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Gaming on the Find 5

Hello fellow Find 5 friends! ( say that 5 times fast :laugh: )
As we all know the Find 5 packs a:
Qualcomm S4 Pro APQ8064
Krait 200 CPU: 4 cores @ 1.5GHz
Adreno 320: 400MHz
2GB RAM @ 533 MHz dual channel
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in its belly, and shares this with quite a list of phones:
Asus PadFone 2
HTC Droid DNA
HTC J Butterfly
LG Optimus G
Nexus 4
Pantech Vega No.6
Pantech Vega R3
Sharp Aquos Phone Zeta
Sony Xperia UL
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia ZL
Sony Xperia ZR
Xiaomi MI-2
Panasonic P-02E
Note that some new devices (the Nexus 7 2013 is a good example) has a "S4 Pro" SoC in the spec sheet, but is actually a lower-binned / lower-clocked 600 chip [APQ8064–1AA to be exact] and uses Krait 300 CPU cores and therefore outperforms its Krait 200 cousins in the Nexus 4 / Find 5 / etc.
The silicon is quite formidable- and led pack until the release of Qualcomm's 600 and 800 chips. Although some argue that the Adreno 320 is slightly underpowered for 1080p, the point is the Find 5 packs alot of power.
However despite this custom ROM gaming performance was poor initially:
Entropy512 said:
Some games apparently hang the device. Others, such as Ingress, work perfectly.
Problem is our display subsystem is a really nasty hackjob that is a mix of early 4.1 source code (Oppo's original baseline) and 4.2 stuff. Ideally, it will eventually be a pure CAF jb2.5 branch baseline - this is what most other CM devices are on or going to. Some stuff is easy to rebase, some is harder. I have a feeling I'm probably going to fix the camera the same way as the Sony and Samsung guys did it - copypasta the entire camera subsystem drivers from the original baseline and use those. (The camera drivers in the kernel seem isolated enough that it works fine on Samsung and Sony qcoms.) Biggest thing is the power management, especially charging - Oppo made major changes here to Qualcomm's early-4.1 baseline, AND Qualcomm made major changes to this code. As a result, getting that stuff right and properly merged is gonna be a PITA. It's sort-of-barely working in the codebase on my personal github, but it's doing all sorts of stuff it shouldn't, and also not doing stuff it should (like charging from USB). The standby power drain is also insane, which is strange since the newer CAF codebase should be MORE power efficient, not less.
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However since the 4.2 kernel rebase gaming performance has dramatically improved in my testing. This no doubt is related to all the kernel display changes work from our wonderful developers made possible by Oppo who released the sources for 4.2..
So pick up a ROM / kernel combination that has this 4.2 goodness and feel improvements across the board! Here is a list of the ROMs:
Color ROM [formerly known as Project Firefly] v1.0.0_33xx and later
Maxwen's AOKP 20130810 and later
CM10.1 Official Nightly 20130810 and later
CodefireX
IMPORTANT NOTE- CUSTOM ROMS USE THE 4.1 MODEM FIRMWARE
This means if you've flashed a 4.2 Color ROM and want to move to a custom ROM, you MUST flash the modem firmware from a 4.1 Color ROM before flashing a custom ROM or else WIFI WILL NOT WORK. Simply flash the 4.1 Color ROM (or the firmware package) and then flash the custom ROM immdediately after, you do not need to boot the 4.1 Color ROM.
Now back to the actual thread, I thought it would be helpful to compile a master list of games that work and don't work (for whatever reason) and use this as a future reference and for troubleshooting. Feel free to contribute: just the game name, your experience on it and if possible your ROM / kernel configuration.
My device settings:
Latest Maxwen AOKP / kernel
MP-Decision: Off
Multicore Power Saving: 0
CPU: 162MHz / 1.134 GHz
Governor: smartmax_eps
CPUQuiet: load_stats
GPU: 400 MHz
Governor: simple
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PLAYS FLAWLESSLY
7x7
Asphalt 7: Heat
Cut the Rope / HD
Fieldrunners 2
Formerly crashed after logo load, reinstall fixed it. Perhaps file was corrupted first time downloading?
Flow Free
GTA: Vice City
Infinite Flight
Make sure to update to the latest to fix crashing.
Ingress
PewPew
PewPew 2
Plants vs Zombies
Plasma Sky
Rymdkapsel
SpeedX 3D
Super Hexagon
The Conduit HD
The Room
Tiny Thief
True Skate
PLAYABLE, BUT WITH ISSUES
Eufloria HD
Can play on max settings as well as the best device but will still stutter. Game not as optimized as it could be. Heats up fast!
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Not perfect frame rate, experiment with governors / OC.
Osmos HD
Slight fps drops from time to time, heats up the phone pretty fast. Otherwise no problems
Subway Surfer
Not fully optimized, occasional fps drops / stuttering. Heats up phone pretty fast. Otherwise no problems.
Trial Xtreme 3
Occasional choppy sound.
BROKEN
NBA JAM
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EMULATORS
With the release of DraStic I felt it was time to add a section for emulators. I will list them by console rather than app.
DS
DraStic is my emulator of choice. I'll leave the feature list to the developer, but the biggest draw is that it is very fast. Since version 2.1.1a (released 8/1x/2013) the DS BIOS file is no longer needed for unencrypted ROMs. If my word (and the word of many across the internet) is not enough to convince you to drop $8, there is a demo version of the app (full functionality, 20 minute limit)
Some select quotes from the FAQ:
Q: Does DraStic support 3DS games? Will it in the future?
A: No, it does not and never will. 3DS is an entirely different system, a full generation ahead, like N64 to Gamecube.
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Q: How fast should I expect DraStic to be?
A: It varies greatly depending on the game you're trying to run. A device with 1GHz Cortex-A8 will run many games with a fair amount of frameskip. A 1.4+GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 will run most games with little or no frameskip most of the time.
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Q: Does it help to have multiple CPU cores?
A: Yes. If you have multiple cores DraStic is sped up by being able to offload screen update tasks to another thread. If you select the multi-threaded renderer option you will get even more benefit, but this option can cause graphical glitches and instability.
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Q: Are MOGA controllers supported?
A: It is possible to make it work by installing Moga Universal Driver from Google Play. We are currently working on including native support.
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Q: Does DraStic use my GPU to render graphics? Does it help to have a faster GPU
A: The GPU is only used to scale the image and apply filters so having a better one won't make much difference. OpenGL ES is not used to render the Nintendo DS graphics. This is because of idiosynchracies in the DS graphics hardware that would make this style of emulation incomplete and/or slow.
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Q: Does DraStic support homebrew games?
A: Currently many homebrew games are not supported because DraStic does not yet support DLDI filesystem integration which many homebrew games rely on. This is a planned feature for a later date.
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I have only played a few games (namely ones that have simple controls) and they have been flawless.
My settings:
Frameskip: Auto [4]
Filter: Scale2X
Multi-threaded 3D rendering: Off [haven't played a game that needs it]
Sound Latency: Medium [Low is the best quality but introduces some clicking in my testing]
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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Well I don't game much but even the lightest game I play, Rage of Bahamut, lags worse than on any other Handset I tried it.
Also I have to admit that on AOSP Roms even the interaction with the UI feels like there is something wrong with the phone. Compared to a Nexus 4 or a S3 or S4 the UI lags or slows down everywhere from time to time...

I don't play many games, in fact I only play Tekken Card Tournament. But since I have got my Find 5 the game always crash my phone, sometimes already after seconds.
Hope the devs will fix this soon and get the phone stable. Currently using cm10.1 and maxwen kernel.
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Updated OP with some new findings and reports from other users and developers. Found a fix for the performance issues (ended up being an extension of a weird interaction I found)
Basically, if the game / application lags, turn the screen off and on again without exiting the application- upon resuming the lag should be gone!

House of the Dead
+ Playable, seem to run smooth at high fps.
+ Responsive controls.
- Random crashes (general game issue, not device or rom).
Street Fighter 4
+ Playable, high fps
- Audio feedback delayed

Gaming performance on color rom.is much better than previous roms
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Any free game that I can us to reproduce the issues?
It should happen as fast and as often as possible

Carmageddon free reboots. I can't. Logcat, I have the temp issue and cm is broken for me.
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Please give latest test kernel build a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44033660&postcount=646
I have included a few CAF fixes in the display driver and would be
very interessted if they change anything in games that have issues

I have one positive report on oppoforum that with latest test
kernel games issues are gone
please give it a try and report back

that's great news, unfortunately for me I still get low frame rate, although it seems better than before.
screen off / on trick still works fine
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DarK_MischieF said:
that's great news, unfortunately for me I still get low frame rate, although it seems better than before.
screen off / on trick still works fine
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can you provide another kernel log taken when it happens

maxwen said:
can you provide another kernel log taken when it happens
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sure can, can I get specific instructions? I did it once and I don't think the results were what you were looking for
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DarK_MischieF said:
sure can, can I get specific instructions? I did it once and I don't think the results were what you were looking for
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I have to admit that I lost your last log somewhere
I would need both a logcat and a kernel log
simply attach your device via adb and run
Code:
adb logcat
adb shell dmesg
copy the output of both commands into a file and upload it

maxwen said:
I have to admit that I lost your last log somewhere
I would need both a logcat and a kernel log
simply attach your device via adb and run
Code:
adb logcat
adb shell dmesg
copy the output of both commands into a file and upload it
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I think I'm doing something wrong- I have the device connected via adb, then I launch the game and start the logcat / desg (adb logcat < log.txt). The device hard reboots after about 10 seconds. After it finished I run (adb shell cat /proc/last_msg > kmsg.txt) to get the last_kmsg
Oddly the frame rate is actually better while connected to ADB and logging then normal (of course nowhere close to post screen on/off).
logcat
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B77jyXOXVTlRZEFOYW1iQ1ItOEk/edit?usp=sharing
dmesg
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B77jyXOXVTlRejFCaGVQbW5YLXM/edit?usp=sharing
kmsg
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B77jyXOXVTlRVWEwYWJNZExZMjg/edit?usp=sharing

Well - the low framerate is because device is spilling to logs
and that slows down everything
Right now I am unable to identify a change in CAF that "could" fix this issue
Problem is also that I still dont have an easy way to reproduce this here
so I can not even do some trial-and-error things.

maxwen said:
Well - the low framerate is because device is spilling to logs
and that slows down everything
Right now I am unable to identify a change in CAF that "could" fix this issue
Problem is also that I still dont have an easy way to reproduce this here
so I can not even do some trial-and-error things.
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Of course I/O and CPU would be spent logging and frame rate would suffer, but when I was testing the FPS was actually higher than it is usually even with the logging in process- maybe because it was plugged in through USB?
Did I do the logs correctly? I don't know why my logs are so damn big!

DarK_MischieF said:
Of course I/O and CPU would be spent logging and frame rate would suffer, but when I was testing the FPS was actually higher than it is usually even with the logging in process- maybe because it was plugged in through USB?
Did I do the logs correctly? I don't know why my logs are so damn big!
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yes they are pretty fine
still I dont see any free game where this happens - right?
I need a way to reproduce it
If you tell me that it happens with "cut the rope HD" I would be willing
to spent the bucks but I need to be sure cause with the "normal" free one
it hasnt happend so far

maxwen said:
yes they are pretty fine
still I dont see any free game where this happens - right?
I need a way to reproduce it
If you tell me that it happens with "cut the rope HD" I would be willing
to spent the bucks but I need to be sure cause with the "normal" free one
it hasnt happend so far
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Okay excellent, I'll install the free version, and report back in 10 minutes with a log if I see frame rate issues after a clean reboot, would that help?
I also suspect I have the Chinese version (seller wasn't clear)- according to Oppo there is only a band difference (1700)- but maybe thats a hidden confounding variable?

DarK_MischieF said:
Okay excellent, I'll install the free version, and report back in 10 minutes with a log if I see frame rate issues after a clean reboot, would that help?
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sure
DarK_MischieF said:
I also suspect I have the Chinese version (seller wasn't clear)- according to Oppo there is only a band difference (1700)- but maybe thats a hidden confounding variable?
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dont think so

[TIP] Increase gaming performance

The N7 is an amazing tablet, but lets face it, the S4 Pro and Adreno 320 GPU really aren't up to the task when it comes to gaming on such a high resolution screen. Graphically intensive games just don't run as well as they should. So I did some digging and testing, and found an app that lets you lower your screen resolution, thus decreasing the strain on the GPU and increasing gaming performance. When changing the resolution to 800x1280, I found a noticeble increase in framerate in 3D games such as Riptide GP 1+2, NOVA 3, and Modern Combat 5, and the games still look great. You're not going to want to leave the resolution set that low all the time because it does make everything else look pretty bad, but when you're going to play a game, it only takes a second to set the resolution and start playing. It's a paid app (there are free ones that do the same thing, but I've had the best luck with this one), but considering the gains, it's worth every penny of the $1.99 asking price. Here's the link- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lugalabs.resolutionchanger
So, give it a shot and let me know how it works out for you.
Here's some before and after 3D benchmarks-
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I wonder how this works? It appears you can change the resolution and the DPI seperately. I wonder if this has a development thread somewhere?
Resolution is a ridiculous game these days. 1080P on a 7" screen is crazy. I have 1080P on my 50" TV. The old Nexus 7 2012 had a great resolution for the size. Additional resolution is just wasted resources.
So you just changed the Resolution but kept the DPI the same? Does it do it automatically? Is this App specific or system wide? Does it affect normal desktop graphics?

player911 said:
I wonder how this works? It appears you can change the resolution and the DPI seperately. I wonder if this has a development thread somewhere?
Resolution is a ridiculous game these days. 1080P on a 7" screen is crazy. I have 1080P on my 50" TV. The old Nexus 7 2012 had a great resolution for the size. Additional resolution is just wasted resources.
So you just changed the Resolution but kept the DPI the same? Does it do it automatically? Is this App specific or system wide? Does it affect normal desktop graphics?
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All I did was change resolution, the app changed the DPI to 213 automatically when I changed the res. And it is system wide so it's not something you are going to want to set and leave at all times because you definitely can see it everywhere else. I change it before playing and change it back when I'm done.

My advice ist to use the phenomal Glitch Kernel, with that you can oc your GPU. This performance game perfomance is phantastic with 600mhz.

pk-sanja said:
My advice ist to use the phenomal Glitch Kernel, with that you can oc your GPU. This performance game perfomance is phantastic with 600mhz.
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I generally like to remain stock nowadays, but I'll check out that kernel. You can't argue with that score.

_MetalHead_ said:
I generally like to remain stock nowadays, but I'll check out that kernel. You can't argue with that score.
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I know what you mean, but check it out .

I don't think our tablet is old for today's games yet. If the SoC was really an S4 Pro, than it would have come with an Adreno 320 which has 24 work pipes (something like parallel processor design which directly effects parallel processing and high resolution picturing, experts will explain better). But this SoC is actually a Snapdragon S600 which comes with a 32 work piped Adreno 320.
The S4 Pro is designed for 720p screens but this one is prepared for 1080p.
Besides, it's possible to OC it to almost 650MHz from 400 (the day this is necessary will come soon I guess).
PS: somehow lollipop seems to have trouble in games even though it is way better at everything else..
Sent from Xperia Z2

_delice_doluca_ said:
I don't think our tablet is old for today's games yet. If the SoC was really an S4 Pro, than it would have come with an Adreno 320 which has 24 work pipes (something like parallel processor design which directly effects parallel processing and high resolution picturing, experts will explain better). But this SoC is actually a Snapdragon S600 which comes with a 32 work piped Adreno 320.
The S4 Pro is designed for 720p screens but this one is prepared for 1080p.
Besides, it's possible to OC it to almost 650MHz from 400 (the day this is necessary will come soon I guess).
PS: somehow lollipop seems to have trouble in games even though it is way better at everything else..
Sent from Xperia Z2
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This came from necessity, I play a ton of games and the N7 doesn't handle the big ones as well as I'd like it to. I never would have looked into this if it ran them perfectly. But I am also 100% stock, so I haven't tried OC'ing the GPU. Honestly, last night when I did this the thought to flash a custom kernel and OC the GPU didn't even cross my mind.

pk-sanja said:
My advice ist to use the phenomal Glitch Kernel, with that you can oc your GPU. This performance game perfomance is phantastic with 600mhz.
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What app are you using to change the settings? TricksterMod or FauxClock? Flashing the kernel now.
And what L2/Cache OC setting do you recommend?
Edit: I'm still on 4.4.4 and there's two options for the latest kitkat kernel- 226 and 226 disabled AVS, do you know which one I should flash?

_MetalHead_ said:
What app are you using to change the settings? TricksterMod or FauxClock? Flashing the kernel now.
And what L2/Cache OC setting do you recommend?
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This kernel comes with an Aroma installer, so you can set directly the settings you want during the installer. No need for a kernel manager app.
I recommend the settings that i get from Tk-Glitch, CPU 1,7 GHz with glitchy OC Bus, GPU 600mhz and undervolt-150mV.

pk-sanja said:
This kernel comes with an Aroma installer, so you can set directly the settings you want during the installer. No need for a kernel manager app.
I recommend the settings that i get from Tk-Glitch, CPU 1,7 GHz with glitchy OC Bus, GPU 600mhz and undervolt-150mV.
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Thanks for the info bud, I appreciate it. Just installed the kernel and my N7 hasn't exploded yet so that's a good sign.

_MetalHead_ said:
Thanks for the info bud, I appreciate it. Just installed the kernel and my N7 hasn't exploded yet so that's a good sign.
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You're welcome .

You use be talking about N7 2012 because my 2013 runs games perfectly.

kindofabuzz said:
You use be talking about N7 2012 because my 2013 runs games perfectly.
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They run fine, but some graphically intensive games don't have smooth framerates. Yours may be wonderful, but I know I'm not the only person on the planet that thinks there's room for improvement.

pk-sanja said:
This kernel comes with an Aroma installer, so you can set directly the settings you want during the installer. No need for a kernel manager app.
I recommend the settings that i get from Tk-Glitch, CPU 1,7 GHz with glitchy OC Bus, GPU 600mhz and undervolt-150mV.
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Do you also undervolt de GPU or leave it default -25mV? And what about Enable max MC power savings? Checked or unchecked?

idCyber said:
Do you also undervolt de GPU or leave it default -25mV? And what about Enable max MC power savings? Checked or unchecked?
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Yes, i use -150mV for GPU. In my case, i don't usw MC power savings, so let it unchecked.

pk-sanja said:
Yes, i use -150mV for GPU. In my case, i don't usw MC power savings, so let it unchecked.
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I will try to experiment with all the settings, one step at a time as your settings freeze my tablet after a few seconds after launching a game. You are lucky to be have it stable with those settings

idCyber said:
I will try to experiment with all the settings, one step at a time as your settings freeze my tablet after a few seconds after launching a game. You are lucky to be have it stable with those settings
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Try -100mV for the GPU.

pk-sanja said:
Try -100mV for the GPU.
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Tried even with no GPU undervolting and still froze. I figured out that 545 is the maximum my GPU can handle, dunno if this is stable in the long run ( -100mV, 10minutes of testing)

idCyber said:
Tried even with no GPU undervolting and still froze. I figured out that 545 is the maximum my GPU can handle, dunno if this is stable in the long run ( -100mV, 10minutes of testing)
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Typical silicon luck . 545 is also quiet impressive .

My S3 ideal setup: ROM, Kernel, Mods, Apps & Games

In 2015, Galaxy S3 is a quite old device. It was introduced in 2012, with a lot of supporters around the world. I think it is the best smartphone of Samsung ever. And in 2015, it is still a good phone with latest software update from other developers
These are my combinations of roms, kernels, mods and tweaks of my Galaxy S3 (i9300). I think it is the best combination ever, with good performance and experience. Remember that this is my own opinion, so maybe it won't appropriate with somebody. Anyway, let's get start!!!
ROM
Cyanogenmod is undoubtedly the most popular and best-performance rom ever. It is based on Stock Android, so it runs very smooth and has brilliant performance, especially in Benchmark Test. Android 5.0 Lollipop is released, then our S3 has a very good CM12 rom with latest software version. I have used this rom for 4 months, and I do not expect anything more about my phone because it runs PERFECTLY.
Link for Cyanogenmod 12 rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/wip-cyanogenmod-12-t2936990
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​ KERNEL
Since Siyah kernel is end-of-development, Boeffla Kernel is a perfect alternative. This kernel brings us a lot of things : change CPU governers, overclock CPU (up to 1600 Mhz) and GPU (640 Mhz), sound tweaks, undervolt CPU and GPU, etc. It lets us to control our devices freely and effectively. It also gives us brilliant battery performance.
Links for Boeffla Kernel i9300: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rnel-boeffla-kernel-2-2-stable-27-03-t2449408
MODS
When I bought my Galaxy S3, I soon realized that is had a poor sound experience. So I looked for a sound mods that it improves my phone speaker. And fortunately, I have found a thread that had an amazing work: ACID Audio Engine. It gives me many positive improvements with i9300 sounds, and I have the best sound experience ever.
Link for ACID Audio Engine mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/mod-acid-audio-engine-v5-0-samsung-t2002197
APPS & GAMES
I am a student, so I do not have much working or business apps. These app below are mostly entertaining apps : music, games,…
Google Camera: easy, simple and functional interface
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
Inbox by Google: a beautiful Material Design email app, and officially published by Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.inbox
Google Keep: easy for taking notes with texts, images and many cute symbols…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep
Zedge: up-to-date beautiful wallpapers, ringtones and other stuffs.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.zedge.android
Wolfram Alpha: as a student, I have to do a lot of calculating exercises. This app is my perfect assistant at school, especially in Maths lessons.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wolfram.android.alpha
Fenix: my daily Twitter app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mvilla.android.fenix
Seeder: it is undeniable that many Android devices become slower and slower after long time using them. Seeder helps us to prevent this problem. It gives us a smooth experience with no lags and FC’s.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987032
Xposed Installer + Gravity Box(LP) : best apps for interface editing, mods, and tweaks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
Ram Manager Pro: a lot of RAM options, swap RAM (up to 2GB), friendly interface.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartprojects.RAMOptimizationFree
FIFA 15: Since FIFA 16, in my opinion, is not as good as FIFA 15 (graphics problems, worse user interface,…), I am still playing with my own Ultimate Team. Best Sport app ever.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.game.fifa15_row
Asphalt 8: Racing games with a lot of cars, roads and game modes, brilliant graphics.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftA8HM
Leo’s Fortune: This is the best graphics games ever…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leosfortune
TWEAKS & SELF-EXPERIENCE
CPU governer: ondemand
I/O Scheduler: deadline
Max freq: 1400 Mhz
Min freg: 200 Mhz
Undervolt CPU: -75mV​
GPU freq: 160/266/350/440/533
GPU undervolt: -75mV​
Build.prop tweaks:
Fast Reboot
persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1
Render UI with GPU
debug.sf.hw=1​
Increasing It Will Make Mobile Smoother
windowsmgr.maxevents_per_sec=150​
Video Acceleration Enabled
video.accelerate.hw=1​
Increase Performance
debug.performance.tuning=1​
Disable Sending Usage Data
ro.config.nocheckin=1​
Deeper Sleep / Better Battery Life
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
pm.sleep_mode=1​
Disable BootAnimation
debug.sf.nobootanimation=1​
Faster Scrolling
ro.max.flingvelocity=12000​ro.min.fling_velocity=8000​

sorry for this,but,either u are not informed on whats going on these days,or just lack of knowledge.
this version you chose as your rom is EOL state,and its much worse than any rom IMO (memory leaks,stagefright not patched etc). the best rom right now is AD latest or B19 from archi as well.
kernel-wise,boeffla is EOL state again,he only update ramdisk,so this is just for campatibility still active.while things starting to end for this phone,archi wow us every single time,and archikernel latest is the most "optimized" for this phone along with his roms...
I/O sheduler-wise, deadline and noop is known to low speeds and performance crippling..best shedulers for our phone are BFQ latest,and CFQ.
ROW is better generally but not for I9300.it sucks.
You should never undervolt processor especially -75!! GPU as well. games will lag.
But this guide is,from my point of view,battery life driven.
but i would not get crazy for battery life anymore because anyways battery is fcked up so many years,especially stock.the only thing u will achieve is at best half an hour screen on time.not worth it for me
as for build prop tweaks,dont even touch it anymore,its not worth it,plus archi have better build prop tweaks and generally well made Roms.
*flies away*

My best setup is Archidroid + ArchiKernel
Cpu voltages table:
1400 1.1375V
1300 1.1V
1200 1.075V
1100 1.025V
1000 0.95V
900 0.925V
800 0.9V
700 0.875V
600 0.85V
500 0.825V
400 0.8V
300 0.8V
200 0.8V
GPU:
700 - 1.175V
600 - 1.0625V
440 - 0.9375V
300 - 0.8375V
150 - 0.7375V
CPU Governor: lulzactiveQ
CPU States: IDLE + LPA + AFTR
eMMC/SD Governor row/cfq
I think, that we can undervolt our SoC much lower, but not by setting same '-xx mV' value for all profiles, i spend about 2 hours for testing voltages on every profile. I descended to 0.8V on CPU, lower values were giving me a lot of freezes and lags. On GPU i set 0.7V (Boeffla kernel) and image went away. My ASV level is 3. I also tried it on other i9300 @ 2LVL ASV, GPU was working with same voltages. But CPU wanted extra 25mV for every profile from my table.
I also saw one more thing, ArchiKernel requies higher voltages, but it's harder to freeze phone (especially GPU) than on Boeffla.
Sorry for my bad english, i'll improve that - i promise

i wish i didnt sold my s3 :/

How to undervolt?
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The Funky Pear said:
sorry for this,but,either u are not informed on whats going on these days,or just lack of knowledge.
this version you chose as your rom is EOL state,and its much worse than any rom IMO (memory leaks,stagefright not patched etc). the best rom right now is AD latest or B19 from archi as well.
kernel-wise,boeffla is EOL state again,he only update ramdisk,so this is just for campatibility still active.while things starting to end for this phone,archi wow us every single time,and archikernel latest is the most "optimized" for this phone along with his roms...
I/O sheduler-wise, deadline and noop is known to low speeds and performance crippling..best shedulers for our phone are BFQ latest,and CFQ.
ROW is better generally but not for I9300.it sucks.
You should never undervolt processor especially -75!! GPU as well. games will lag.
But this guide is,from my point of view,battery life driven.
but i would not get crazy for battery life anymore because anyways battery is fcked up so many years,especially stock.the only thing u will achieve is at best half an hour screen on time.not worth it for me
as for build prop tweaks,dont even touch it anymore,its not worth it,plus archi have better build prop tweaks and generally well made Roms.
*flies away*
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Hi The Funky Pear!!
Can you post here your complete kernel config on synapse?
Thanks in advance

_nEoN_ said:
Hi The Funky Pear!!
Can you post here your complete kernel config on synapse?
Thanks in advance
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of course! feel free to ask anything!! will post screenshots because its easier

what is "ad latest" rom?

mkdr said:
what is "ad latest" rom?
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here u go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-archidroid-v2-4-6-power-hands-t2354859

Maximizing the X Play - GeekBrnch3

Hi all,
I've recently installed the overclocked kernel from squid and am having some trouble reaching the same benchmarks that he has hit. I am running stock MM with row 128 I/O and adreno-tz on the GPU. CPU is lionfish with min frequencies 800 on both clusters. I think squid is running CM13.
I consistently score between 680-740 single and 2680-2800 multi. Does this look about right for stock MM with the overlooked kernel?
Any help maximizing this would be greatly appreciated. I know these scores have (probably) very little to do with real-world use but if I can get more out of my device then why not.
Thank you for any insight!

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Hi all,
I've recently installed the overclocked kernel from squid and am having some trouble reaching the same benchmarks that he has hit. I am running stock MM with row 128 I/O and adreno-tz on the GPU. CPU is lionfish with min frequencies 800 on both clusters. I think squid is running CM13.
I consistently score between 680-740 single and 2680-2800 multi. Does this look about right for stock MM with the overlooked kernel?
Any help maximizing this would be greatly appreciated. I know these scores have (probably) very little to do with real-world use but if I can get more out of my device then why not.
Thank you for any insight!
EDIT: Moderator - could you please edit the title of the post and correct the typo? GeekBench, not Brnch. Thanks!
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Try with simple on demand in gpu.
I will try this app today.
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K.khiladi said:
Try with simple on demand in gpu.
I will try this app today.
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Hey pal. Thanks for your feedback. Nice to see your response. I'll try it out as you suggest. I've been running a bunch of tests and it's looking like I hover around 740-50 single and 2700-50 multi. I've changed the configuration to default squid, so interactive governor and aggressive frequency settings. Needless to say the performance sure is snappy. Hahaha.
I'll likely revert to lionfish 800 on both clusters but this interactive snappiness is tempting...

Exactly 700 and 2700 with the oc kernel, stock brazil mm. Not even kidding. Although i sincerely doubt anything but a "native" extension can accurately measure a device performance, there is too much virtual machine and abstractions between hardware and software. Then again, this limitation applies to almost all apps, eg the normal usecase...

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Looks to be about mine as well. What's your setup?
I got similar scores with lionfish, 800 both clusters. OCed kernel.

AtomicStryker said:
Exactly 700 and 2700 with the oc kernel, stock brazil mm. Not even kidding. Although i sincerely doubt anything but a "native" extension can accurately measure a device performance, there is too much virtual machine and abstractions between hardware and software. Then again, this limitation applies to almost all apps, eg the normal usecase...
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What's your setup, Atomic?

Running
Temasek's CM 4.1
OC Kernel with interactive and row 256kbps

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Looks to be about mine as well. What's your setup?
I got similar scores with lionfish, 800 both clusters. OCed kernel.
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Interactive. Base frequencies on both clusters 200. Overcharged squid kernel.
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TxaEkis said:
Running
Temasek's CM 4.1
OC Kernel with interactive and row 256kbps
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Cm seems to be set for higher benchmarks.
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Yeah does it ever. Stock gives me max 770 single 2815 multi. I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle of ROM switching to get those extra points. Would I really see the performance difference?
Although I am tempted to try a new ROM. Would be fun...so long as I use Titanium Backup properly. Hahaha

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Yeah does it ever. Stock gives me max 770 single 2815 multi. I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle of ROM switching to get those extra points. Would I really see the performance difference?
Although I am tempted to try a new ROM. Would be fun...so long as I use Titanium Backup properly. Hahaha
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If you are happy with stock don't bother as you won't even notice those extra points in the benchmark. I changed roms for the extra features and cm themes and i was getting random lag until i changed to interactive and row, now is very smooth and zero lag

TxaEkis said:
If you are happy with stock don't bother as you won't even notice those extra points in the benchmark. I changed roms for the extra features and cm themes and i was getting random lag until i changed to interactive and row, now is very smooth and zero lag
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Interactive is a great governor yeah. Thanks for your response regarding the ROM. I hear that CM13 is still a little shaky on the X Play but maybe I'll try the next release just to compare. I'll try a full discharge from 100% with default squid's OC kernel values. If I can still get >7 hours SOT with that setup and snappy performance I'll be thrilled.

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Yeah does it ever. Stock gives me max 770 single 2815 multi. I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle of ROM switching to get those extra points. Would I really see the performance difference?
Although I am tempted to try a new ROM. Would be fun...so long as I use Titanium Backup properly. Hahaha
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This is miniscule difference. It doesn't create a great performance difference between stock and custom Roms. The benchmarks most of the time shows the raw power of the device but the optimisation of the software also is needed.
You can try custom Roms to get extra functionality but there are still bugs in them.
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K.khiladi said:
This is miniscule difference. It doesn't create a great performance difference between stock and custom Roms. The benchmarks most of the time shows the raw power of the device but the optimisation of the software also is needed.
You can try custom Roms to get extra functionality but there are still bugs in them.
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Nicely said. Performance and stability are key for me. Battery life too. Haha. I just love the X Play for that battery. 5 hours SOT and 21%. So lovely.

I had carefully tuned CM13 to get the best performance out of this device, so it and derivatives will give better performance than the defaults in stock. You can see some of my configuration here: https://github.com/moto8916/android_device_motorola_lux/blob/cm-13.0/rootdir/etc/init.target.rc Beyond that, some higher level parts of the ROM are better optimized on custom ROMs than stock, so that also improves performance.
For reference, here is my last score with the new (OC) kernel:

squid2 said:
I had carefully tuned CM13 to get the best performance out of this device, so it and derivatives will give better performance than the defaults in stock. You can see some of my configuration here: https://github.com/moto8916/android_device_motorola_lux/blob/cm-13.0/rootdir/etc/init.target.rc Beyond that, some higher level parts of the ROM are better optimized on custom ROMs than stock, so that also improves performance.
For reference, here is my last score with the new (OC) kernel:
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Hey squid,
Looks interesting. I think CM13 is definitely worth a look. I think I'll try the next release. Thanks for explaining the customizations/optimizations you've done.

Frankly, i couldn't care less about some number a synthetic benchmark spits out. The number 1 consideration is how long the battery lasts, then (a long way off) how quickly "heavy" apps such as firefox launch. Last i read CM13 isn't as good as stock at conserving power.

AtomicStryker said:
Frankly, i couldn't care less about some number a synthetic benchmark spits out. The number 1 consideration is how long the battery lasts, then (a long way off) how quickly "heavy" apps such as firefox launch. Last i read CM13 isn't as good as stock at conserving power.
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Battery life is quintessential for me, too. I was hoping to strike a balance between performance and battery (hence the Optimal Setup thread) and am still trying to discern what the best setup is to meet my requirements.
I'd like to try a custom ROM at some point, but that's my curiosity more than anything.
Battery life on the X Play can't be beat! That's why I got it.

Moto x play is no slough, I just ran a test between my nexus 6 and MXP,
Most apps actually open faster on the moto x.
Scrolling through Web pages and g+ the nexus 6 is smoother

flashallthetime said:
Moto x play is no slough, I just ran a test between my nexus 6 and MXP,
Most apps actually open faster on the moto x.
Scrolling through Web pages and g+ the nexus 6 is smoother
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Yep. I'd expect that. Still though - if properly customized this phone can really fly.

Benchmark Table Comparison - 3DMark and Geekbench 4.2

Hello and welcome!
This morning I began wandering the XDA ZUK Z2 forums, looking at all these new threads and posts. I'm really impressed with all the progress for the Z2 that developers have been making lately. So I decided to try a few new ROMs.
I have always found really interesting to test new ROMs, set them up, install everything back and then use the ROM for a few days to see how everything goes... Only to find out that a new feature has been released or a new version of the ROM I'm currently using and the process begins again, it's really cool :victory:
So today I picked a few ROMs, and decided to try them all, run a few benchs and write down the results. At the end I thought I could share the data gathered and perhaps we could get some idea of how these ROMs perform.
So the general process was the next:
Wipe everything but internal.
Flash ROM and ROM alone, no GAPPs, Magisk or MODs.
Wipe Dalvik and Cache (dev recommendation).
Shutdown from recovery, boot, install benchmark apps and restart.
Clear recents and begin benchmarks.
Notes:
TWRP used was latest official version.
Baseband is the latest official baseband for the chinese Z2.
ROM version was the latest as of yesterday.
Kept the phone above 40% battery, so battery charging was needed between ROM flashing from time to time.
Cooled phone between benchmarks, as to prevent throttling from affecting the benchmarks, however didn't add cooling when benchmarking.
Alright then! Let's get down to it!
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SSE: Sling Shot Extreme.
SSE scores: Overall scrore, graphics score, physics score. Ditto for Vulkan.
Geekbench 4 scores: Single core, multi core.
Geekbench 4 COM: Compute benchmark.
Now let's talk a bit about these numbers. As you can see Oreo ROMs get higher scores in both 3DMark and Geekbench benchmarks, with Cosmic getting the higher score in the Sling Shot Extreme OpenGL benchmark and Cypher in the Vulkan variant, although not by much. In Geekbench Jaguar leads with the higher score in both the single core and multi core test. Now look at every Oreo multi core score, it is higher than its Nougat counterpart, I wonder if this is in part because of the drivers or OS optimizations, however I also wonder how this shows, if it show at all, in real world usage.
I would like to note that if I'm not mistaken Jaguar had increased CPU frequencies, not sure about the GPU though, and that could be one factor for the increased scores, however OMNI got really close to Jaguar and again, if I'm not mistaken, Jaguar is based on OMNI. I would like to point that as the day passed the room temperature increased (hot day), so take the temp thresholds with a grain of salt. The battery percentage loss found in the table is that which 3DMark reported in the OpenGL test.
One thing is that even when the numbers varies from ROM to ROM the difference is not that huge (around 12% max in the multi core CPU test), and most importantly... how this translates to real world usage?
So perhaps you noticed the last column, Dolphin. I decided to install the latest Dolphin version and run The Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker intro screen and write down the highest and lowest FPS reported by the emulator. What we find is that the scores do not always reflect into the emulator FPS. Also there is a 'DoT' in almost all ROMs, what does that means? Well DoT stands for slowDown on Touch, yeah it makes no sense but it stuck. When running the emulator if the phone detects no input from the touch screen the FPS slow down by approximately 40%, that's what DoT means, I had to keep touching the screen to get full FPS, only on Citrus this was not the case, and I was getting full FPS with no input whatsoever.
So what all this means? Surely we always like to see higher numbers, I know do. But with time I have found that higher numbers are not necessarily better, or that it does not translate to better performance, battery life or SoT, stability, features, etc., for example in Oreo ROMs I always liked more how colors showed in the screen, even though we have KCAL in Nougat ROMs too. Also I ran these benchmarks only once, so they are not one hundred percent accurate. Usually more runs = more score accuracy, so take these with a grain of salt.
For fun I decided to OC the CPU when using Citrus 3.5, set Adreno boost to high (honestly don't know what it does just that it boosts something related to the GPU I guess haha) and even when the benchmarks didn't improve that much (actually it got a worse multi core CPU score) I got better Dolphin FPS, and that just proves my point.
And that was just one real world test which I think it's heavier on the CPU. I would like to test an intensive GPU game and get some data on that. Also, numbers don't say much when talking about customization and features, so to really feel a ROM you have to test it out yourself.
It would have been awesome if I had have the time to test more ROMs or kernels, I just picked some ROMs from the Telegram group and some here randomly. But! That means that there is more out there for you to try out! As I said in a post this morning: That just means you have a lot of options to choose from and have fun installing, customizing and using the ROMs in your phone.
So yeah, had fun doing this and wanted to share. A HUGE thanks to all the developers out there! Thank you for giving life to our device! :highfive:
EDIT. Please forgive my english, I'm still learning

Great info , thanks :fingers-crossed:

Cypher OS Oreo download link please!

sanketp60 said:
Cypher OS Oreo download link please!
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Sure! It has the 'Now Playing' feature, really neat.
Download
Thanks to the Lenovo ZUK Z2 - Portal Telegram group for the link.

Avan7 said:
Sure! It has the 'Now Playing' feature, really neat.
Download
Thanks to the Lenovo ZUK Z2 - Portal Telegram group for the link.
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Any bug around there in that rom?

suggestion for best gaming and battery friendly rom.

kashyapp said:
Any bug around there in that rom?
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Actually I just installed and ran the benchmarks right away, so I couldn't really say about bugs or share an overall experience.
amit gaikwad said:
suggestion for best gaming and battery friendly rom.
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I think the most battery friendly ROM would be stock. However custom ROMs keep improving, so that's awesome. Other than that, this was just an experiment to get some numbers therefore I can't really say about battery.
There are so many factors, like battery drain on light and moderate usage and heavy CPU and/or GPU usage, deep sleep, hpereat, stability, user experiencie, etc.
It is hard to measure these with benchmarks alone.

Fascinating post, thank you for doing this!! I just bought this device for 7k refurb (approx 100$), should easily last a year or more.
Would it be possible to do a run with the Pixel Experience rom? Or is that one similar to the other ones you've already done? Just doing my research on this device and the various roms, its blowing me away how much horsepower exists in this thing for the low price!

Whats Citrus 3.5 OC?
Link Anyone?

Thanks for the comparison. But I was wondering, AEX is arguably the most popular ROM for Z2, so why skip that one?

frozenfirevr said:
Thanks for the comparison. But I was wondering, AEX is arguably the most popular ROM for Z2, so why skip that one?
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+1
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sanketp60 said:
Whats Citrus 3.5 OC?
Link Anyone?
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Citrus 3.5 by miju but with an OC applied with the custom Kernel Adiutor for the Z2
frozenfirevr said:
Thanks for the comparison. But I was wondering, AEX is arguably the most popular ROM for Z2, so why skip that one?
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I understand and the reason is that I decided to try a batch of ROMs I hadn't tried before. I wanted to try many more, but time didn't allow it. Perhaps sometime close I'll do another run :fingers-crossed:

Very interesting! Thanks for your time.
Im considering to flash jaguar... im now on aex 5.2 but seems that jaguar is smoother and run good. Waiting for new latest builds to test this two and decide.

Avan7 said:
I understand and the reason is that I decided to try a batch of ROMs I hadn't tried before. I wanted to try many more, but time didn't allow it. Perhaps sometime close I'll do another run :fingers-crossed:
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Cool, thanks. Mind sharing your experience with each of the ROM also, if you spent any time with them? Have you chosen any one?