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Kernels and ROMs?

Okay, there is this rule not to ask wich kernel is best and wich rom is best.. So i'll try to make it alittle better...
I'm on franco's kernel atm and CM 10.1.. And so far i'm rly happy But i've allways been a flash junkie ...
What roms is out that i can do this on: Change soft keys with no problems at all!, themes like CM10.1 But still blazing fast and as few bugs as possible
Kernels: Better battery than stock, fast when gaming and no hick ups..
I wanna hear what you guys like and what you recommend

Rasbean + trinity or Franco works amazing for me so far. Deciding between Franco and trinity for this Rom atm.
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I've been using codefire / franco and find the performance and battery life is excellent. I've changed my softkeys so that the back button is on the right (easier when i use with right hand). Also has extended desktop that allows you to hide everything when you want. give it a try.

cm10.1 + franco

There's
AOKP
Code fire
Cm
Cm kang
These are my choices that does what you asked for
Also
Franco
Faux
Trinity
Bricked
Is my go to choice in terms of increasing battery life without sacrificing performance
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all these roms look the same, they work the same. if one of them has a new feature the others will likely jump on it and kang it in. never seen much of a difference. if you want something unique, paranoid android. not to pat my own back here but this one has features that none other has and its the only one that has the power to drastically transform your device, and i mean drastic in its a new device afterwards. it has all the basic rom scene tweaks which you know from other roms, convenience buttons yaddayadda, but it brings new inventions.
see your apps transform . each and every app runs in a virtual space that can be defined by you. keep in mind, android has fixed layout constraits, small devices, big devices, very big devices. an android pocket watch is a small device, its layout is 360p. a latest gen phone may almost reach a higher designation but doenst quite, so it falls back to 360p. your huge nexus4 is running the same apps that run on a pocket watch - although these apps have hidden capabilities that unfold once they acknowledge a higher device class. you'd be shocked to see how much better your apps are on pa.
seamless hybrid ui's and interface selection this is the only rom that lets you choose between all interface layouts that android offers, without changing any of your apps. and the only one that has a real tablet UI, one that works better than the original did on google tablets.
per app color completely unique feature that no rom has. they use one static color. here colors shift from app to app, you define these colors with a simple color picker.
coolest looking control panel ever this lets you make changes in seconds, no reboot. change any app, change colors, individual dpi's, ui's, fullscreen, etc. you can even scale and switch system components like keyboards, lockscreen, etc.
per app expanded-desktop, normal exp-desktop is from us aswell.
and hybrid engine is not the only invention theres more.

thank you guys for the input Seems like i got some work to do

PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 + franco kernel works nice

[Q] [q] cm10.1 galaxy s4 i9500?

Does anybody know if CM10.1 is coming to the GS4 i9500 (the octa core version)?

So far no one wants to deal with the Exynos 5 version isn't been lacking resources for ages now and samsung drove them off by keeping documents in private.
lets see perhaps another developer gets an intrest in the I9500 model and tries building a CM rom based on it....
some devs are doing great stuff with the stock ROM and they keep the device alive, so we will keep being petiance.

REVERSiN said:
So far no one wants to deal with the Exynos 5 version isn't been lacking resources for ages now and samsung drove them off by keeping documents in private.
lets see perhaps another developer gets an intrest in the I9500 model and tries building a CM rom based on it....
some devs are doing great stuff with the stock ROM and they keep the device alive, so we will keep being petiance.
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CM will be pretty useless on the S4 though. Even If it were made available, the drivers for the S4#s sensors are closed-source, so you would be cutting functionality by 40%. No IR blaster is a no go. Also, CM interface is outdated. Im all honesty TouchWizz has caught up with CM (Notification bar toggles, quickly scalable auto-brightness), so a slim TouchWizz will just be more functional. Just change the launcher and theme and you have a CM experience.
CM nostalgia is fine but not at the expense of functionality (at least for me).

puremind said:
CM will be pretty useless on the S4 though. Even If it were made available, the drivers for the S4#s sensors are closed-source, so you would be cutting functionality by 40%. No IR blaster is a no go. Also, CM interface is outdated. Im all honesty TouchWizz has caught up with CM (Notification bar toggles, quickly scalable auto-brightness), so a slim TouchWizz will just be more functional. Just change the launcher and theme and you have a CM experience.
CM nostalgia is fine but not at the expense of functionality (at least for me).
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I totally agree with you, for all i know we all bought this device not for its 8 core proccessor, but its fantastic features such as: MultiWindow, IR Blaster, Air Gestures, Unique sensors... and a pretty good CAM. if someone wanted this just to install CM will bad news he should have got a nexus.
who cares TW is fantastic some guys are *****ing about it will we have the gret Themers around they did some nice things lately though i think stock look is awesome lovely colors and eye relaxing its the reason they choose them and even if the brightness is a little down you are still able to see the button... after all GS4 had a great awaitting some were disappointed cause they wished and expected too much and others are flying around with it and loving each moment. iam on the second group after comming for the Note 1 i can say its the perfect replacment for me, good battery, a real great screen (not only HD but the size is like the best you can wish for a device this size), and features will you name it anything that samsung had in the past or thought for the future is installed a handy device and i believe lacks nothing we used to say Samsung releases devices with outdated Android version will 4.2.2 is the latest and smooooooth i can say for sure

REVERSiN said:
I totally agree with you, for all i know we all bought this device not for its 8 core proccessor, but its fantastic features such as: MultiWindow, IR Blaster, Air Gestures, Unique sensors... and a pretty good CAM. if someone wanted this just to install CM will bad news he should have got a nexus.
who cares TW is fantastic some guys are *****ing about it will we have the gret Themers around they did some nice things lately though i think stock look is awesome lovely colors and eye relaxing its the reason they choose them and even if the brightness is a little down you are still able to see the button... after all GS4 had a great awaitting some were disappointed cause they wished and expected too much and others are flying around with it and loving each moment. iam on the second group after comming for the Note 1 i can say its the perfect replacment for me, good battery, a real great screen (not only HD but the size is like the best you can wish for a device this size), and features will you name it anything that samsung had in the past or thought for the future is installed a handy device and i believe lacks nothing we used to say Samsung releases devices with outdated Android version will 4.2.2 is the latest and smooooooth i can say for sure
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I just changed to Trebuchet Launcher (because I love the zoom transition and it has more space for apps) and Chronus Clock (as a replacement for TW weather+clock) and I am really happy about it now.
I even put the AOSP browser, which is a bit faster (and brighter) than the Stock Browser (AOSP Browser installer from Google Play).
I also put EX Dialer for Phone and Contacts. And that's the best experience currently available.
The main case for CM10.1 is to have a pure Android experience that is "compatible", but in all honesty, I have no compatibility issues with TW. I use the slim version of it, so it is not bloated anymore. The only compelling reason would be extreme performance boost and fluidity, but I won't sacrifice the remote control and other functionality for it!
If Samsung does not release open source drivers with the Google edition, then we won't see CM10.1 evolve toward decent functionality I am afraid.

galaxy s4 I9500
When the future android kitkat

pcmy said:
When the future android kitkat
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According to known sources...it'll come with the s5...at march...

[Q] A question about features on AOSP based roms for SGS5

I'd like to ask what would be the state of each of the next features on SGS5 (any of its models) when moving to an AOSP based rom (like CM, Omni, PA, ...) :
1. MHL/HDMI
2. Screen recording.
3. Calls recording
4. hovering with the fingers.
5. touching with gloves
6. sensors
7. IR
8. Any TW app (camera, keyboard, etc...)
By state, I mean, how well would it function, if at all.
Also, I'd like to ask (as I don't really own the device) : what would you miss the most in case you moved from stock-Samsung rom to AOSP-based rom?
Any feature I didn't mention ?

AndroidDeveloperLB said:
I'd like to ask what would be the state of each of the next features on SGS5 (any of its models) when moving to an AOSP based rom (like CM, Omni, PA, ...) :
1. MHL/HDMI
2. Screen recording.
3. Calls recording
4. hovering with the fingers.
5. touching with gloves
6. sensors
7. IR
8. Any TW app (camera, keyboard, etc...)
By state, I mean, how well would it function, if at all.
Also, I'd like to ask (as I don't really own the device) : what would you miss the most in case you moved from stock-Samsung rom to AOSP-based rom?
Any feature I didn't mention ?
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Sadly, most of these functions have not been carried over to AOSP based roms. Most of these functions seem to arrive on Cyanogenmod first.
I do know that Cyanogenmod is currently supporting IR but it is not complete enough to run 100% daily driver. They're having GPU video/image rendering issues in some apps, camera isn't properly configured. It's all stuff being worked on but I am sure all of these functions are on Cyanogenmod's to-do to support all of the hardware features of most devices.
Glove sensitivity functions perfectly in cyanogenmod, most sensors work perfectly as well. The eye-tracking features are likely not ever going to be a part of AOSP roms. Hopefully Hover gets picked up by more manufactures and becomes a part of AOSP and the SDK for apps, it has great possibilities for better intuitive interfaces.

stevey500 said:
Sadly, most of these functions have not been carried over to AOSP based roms. Most of these functions seem to arrive on Cyanogenmod first.
I do know that Cyanogenmod is currently supporting IR but it is not complete enough to run 100% daily driver. They're having GPU video/image rendering issues in some apps, camera isn't properly configured. It's all stuff being worked on but I am sure all of these functions are on Cyanogenmod's to-do to support all of the hardware features of most devices.
Glove sensitivity functions perfectly in cyanogenmod, most sensors work perfectly as well. The eye-tracking features are likely not ever going to be a part of AOSP roms. Hopefully Hover gets picked up by more manufactures and becomes a part of AOSP and the SDK for apps, it has great possibilities for better intuitive interfaces.
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I see. Not even screen recording?
Is this the situation with all of the variants of the device?
I wonder how well other devices (even of other manufacturers) are supported by CM (and other AOSP based roms).
I assume Nexus is one of the best ones that they support.

AndroidDeveloperLB said:
I see. Not even screen recording?
Is this the situation with all of the variants of the device?
I wonder how well other devices (even of other manufacturers) are supported by CM (and other AOSP based roms).
I assume Nexus is one of the best ones that they support.
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Screen recording is in the works on Cyanogenmod and in the process of being built for compatibility on all devices. It's a lot of work to build software in compatibility will all hardware. Nexus devices to get the extra bit of love because those devices are arms wide open to the developer community. Samsung, LG, and HTC are getting hit hard by locked bootloaders on the two giant carriers verizon and AT&T... if those bootloaders were not locked, I am sure that the flagship devices from those companies would be getting a LOT more developer support, especially from Cyanogenmod team.
Such as, the Galaxy S3 (and a moment for the S4) were the last devices that were getting insta-written AOSP code and compatibility support for AOSP based roms while the majority of them were bootloader unlocked/unlockable. The Galaxy S5 is being developed for, just a bit slowly, sadly. AT&T and Verizon models are totally bootloader locked with no current workaround.
The nexus devices may seem to be better supported by the developers but the Nexus devices aren't as complex and have a more basic hardware layout lacking alot of the extras and premium features of the samsung, htc, and LG family- those devices require more attention.

stevey500 said:
Screen recording is in the works on Cyanogenmod and in the process of being built for compatibility on all devices. It's a lot of work to build software in compatibility will all hardware. Nexus devices to get the extra bit of love because those devices are arms wide open to the developer community. Samsung, LG, and HTC are getting hit hard by locked bootloaders on the two giant carriers verizon and AT&T... if those bootloaders were not locked, I am sure that the flagship devices from those companies would be getting a LOT more developer support, especially from Cyanogenmod team.
Such as, the Galaxy S3 (and a moment for the S4) were the last devices that were getting insta-written AOSP code and compatibility support for AOSP based roms while the majority of them were bootloader unlocked/unlockable. The Galaxy S5 is being developed for, just a bit slowly, sadly. AT&T and Verizon models are totally bootloader locked with no current workaround.
The nexus devices may seem to be better supported by the developers but the Nexus devices aren't as complex and have a more basic hardware layout lacking alot of the extras and premium features of the samsung, htc, and LG family- those devices require more attention.
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I see. So it takes a lot of work.
Say, you mentioned the SGS3. I have this device. Do you think it will ever support screen recording on CM ? Currently it's very very slow. I've tried the special customized rom that's based on Note 2, and this feature worked fine there. I've left this rom because of some reasons I don't remember about (maybe stability).

All those features are available in samsung based custom roms. Why does it have to be AOSP based?
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Stock vs CM vs AOSP vs AOKP ROM's

Hey everyone. After noticing that Moto X Style (Pure) is getting a lot of new ROM's of different base I am starting to be curious .
What is the best advantages and disadvantages of all bases: stock, CyanogenMod, AOSP, AOKP?
I will try to flash some of them, but right now I don't have time to experiment, so I created thread for this question.
Earlier I was Samsung Galaxy S3 proud owner, but after experience with TouchLAG, ou sorry, TouchWiz, I tried a lot of bases, but the main disadvantage of all but stock ROM's was that all "drivers" for my device was gone! - camera quality and speed, audio loudness and quality, screen colours, battery life, and other features was gone. Also battery life on outher ROM's is not so good, and a lot of bluetooth wakelocks was coming to. The main advantage of custom ROM's was speed and ability to modify everything!
So now, I am looking for answer, what will I loose after installing custom ROM to my device.
1) I suppose that Moto features like moto display and all gesture controls will be gone? But is it possible to add ambient display to work with IR sensors of Moto?
2) After my Galaxy S3 experience, I am curious will I loose my camera quality, audio, and other? Will it loose some of its juice?
I am TruPureXMM and Frakenclark user with Xposed (GravityBox) and other stuff, so basically I have all functions that I want, but, maybe with custom ROMS its possible to gain some battery life and some perfomance.
Feel free to write comments, I want to know what is your experience with custom ROM's, what did you like, what not!

Active Display / Moto Display on stock / custom ROMs?

So I'm new to rooting my Pure (not in general, been rooting forever) and I just installed AICP and have a few questions.
I realized right away there is no active display (Moto display? is there a difference?) which I'm guessing is due to the fact that AICP is an AOSP-based rom, which after some searching, I'm finding is incompatible with non-stock roms. This is new to me as I thought Moto's stock firmware WAS AOSP to begin with.
Basically, first of all, what's the major differences between moto's stock FW and AOSP? I'm coming from an LG G2 and a Galaxy S3 before that so I knew those systems were heavily modified and skinned by the manufacturer, but I was under the impression that the moto X was as close to AOSP as you could get - but apparently not *the same thing*.
And, if I can't get moto/active display on AOSP, is there a good alternative? I tried enabling ambient display but it doesn't work at all for some reason. Also if AOSP roms are fundamentally different from stock, does that mean there's some way I can enable DT2W somehow? That was probably my favorite feature of LG's phones and while the moto display didn't fully scratch that itch, I got used to it enough while I was unrooted. If none of this is possible, should I just use a stock ROM? What will I be losing (or unwillingly gaining, through bloatware I guess) by not going the AOSP route?
EDIT: I should probably add that I just disable the lock screen entirely. Hence why I really like being able to just DT2W or wave and swipe to get into the phone. Additionally I never really cared about the battery drain because I always carry a little Anker portable battery with me.

Stock 6.0.1 with franken is the best option. I like aosp but they just can't get it up to par with stock yet.

Your right that the MXPE is not the same as AOSP, but it is very close. Appearance wise, no difference except for some settings items and a few apps. I would recommend sticking with modified stock ROMs. Fewer issues with drivers.
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