of device.
In other words
In general f2fs is a bad idea only if the original kernel isn't shipped with it(not our case)
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Just wanted to add my 2cents, about f2fs. I generally agree with you and also i read some deep-dive articles in the last few years. To keep it short: To be able to really benefit from f2fs,
you need to have HW (storage (eMMC) chip) which is optimized for it as well as the System/Kernel. f2fs was long in development like you say until it was really better than EXT4. But i think in the case of the Moto X2,
either the HW dont plays well or there is some other problem (i dont know which version of f2fs this phone uses). But what i know, from testing (a lot) and comparing results with an EXT4 ROM, EXT4 was ALLWAYS faster.
In (storage) benchmark apps, especially the random r/w, which is quite important, EXT4 was allways better. When i runned apps like SDmaid, (collecting garbage and doing DB optimizing) it was faster (allmost 2-3 times). Same for games like GTA or others which loaded data. I even mesured it to be sure, took many SS to compare because at that time i wanted to build myself, so i was interested whats better... (than my 2nd X2 broke:crying Anyway try it for yourself & you will see. On my old S3 mini, long ago the dev also updated f2fs version, but it still wasnt better than EXT4, i remember (Lollipop times)
To adress, "that these are hacks": I dont think so because those are doing much good and nothing bad. Maybe its not the most professional way to fix it (commit it properly), but it was the best i could do by then..
- delete power.msm8974.so - really this lib was not used by anything, i spend much time digging the Mokee Sources and doing logs etc... We used the AOSP HAL and the Qualcomm one was just bugging around... It didnt affect anything to delete it by then.. (dont know about now)
- setting "persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false" its cleaning the sound when you speak to someone in a call using the 2nd mic - but it needs that all plays nicely together. I tested it using 2 phones from friends and off was much better, maybe on stock it works well, but on 8.1 custom that was not the case. Also i found by searching a lot around that many more maintainers disabled it on their ROMs because it wasnt working properly.
- setting "ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=8" -> its the default value in stock ROM, which i extracted...
- GPS fix was inspired by commit to many devices, which pulled settings via framework - this is the "lazy" version, direct edit. Anyway it was way faster (navigation in maps) no bad stuff in log and secure now.
- about APN file - it was really outdated... & about the wifi file, this is the only one i wasnt sure, but for G3 and S5 (which both are msm8974, custom 8.1) the full file was there?!
ALL the other things are recommendations from me (like IMO), thats why the title of this thread. Last thing, for disabling zRAM (SWAP) it was allready discussed in many tech sites that this is absolutely useless in times of 4+ gb RAM. Also it sucks CPU. In Pie its disabled now. We are on the border with 2gb so its up to personal preferences....
Anyway nice to see you working again on this great device, which i really miss I wanted to better "fix" those, with patches, builds and commits, but my knowledge was to limited to do that so i opted for a diffrent way. Also our source was to messy back then, couldnt really get anything done... and im still learning. Then it broke and that was the end for me on X2.
I wish you all the best, maybe you can do some magic on that device. Peace!
EDIT: Sorry the grammar, its late here and just saw this and had to answer..

bejunk said:
Just wanted to add my 2cents, about f2fs. I generally agree with you and also i read some deep-dive articles in the last few years. To keep it short: To be able to really benefit from f2fs,
you need to have HW (storage (eMMC) chip) which is optimized for it as well as the System/Kernel. f2fs was long in development like you say until it was really better than EXT4. But i think in the case of the Moto X2,
either the HW dont plays well or there is some other problem (i dont know which version of f2fs this phone uses). But what i know, from testing (a lot) and comparing results with an EXT4 ROM, EXT4 was ALLWAYS faster.
In (storage) benchmark apps, especially the random r/w, which is quite important, EXT4 was allways better. When i runned apps like SDmaid, (collecting garbage and doing DB optimizing) it was faster (allmost 2-3 times). Same for games like GTA or others which loaded data. I even mesured it to be sure, took many SS to compare because at that time i wanted to build myself, so i was interested whats better... (than my 2nd X2 broke:crying Anyway try it for yourself & you will see. On my old S3 mini, long ago the dev also updated f2fs version, but it still wasnt better than EXT4, i remember (Lollipop times)
To adress, "that these are hacks": I dont think so because those are doing much good and nothing bad. Maybe its not the most professional way to fix it (commit it properly), but it was the best i could do by then..
- delete power.msm8974.so - really this lib was not used by anything, i spend much time digging the Mokee Sources and doing logs etc... We used the AOSP HAL and the Qualcomm one was just bugging around... It didnt affect anything to delete it by then.. (dont know about now)
- setting "persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false" its cleaning the sound when you speak to someone in a call using the 2nd mic - but it needs that all plays nicely together. I tested it using 2 phones from friends and off was much better, maybe on stock it works well, but on 8.1 custom that was not the case. Also i found by searching a lot around that many more maintainers disabled it on their ROMs because it wasnt working properly.
- setting "ro.config.vc_call_vol_steps=8" -> its the default value in stock ROM, which i extracted...
- GPS fix was inspired by commit to many devices, which pulled settings via framework - this is the "lazy" version, direct edit. Anyway it was way faster (navigation in maps) no bad stuff in log and secure now.
- about APN file - it was really outdated... & about the wifi file, this is the only one i wasnt sure, but for G3 and S5 (which both are msm8974, custom 8.1) the full file was there?!
ALL the other things are recommendations from me (like IMO), thats why the title of this thread. Last thing, for disabling zRAM (SWAP) it was allready discussed in many tech sites that this is absolutely useless in times of 4+ gb RAM. Also it sucks CPU. In Pie its disabled now. We are on the border with 2gb so its up to personal preferences....
Anyway nice to see you working again on this great device, which i really miss I wanted to better "fix" those, with patches, builds and commits, but my knowledge was to limited to do that so i opted for a diffrent way. Also our source was to messy back then, couldnt really get anything done... and im still learning. Then it broke and that was the end for me on X2.
I wish you all the best, maybe you can do some magic on that device. Peace!
EDIT: Sorry the grammar, its late here and just saw this and had to answer..
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I agree with you, f2fs in itself is faster than then many applications fail to draw the benefits is another fact (however I'm trying to do a f2fs backport from 3.10y (not very simple because motorola has done many changes departing a lot from the original)),
to talk about the fixes
in PIE I ​​changed the powerHAL to QTI version (which solves the problem)
about wifi config no need to copy it from elsewhere that oreo and pie only see it in / vendor
for the other things i see them as optimization that the user can do only and i have nothing in contrary

Good stuff. Thanks for this. Latest mokee seems to be bug ridden, but I flashed unofficial LOS, and I'm applying these tips. Substratum won't work for me, but otherwise I'm happy so far.
Thanks again.

[GUIDE/HOWTO][G920/G925-F-FD-I-S-K-L-T-W8] Which ROM to use for best stability and functionality

Introduction
I have spent too many hours trying to find the perfect ROM to install on my Samsung Galaxy S6 phone. My goal was to find an ultra debloated ROM without any Samsung or Google stuff with the bare minimum. Turns out, it's impossible. I also wanted to use something new that went out of the normal boring stuff we are used to see. The ROM and Kernel selection is just enormous. I also needed to address a very specific issue which is to maintain the cell phone up to date with the latest ROM it can take to be stable and usable while being able to install the latest version of apps from Google Play. I have a SIM card but I never recieve any phone calls on it and it's an international card that I cannot use without high fees. It's basically used when my wife, from another country, needs to contact me via SMS. So phone calls using the default call app is just useless for me.
Apps that I excessively use
So here is the list of apps that I use, or shall I say, OVER-use:
Facebook Messenger (video calls)
Grandstream Wave - GS Wave (All my phone calls using SIP service)
Camera app (My wife is in another country for now so pictures and videos is our way of communicating)
Microsoft Launcher (the only free launcher having a good balance between customization and those notification dots)
Banking apps (2 major ones, 1 credit card app, PayPal and Xoom)
Games (2 to 4 mostly from AI Factory and 1 from Facebook app)
Facebook, Reddit and Discord
GMail
Total Commander + LAN plugin
Magisk (latest available version on GitHub)
AdAway (latest available version for ROM version installed, removes pretty much all the ads in my games and apps)
Google Play (Obviously)
Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge browser (depended on my mood as long as I was NOT using the infamous Google Chrome or Samsung Browser)
Open Camera (Only on AOSP roms or Stock roms higher than v7.0)
Problems / Issues / Bugs / Missing configs
After all of my tests, here is the list of all problems I have encountered under which ROM versions:
No floating video call window when call is unfocused. When unfocused, other person sees black screen until I get back the video call in full screen focus - Facebook Messenger (Stock rom v7.0) this issue does not happen on roms higher than v7.x, floating video call is possible with v8.x and higher roms.
Dark mode unavailable or requires heavy tweaks to fake or achieve a similar effect in OS, example, dark mode in the system settings menus - System configuration menus (Stock rom v7.x)
Camera's picture taking is not syncing with flash, therefor, picture is taken WITHOUT the flash leading to dark pictures - Default camera app (Stock roms higher than v7.0 and all AOSP roms)
Lower than usual voice recording audio - Facebook Messenger (sending a voice recording), Default camera app (all AOSP roms)
Unable to see the internal storage of my device in Windows Explorer - LineageOS roms (some custom roms do work that are not pure LineageOS)
Bluetooth connecting but no audio is directed to the device - Facebook Messenger and all other system sounds and music (AOSP roms higher than v7.x)
Bluetooth causes Facebook Messenger to drop connection when in use with BT device. Once disconnected, call ceases to drop - Facebook Messenger (AOSP roms)
Apps and system a tiny bit less responsive - Facebook game Words with Friends, Home screen and configs (Stock rom v7.0)
Contacts not syncing - GS Wave (AOSP roms with Open GApps Pico and Nano)
Username and passwords not automatically filled from stored passwords in Google account - Facebook, Reddit (All roms)
GMail dark mode and dark mode option unavailable - GMail (Stock rom v7.x)
Some games do not install or simply unavailable from Google Play - Super Mario Run (Highly debloated Stock rom v7.0)
Initial setup crashes after configuring the first time wifi connection, Google's update checking fails (AOSP roms with Open GApps)
When resizing the DP from 360 to 480 in the developper options, keyboard does not stretch to the entire screen width - System (Stock rom v7.x)
Lack of keyboard customization such as enabeling the numbers row instead of integrating them in the letter keys with long touch - System (all AOSP roms)
Random reboots or total system freeze. Very minimal and rare, not enough to remember too much about it, but still happened - System (Stock rom v7.0 other than SamStock)
Tests
My phone: Canadian Flat SM-G920W8
As of today, I have tested Ultimate Nougate, Oreo, Unofficial Lineage OS 14.1-17.1, FlynOS, NexusOS, S8 ports Note 8 ports, ViperOS, Marduck, SamStock, DotOS plus many other derivatives of LineageOS 16 and 17.1. If a rom was not mentioning compatibility with W8 version, I'd try using a compatible Kernel which seems to make the roms work and boot properly but most of these tests were performed with roms that stated supporting the T or W8 variants.
First test was to actually go through the Install process which Ultimate Oreo and 1 or 2 others failed. The amount of failed installs is very neglectible. Next was to actually boot into the OS. I got a few boot loops due to Kernel incompatibilities, again, just 1 or 2 failed REALLY and a few others were my fault for installing a wrong Kernel. So nothing to mention here too. Next was to actually be able to use the Camera app without doing anything else. All AOSP roms failed this. I simply opened the app, enabled flash and took a picture in a dark place. Picture has never been taken properly. Camera flashes correctly but picture is taken AFTER the flash turns out. Open Camera with the Camera API 2 enabled solved this issue.
Is was now left with rooting my phone. Note that most Stock roms and some AOSP roms have their own pre-built root which I utterly hate. Magisk is available and easily installable and works super fine so I do not need an old outdated version of Super SU or Magisk pre-installed. If the rom had Magisk pre-installed, I'd simply flash the Magisk app over it before booting to be at the latest version. I also needed to install Open GApps on AOSP roms and configure it. This was much easier to do when having a first time NO OPEN GAPPS intial boot. Basically, boot the first time without Open GApps, then reboot and install Open GApps and reboot to system, this resolves the wifi issue.
After all of this, it's time to let Google Play update everything it has to before starting to use Google Play and installing our apps. Turns out that I hate pretty much all of the launchers out there. They all have weird lacks. Lack of options, lack of configuration or no support for notification dots or a payment is needed to unlock this feature, lack of icon and folder lables. I tried the major ones and I even installed the hacked version available as torrents and I was not impressed by any one of them. Microsoft Launcher is the best one I know that offers enough options to configure what I want AND enables notification dots freely. The only last thing they could make available is the possibility to configure folder background colors and transparency and icon styles. To my opinion, that's all that's missing. I DO NOT use gestures so no comment on this.
Verdict
I absolutely NEED my bluetooth to work and I need this camera app to work flawlessly. This means that I am left with one single option. That is:
Stable Stock (Touchwiz based) rom version 7.0 (Nougat)
I tested some nice ones but again, I run into some issues, therefor:
MY RECOMMENDATION: SamStock ROM
ALTERNATIVELY, My Re-Pack of the above ROM: SamStock ROM (Lightly Debloated)
The only Problem I fell upon is the download which required me to use a separate download manager to download this rom from Android File Host. I also am displeased that SamStock DOES include his own version of Magisk integrated inside the rom so after rom installation, I have to flash MY version of Magisk immediately before booting. This rom is also completely Stock which means NO debloating, Everything is there, from Samsung apps to Google apps. Knox is the only thing that got removed. So this is also a very big file to download, almost 2gb when some roms go far below the 1gb size. So it's probably the most space greedy rom out there, but it's also the one I have the least problems with.
Why not the other roms such as Marduk? Because they are not 100% stock, they are moded stock roms with the author's personal touches and possible kernels. The customized roms brought some awkward issues at moments and made the phone unstable with some rare but random reboots and total freeze requiring me to hard reboot the phone using "Volume Down + Home + Power". Some others just had a weird issue where some apps and games were not available to download on Google Play while as with a same v7.0 rom like SamStock, these were available for download.
As for AOSP roms, the camera and bluetooth issues are just too major to make the roms usable on a daily basis. Open Camera DOES resolve the camera image issue but does not resolve the low volume issue.
I hope this will help any of you out there to clarify your decision on what to install. I did my job in trying pretty much all I could download from XDA for my version of the phone. I recon that some exceptions may happen and that you may have not run into any of the issues I listed. Please feel free to comment.
Reference and downloads
If you want a good list and explanations and valuable links for downloads, please checkout the website I dedicated for the Canadian model but also valid for other variants: http://dr.mywebcommunity.org/g920w8/
Website last update: 2021-09-01
Website update notes
2021-09-01
• Added my own "SamStock ROM (Lightly Debloated)" in the list
• Added "Recommended" tags in the "Downloads and links" section
• Added my recommended android launcher "Microsoft Launcher" in the apps list

Mod-coversation removed following up a personal conversation. Thank you XDA mods for your concerns about your online community!

I updated the website to include more information and added a few more links in the Downloads section. I also added a small menu to to make the navigation in the Downloads and links section a bit easier.
I also added a small text file listing the apps that can safely be removed in zipped Stock ROMS. Here's the direct link, it's also available in the "Downloads and links" section: http://dr.mywebcommunity.org/g920w8/debloat/debloat_safe.txt