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Hi,
Because we all have diffrent opninion about our Sony Xperia SP I would like to do a very small reseach.
With this very easy poll I just want the next question answered:
Are you running official 4.1.2 or 4.3.x?
If you are running a custom ROM (CM, PA or even stockbased) answer Custom ROM..
If you have answerd the question please let me know in a comment:
Tell which one you have chosen (perhaps even the build number of the version you run) and wheter you are happy with it or not!
Thanks!
OP will kickoff:
I have chosen for Stock Sony 4.3.x. I am not that happy with it because it still has a few bugs. I do however am happy because Sony finnaly took the time to update it after delay and more delay. Now we are just waiting for KitKat.
I still choose 4.3 because camera feature and others.
205 fw
I'm running 4.3, without much talk it's just the best choice right now since many bugs have been fixed and it does come with some pretty nice features
I'm in 4.3.... every OS have bugs, but at least with 4.3 you have more features here and there and thats why is better that stay in a old OS version
Also last update just let me little visual bugs (install app bar), GPS (not the big deal) and Wifi (well Wifi range sucks since 4.1)
I am on stock 4.3,and i am happy!
Nearly all bugs are fixed,only ram is failing in some moments
Happy with stock 4.3 latest fw, much better than previous updates. No lag here, so its good for me after all those laggy updates.
I had lag issues with all versions of the stock ROM I've tried. After testing a whole bunch of custom ROMs I've settled on CM 10.1. While it is not exactly cutting edge, it has been out of active development for many months, it is rock solid and stable.
I use stock 4.3 as camera is important to me. I found PA 4.4.4 to be the fastest rom for me, but I want to be able to control ISO manually on my camera. I tried various versions of 4.3 and decided to stick with my carrier version (O2 UK). Once towel rooted and debloated I find it to be very fast and stable. More so than the various deodex stock roms on the forum.
Yea I am also on the .205 4.3 firmware, I am UK customised, one of the last to get it but it is good. I fixed the uninstall glitch with a fixed package installer apk, only issue I have experienced is battery drain due to location services and lower ram (compared with 4.1.2).
I'm using 4.3, with eXistenZ Ultra. Couldn't be happier [emoji1]
Stock 4.1.2 is the best
I'm using stock 4.1.2 with swap on stock kernel
Was on latest stock every time a new firmware was released, then switched to eXistenZ when it seemed like we'd never have KK, but I've never been deceived with either stock firmware or eXistenZ, both have always been very fast and I've never experienced any lag or disconfort on this phone.
EXistenZ is perfect. 4.3 is better than 4.1 imho
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Cyanogenmod 11 by FXP
I personally favours CM 11 because of a few flaws present in the stock ROM. Not to be lying, I really like Sony's UI (framework-res.apk) and some aspects of the stock ROM. As per to my experience, the stock ROM is not that heavily modified as I can somehow use some things that are meant for AOSP-based ROMs, which is a huge plus for me. However, when it comes to support and RAM, it fails to meet my requirement, and that is what forced me to use CM.
classicalpunk said:
Was on latest stock every time a new firmware was released, then switched to eXistenZ when it seemed like we'd never have KK, but I've never been deceived with either stock firmware or eXistenZ, both have always been very fast and I've never experienced any lag or disconfort on this phone.
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Hah, you must be joking...
Gamm86 said:
Hah, you must be joking...
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Nope, I can assure you, maybe I've just been lucky but all of the bugs and lags that have been blamed on it ? I've never had them. The only bad point for me is the pretty average camera.
I'm on stock 4.3 (.205 fw). Best I've experience by far, both feature-wise and usability. RAm management could be better though.
Hi there fellow sg2 users, im currently on cm11 (4.4.4) where everything runs well except for gaming lag issues, i have considered downgrading to jb 4.3 since that seems to be most viable right now, but at the same time there are only tutorials for downgrading from 4.4.2 to JB , This being an issue i wanted to..
1) Confirm if the same method would work on mine?
2) Wait for CM12 and hope for lag fixes
3) Use a different rom that has smooth gaming ? (Kindly Suggest)
Thanking you in advance ! Ciao :silly:
cm11 is okay, haven't seen any lag so far, actually the games are working quite well, not sure about the battery coz mine was already draining fast even in the stock rom.
rogermax said:
Hi there fellow sg2 users, im currently on cm11 (4.4.4) where everything runs well except for gaming lag issues, i have considered downgrading to jb 4.3 since that seems to be most viable right now, but at the same time there are only tutorials for downgrading from 4.4.2 to JB , This being an issue i wanted to..
1) Confirm if the same method would work on mine?
2) Wait for CM12 and hope for lag fixes
3) Use a different rom that has smooth gaming ? (Kindly Suggest)
Thanking you in advance ! Ciao :silly:
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:highfive:U can Use
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Hello
I'm using stock russian lollipop rom, and i roortd and remove bloatware.
and estimated hours as you see in attachment, must be at least 12 hours, and battery life is not good.
is this lollipop issue? or because root?
any one have these issue with lollipop roms?
I9500 battery drains fast on stock Lollipop ROM for LYS, also it heats while using.
I contacted support and they said they are working on updates.
Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't wanna flash a J500F firmware in my J500FN, lol. I just asked if with latest firmware for J500FN I couldn't downgrade to Lollipop again. If the problem occured only to J500H users I think that's fine, I'll flash latest marshmallow firmware then. Thanks buddy, check your PM one moment!
Razorbak34 said:
Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
Sent from my Samsung SM-J500FN using XDA Labs
MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I'm currently on MM and on the latest firmware situation didn't change, RAM problems are still there and I flashed latest firmware of my country. I think i'll stay a bit here, when I'll downgrade I'll let you know if I'll be able to do that
MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I go up and down from LP - MM regularly and have never had any problems. I'm on the J500FN
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Hi all,
I recently tested my S5 with LolliPop (Stock), Marshmallow (Stock) and Nougat (Custom) and downgraded to KitKat again to see which one has the best performance.
KitKat is running about 2 months smoothly and super fast.
So, I'm just curious about security. It's ok to use it?
Do you know others disadvantages?
30hz said:
Hi all,
I recently tested my S5 with LolliPop (Stock), Marshmallow (Stock) and Nougat (Custom) and downgraded to KitKat again to see which one has the best performance.
KitKat is running about 2 months smoothly and super fast.
So, I'm just curious about security. It's ok to use it?
Do you know others disadvantages?
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Whatever patches were applied to that OS might be the only security you will have until you upgrade. I know one of the biggest problems for me with older OS like that is some apps are not compatible with older versions of android. I know a lot of google apps stop working at 4.2 so you should be ok.
Fear_The_Fluff said:
Whatever patches were applied to that OS might be the only security you will have until you upgrade. I know one of the biggest problems for me with older OS like that is some apps are not compatible with older versions of android. I know a lot of google apps stop working at 4.2 so you should be ok.
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Oh thanks, I think I'm ok with the apps.
30hz said:
Hi all,
I recently tested my S5 with LolliPop (Stock), Marshmallow (Stock) and Nougat (Custom) and downgraded to KitKat again to see which one has the best performance.
KitKat is running about 2 months smoothly and super fast.
So, I'm just curious about security. It's ok to use it?
Do you know others disadvantages?
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Just curious, how much memory do you have available with KitKat?
e.g. on a 16GB S5 running 6.0.1 Marshmallow, I have 11.3GB available to apps.
Thanks.