Hi,
I've been here in wizard forums for quite a while now and I read somewhere that the wizard can run faster than it is from the manufacturer by updating the rom. thing is, I'm not sure how to do that. I have a t-mobile mda. whats the difference between roms, radio roms, and extended roms? and how do i change it? I never really bothered to actually change anything but from what i've read, the device should be faster and since i use morphgear a lot, i do need the extra speed.
Does anybody know if this is true? is the speed increase that big? any advice if i should mess with it? or should i just leave it alone? If i do change the rom, which rom version is the best one for the wizard so far? would really appreciate any help. thanks!
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It's not really that big of a deal. The custom roms tend to run a tad faster than stock roms because they already have various filesystem and display tweaks built into them. You can achieve the same results using a stock rom and making the changes yourself, however, and that's exactly what I do. I've been using the latest T-Mobile ROM (2.26?) with great success. It's as fast as anything else I've tried and considerably more solid. If you're really that hard up for more horsepower, you can always overclock the cpu. That will give you a much bigger boost but at the expense of battery charge life.
I'd also assume that if you use an operator's ROM, you don't void your warrantee and can get operator support for that ROM. For my money, I don't really see much of a reason to bother with a customized rom anymore.
Hey,
I just wanted to ask does the custom roms really worth rooting? in comparison to the google stock rom how much faster and more battery efficient are the custom rom that specialize in those fields? (i.e. LiquidSmooth from what I could gather) and how much more/less stable are they from the stock rom?
Thank you.
Experience differs from user to user. The most conclusive way to get an answer is to try it out yourself. For me, PA has been just as fast as the stock ROM and had equally good battery life, but I have had the occasional random reboot. To me that's a miniscule trade-off for the features you get. You won't really get a ROM that's significantly faster than a stock ROM though because the hardware on the phone is good enough that everything feels fast.
tomer90 said:
Hey,
I just wanted to ask does the custom roms really worth rooting? in comparison to the google stock rom how much faster and more battery efficient are the custom rom that specialize in those fields? (i.e. LiquidSmooth from what I could gather) and how much more/less stable are they from the stock rom?
Thank you.
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I would recommend you try both and stick with the one that works best for you. Only you can determine which one you like more. The N4 is easy to install a custom rom on (even from stock). Plus with the backup apps out there you don't have to risk losing your data and starting over. No two users are identical and what works for one may not work for another.
For what it's worth, I've flashed back to stock/locked/unrooted because I never came to depend on the features the different roms gave me. I'm getting older and don't have the time to stay current on the different roms and features. All I need for my phone are apps/features that are found in the stock rom and the google store. Battery life is better on a custom rom but it's not worth it to me to continue my "flashaholic" ways. I still get through a day sometimes a day and a half on the stock rom - which is all I need. My use case could be drastically different than yours so don't do what I did unless you know it will work for you.
The developers here do great work and it's a great community so I would recommend you try them all to see which one you like the most.
Good luck.
You need to find the answer yourself.
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its not about me testing for myself because i'm not looking for features or special stuff i can get along with everything i'm really just looking for the fastest most battery saving ROM, thats it, I play little to almost no games basicly mail and scanning and stuff like that(i'm a student right now) and soon i'll be writing some apps for myself for security purposes so I need something to really milk that Quad Core for all its worth so I also need some CPU tweaking apps(not sure if thats ROM related)
You'll be very happy with Sabermod or Rasbean both close to stock. Sabermod is the only Rom built using the 4.8 chaintool and is very fast. The battery life is also excellent. I recommend those 2 for a close to stock experience with some useful tweaks both fast smooth and solid.
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Thank you for your input.
Any other opinions?
and by the way, excuse my ignorance but what does it mean 4.8 chaintool? what makes it faster then the 4.7 or the older ones? and since its really new im guessing, does it mean its less stable then the other ROMS? and when you say excellent battery life, its in comparison to all those other ROMS that aim for max battery life?
Thank you!
If you really want more battery life or smoothness then IMO you should just install a new kernel; Franco's kernel has great battery life but it still has better performance than stock, Trinity kernel is super fast and smooth, and there's loads more options available.
I'm running CM10.1 and Franco kernel and its very stable, barely ever have any sort of bugs or random reboots
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I run CM10.1. Close to stock, but has a few options that are nice to have especially if you like to customize your phone. There are other Roms that have more options, but to me, what's in CM is enough. It's really up to you.
With that being said, I recently flashed a stock rooted rom and got MUCH better battery life than on CM. I don't know if it was an app I had or what, but stock definitely gave me better battery life. I have tried kernels and Rom combinations, but always come back to CM with every single phone I've had. But, in my experience on the Nexus 4, stock Rom gives me the best battery life.
For me liquidsmooth is brilliant! Extremely fast while having tons of customization options. Pair it with matr1x and it really is a great combo for speed and battery life. This is only my opinion but it works for me. I got over 22000 on antutu with this combination (no overclock) while I think its around 17000 on stock. I also get significantly better battery life compared to stock.
if you really want a bump in battery and performance, i suggest rooting and just install francos kernel.i've tried every rom on this forum and for me i ALWAYS find my way back to stock for me it just feels the most fluid and everything works like it should. like me you dont play games or anything and im no app hoarder.that said stock rom with francos kernel gives me the best of everything including color/gamma tweaks to make your screen look better with his app.
with that said i suggest to check out different kernels
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if you really want a bump in battery and performance, i suggest rooting and just install francos kernel.i've tried every rom on this forum and for me i ALWAYS find my way back to stock for me it just feels the most fluid and everything works like it should. like me you dont play games or anything and im no app hoarder.that said stock rom with francos kernel gives me the best of everything including color/gamma tweaks to make your screen look better with his app.
with that said i suggest to check out different kernels
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Now, if we install franco's kernel onto the Stock ROM, will this prevent any future Google updates from being installed?
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Now, if we install franco's kernel onto the Stock ROM, will this prevent any future Google updates from being installed?
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Updates in any form will show up in the forum and no need to simply rely on Google for them. They have recently released an updated kernel which I see being implemented by some rom developers and kernel developers already. Let's understand what we have here guys, a community of constant building additions/updates to our phones. So updates should be the last thing for you to worry about IMO
Also to me OP some of the questions you asked can all be answered with a simple Google Search, not that the answers given here are wrong but you would probably find more in depth and uniformed answers by looking it up.. Quite sure its on a wiki somewhere...
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Updates in any form will show up in the forum and no need to simply rely on Google for them. They have recently released an updated kernel which I see being implemented by some rom developers and kernel developers already. Let's understand what we have here guys, a community of constant building additions/updates to our phones. So updates should be the last thing for you to worry about IMO
Also to me OP some of the questions you asked can all be answered with a simple Google Search, not that the answers given here are wrong but you would probably find more in depth and uniformed answers by looking it up.. Quite sure its on a wiki somewhere...
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I believe he means Google ota's and yes it can stop you from getting ota's. Any modification to system. Whether you added or removed something will fail. You would have to be on complete stock for it to work. Just download yourself a nexus 4 toolkit. The latest factory image, latest drivers, and make sure you backup your internal storage on your computer. Use the tool to return your phone back to stock. Of course whenever you feel is tge right time to do so.
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I believe he means Google ota's and yes it can stop you from getting ota's. Any modification to system. Whether you added or removed something will fail. You would have to be on complete stock for it to work. Just download yourself a nexus 4 toolkit. The latest factory image, latest drivers, and make sure you backup your internal storage on your computer. Use the tool to return your phone back to stock. Of course whenever you feel is tge right time to do so.
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Oh no I fully understood what he meant and my point was simply people unroot or stay stock to wait for an update. Whether you are rooted or not the update will find you in some form. Either with a rooted stock rom or a custom rom but rest assure that xda will not let an update happen and its not on everyone's phone :good:
I'm on stock 4.2.2 at the minute but I've rooted / unlocked the bootloader. What I want to know is which ROM(s) / kernel(s) would be best to improve battery life but also add additional features? I know everyone will have their preferences but there's quite a few ROMs out there and I don't have lots of time to reflash over and over so I'd like to know which ROMs and kernels are generally considered as the best for additional features and battery life.
Thank you.
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I'm on stock 4.2.2 at the minute but I've rooted / unlocked the bootloader. What I want to know is which ROM(s) / kernel(s) would be best to improve battery life but also add additional features? I know everyone will have their preferences but there's quite a few ROMs out there and I don't have lots of time to reflash over and over so I'd like to know which ROMs and kernels are generally considered as the best for additional features and battery life.
Thank you.
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Lots of good rom`s and kernels available. You have to try them out yourself and keep the one`s you like most
I was thinking of flashing Franco's kernel and staying on stock. How do you find it?
The best ROM and kernel is what YOU like the best. This will be closed in 3 2......
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I was thinking of flashing Franco's kernel and staying on stock. How do you find it?
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For me it works great. Good batterylife, color/gamma control and performance :good:
While most people will tell you that ytou have to find out for your own because everyone is diffferent. Thats true, however it looks like your are asking for our personal opinion.
Paranoid Android hands down. The most innovative ROM out right now. Other have now started to inlcude some of their features in their roms, so that tells you a lot.
Cyanogen- This WAS the most innovative ROM before PA, its still however the most stable when it comes to bugs and tweaks.
AOKP or Carbon These 2 roms are awesome however Carbon is made from CM i believe with their own twist and tweaks.
Thats my take on it, howver take a look at this article, its a great read on the top Roms and why.
The kernel matters most for battery life. Franco kernel is the best one I've tried for battery life. Stock rom or cyanogenmod seems to be a tiny bit better for battery life but honestly it might just be a placebo effect. What I do like about cyanogenmod is the fact that you can adjust the auto-brightness levels of the screen. So if you want a dimmer version of auto-brightness you can do it and save battery life.
Hey Everyone,
I was just thinking I would start this thread to help many rom/flash/root/everything noobs, such as myself, with finding a perfect setup for their I337M Koodo SG4's.
So some things to clarify:
1. I did try looking for something similar, but there was nothing for Koodo specifically
2. I know there is no best rom/kernel/whatever else for everyone but this is to help give different suggestions to what options there are out there
3. Please keep all the posts about setup/battery/customization and do not attack others for any questions they may have that may sound stupid. REMEMBER we all started out as noobs
4. Try to include how the battery is, customization, features, etc.
So I will start:
I have tried various roms thus far currently am working with Hyperdrive RLS18. I am running the KK-TW ktoonsez kernel. I have found that overall it is a good rom. Offers customization but I am not really good with it and dont go into that much other than led light change. Battery is good but still drains quicker than my slimbean/kat rom, though that could be because I am not really good with customization and knowing what affects what :silly: Overnight (approx. 8-9hours) it drops from 100 to 92% with wifi on. I am not a fan of that as with slim it would really only drop 2-4% without any real customization on my end. Performance is good, though lags here and there but not very noticeable. The only thing that I dont really like is the fact that when I click the home of power bottom when the screen is off it takes 1-2secs to turn on sometimes.
So what are some of your roms and kernels and other set ups? What do you like? What would you recommend?
Currently I am looking for great battery rom that still has the stock camera (just like it so much...slim didnt have it)
Hi, im looking for a fastest ROM for our G2, i want to have ~5h SOT and good stability. Anybody know what is the best?
Many opinions here, in terms of speed stock LP is the slowest for me and aosp nougat the fastest. I definitely recommend aospextended3 and you can flash a custom kernel of you want more options specifically to save battery.
AOSP Extended v3.0 for sure!
I have G2 for almost one year, and still didn't flashed any custom ROM. But its rooted and have custom recovery.
I would like to try something at least 6.x+
What do you suggest guys?
I want stable, as much as possible bug free ROM. I do NOT need all the world customization options, or things like that. I will be fine with some basic stuff, yeah.
I wanted to give a try to Exodus ROM, but I waited for them to fix WIFI connect from list bug, but that will never happen, as they are stopped developing MM.
Camera and back led is not my main concerns, but I would like to have normal sound in Calls, Hotspot, NFC, Radio, Bluetooth and IR if possible And OK battery -> ~4 SOT like on this stock LP. Does I want too much?
Thank you.
I would recommend linage os 14.1. im using this rom very stable i dont find any issue for now. Sorry for my bad english.