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I never allowed the first big update (im on 4.3), assuming Verizon would slow my phone down. So, what steps and which ROM do you suggest? I am really just looking to tether(wired and wireless) and want the phone to stay smooth. I don't want to lose any S-Pen or Samsung functions but do not care for Touchwiz.
Thanks for advice!
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I never allowed the first big update (im on 4.3), assuming Verizon would slow my phone down. So, what steps and which ROM do you suggest? I am really just looking to tether(wired and wireless) and want the phone to stay smooth. I don't want to lose any S-Pen or Samsung functions but do not care for Touchwiz.
Thanks for advice!
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S-pen is a touchwiz implementation so for the most part you are stuck there. Go through the stock based ROMs, find something debloated, back up, try it, then maybe look for some AOSP type themes and apps for your phone. You will have to do some of the leg work and research as there is no easy path for you to get what you are asking.
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S-pen is a touchwiz implementation so for the most part you are stuck there. Go through the stock based ROMs, find something debloated, back up, try it, then maybe look for some AOSP type themes and apps for your phone. You will have to do some of the leg work and research as there is no easy path for you to get what you are asking.
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Should I accept the OTA update first or does it not matter? I'm not sure what NC2 vs NC4 is.
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Should I accept the OTA update first or does it not matter? I'm not sure what NC2 vs NC4 is.
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Are you on the NC2 kitkat leak? You should read this thread about avoiding ending up with a locked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727876
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Are you on the NC2 kitkat leak? You should read this thread about avoiding ending up with a locked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727876
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nope, i am not. i am on 4.3... and you just saved me from being severly angry later.
skidawgz said:
nope, i am not. i am on 4.3... and you just saved me from being severly angry later.
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Yeah...gotta love Verizon!! OK...so you should proceed as mentioned in that thread. I am a Sprint user but try to keep up on everything under my watch. I will leave you in, I am sure, very capable hands by the awesome Samsung users around here.
Looks like there is some hope for your Spen...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611415
But most Samsung apps would still not work without TW.
I just installed official Touchwiz Lollipop from Samsung on my Galaxy S5 and i just wanted to ask you guys...
I think kitkat have a definitely better battery life and a much more beautiful lock screen... but Lollipop comes with ART and great design improvments on system apps.
Which one do you think it's better? Kitkat or Lollipop and why
KitKat is better (for now).
Better battery life, no proximity sensor issues, no wifi issues, no light sensor issues , TW works smoother, overal experience is better even with no ART. Benchmark scores is not everything.
I got Lollipop 3 times and every time I downgraded to KitKat stock rom with root.
No exposed framework on LP (yet).
Maybe in couple of months when LP will be more mature project I will update.
Android One is going to have Android 5.1 soon. For now they sticked with 4.4.4.
I think that Samsung was to hurry with 5.0. They should update to 4.4.4 (especialy they had 4.4.4 done for G901).
I beg to differ with qubbus, I think LP is a much better experience than KK.
- Much more refined and better looking UI;
- I've had none of the issues stated in his post. Battery is the same for me, no issues with the sensors.
- I indeed miss Xposed but for now I rather have the small tweaks of Lollipop.
All in all, the choice is yours.
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I beg to differ with qubbus, I think LP is a much better experience than KK.
- Much more refined and better looking UI;
- I've had none of the issues stated in his post. Battery is the same for me, no issues with the sensors.
- I indeed miss Xposed but for now I rather have the small tweaks of Lollipop.
All in all, the choice is yours.
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Battery was the main reason i choosed to downgrade.. I couldn't get even through 1 day !
The rest was fine for me. ( Even if i didn't liked that new lockscreen too much )
i got my s5 on kitkat and coming from a nexus4 I was quite unsatisfied with the smoothness. but some dev's at the N4 community are really far at solving bugs and memory leaks so lollipop is running quite perfect on the N4. anyway, after I flashed lollipop on my S5 for the first time I was quite happy with the smoothness. much better then KitKat! yesterday I downgraded to KitKat because I wanted to try wanam xposed. but I almost instantly returned to lollipop.. much, much better! it looks better (too bad it's still a long way from stock android), it's much smoother and for me; battery life isn't much different. I didn't encounter any bugs, for me lollipop is running bug less but I have to say I don't use any of Samsung's extra features..
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Battery was the main reason i choosed to downgrade.. I couldn't get even through 1 day !
The rest was fine for me. ( Even if i didn't liked that new lockscreen too much )
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how many hours?
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how many hours?
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8-9-10 hours on Lollipop pretty much used
With kitkat i can make it pretty easy through 1 day...and i use my phone like..alot !
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8-9-10 hours on Lollipop pretty much used
With kitkat i can make it pretty easy through 1 day...and i use my phone like..alot !
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well its a small computer with a cpu on par with certain laptops, its got the same resolution as a hi def tv, its constantly connected to the internet. i think wanting any more than 12 hours is ludicris and misguided.
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well its a small computer with a cpu on par with certain laptops, its got the same resolution as a hi def tv, its constantly connected to the internet. i think wanting any more than 12 hours is ludicris and misguided.
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Haha. i got your point. But my point was that with Lollipop i couldn t make even 12 hours.
funny how people have different problems with the same OS
I wonder if there like me who have problems in the game of Modern Combat 5? It fails at startup after lollipop update.
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i got my s5 on kitkat and coming from a nexus4 I was quite unsatisfied with the smoothness. but some dev's at the N4 community are really far at solving bugs and memory leaks so lollipop is running quite perfect on the N4. anyway, after I flashed lollipop on my S5 for the first time I was quite happy with the smoothness. much better then KitKat! yesterday I downgraded to KitKat because I wanted to try wanam xposed. but I almost instantly returned to lollipop.. much, much better! it looks better (too bad it's still a long way from stock android), it's much smoother and for me; battery life isn't much different. I didn't encounter any bugs, for me lollipop is running bug less but I have to say I don't use any of Samsung's extra features..
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What do you guys mean when you say "downgrade?" Am I missing something or been out of the game too long? I thought flashing a lower bootloader would result inn a brick? Enlighten me please
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What do you guys mean when you say "downgrade?" Am I missing something or been out of the game too long? I thought flashing a lower bootloader would result inn a brick? Enlighten me please
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downgrade means going back too KitKat from lollipop.
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downgrade means going back too KitKat from lollipop.
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Lol, thanks. Yes, I understand what it means, my apologies for not elaborating. Are you saying that you're flashing the LP tar through Odin, then "downgrading" to KK by flashing the KK tar through Odin, or just flashing down up and down with zips through custom recovery?
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Lol, thanks. Yes, I understand what it means, my apologies for not elaborating. Are you saying that you're flashing the LP tar through Odin, then "downgrading" to KK by flashing the KK tar through Odin, or just flashing down up and down with zips through custom recovery?
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thru Odin because I want to keep my Knox untriggered..
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thru Odin because I want to keep my Knox untriggered..
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So you have successfully flashed a 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 KK tar using Odin AFTER flashing LP 5.0 through Odin or downloading it OTA?
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So you have successfully flashed a 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 KK tar using Odin AFTER flashing LP 5.0 through Odin or downloading it OTA?
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Yup, that's what a lot of people are doing after updating via KIES or OTA to Lollipop and finding it worse than KK
Im considering it myself, although don't seem to be having as many issues as others are posting since factory resetting and freezing a few bloatware apps
For me KK is better than Lollipop.
1. Most mods here don't work on Lollipop, yet
2. Xposed isn't supported on Lollipop (BIG ISSUE FOR ME)
3. Notification dropdown background is transparent. I know I can change it if I flash AllianceRom 6.0, but the above 2 points still stand
Gonna wait until Rovo fixes Xposed (hopefully) and for most mods on XDA to recieve a Lollipop version as well (some have it now, but not even close to all of them)
Soo.yeah...Lollipop is smoother and better looking, which means absolutely nothing if you can't mod it the way you want to!
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If I wanna try Lollipop, can I restore my 4.4.2 nandroid backup over my 5.0 firmware just like I would normally if I'm on KK?
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Yup, that's what a lot of people are doing after updating via KIES or OTA to Lollipop and finding it worse than KK
Im considering it myself, although don't seem to be having as many issues as others are posting since factory resetting and freezing a few bloatware apps
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Wow, that's better than it used to be when KK first came out for the S3. If you flashed a lower boot loader, you bricked!
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Wow, that's better than it used to be when KK first came out for the S3. If you flashed a lower boot loader, you bricked!
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There seems to be a lot of conflicting info about it, but Ive read a good few people saying they have managed it fine with no problems after flashing back to KK - not done it myself yet though
But yea, a lot of places are saying if you flash from a KNOX enabled firmware back to a firmware without KNOX, it won't work due to the bootloader, but members here and droid central forums report it working 100% fine
Was there ever a build of KK that had KNOX ?
If yes, then that's likely the build people are flashing back to, if not, then I have no idea
Im still on the fence about flashing back, or just forgetting the warranty and rooting this thing on lollipop as it is
I suppose even if it bricked, you'd be able to recover with ODIN
I'm coming back to KitKat. I didn't like android lollipop. Some of the aplications are not supported and battery life is terrible
I have been using LL for about 5 months and could never get used to the lag. It was very faint but i could notice it. I tried the stock custom roms and the customs roms but was not able to find one that worked without lag. I also missed the status bar notifications on the lock screen. It was a pain always having to unlock it to see the notifications.
So i decided to go back to KK. I used CloudyG3 1.2 rom and KK modem/radio and am very pleased. Much smoother than LL. Status bar notification on lock screen is a godsend. It even seems like the display is a bit crisper. Maybe thats just my eyes playing tricks on me because i am so impressed with KK. anyways just wanted to tell you about my experience.
Yeap, it's your eyes! I have bought my g3 when lollipop was already on it so i haven't had the opportunity to test KK, but i have installed it 2 months ago out of curiosity.
Lollipop is definitely smoother and faster. If you search YouTube, there is a proof of that, with animations in Kk vs lollipop in slow-motion. You'll be going back in a few hours/days
Of course you think LL is smooth. You have nothing to compare it to. Without testing both of them first hand like I have your comments do not mean much. I went from KK to LL back to KK.
Read again what i have written. I have tested kk also, 2 months ago.
My comments don't have to mean something necessarily. Why did you start this post, if you are so easily offended? Lollipop is definitely better, smoother, faster than kk. You can start a poll, you will see you are wrong, lollipop will win by far. Haha. Over and out.
Dude I bought my LG G3 with Lollipop as well. Didn't have a chance to test Kitkat on it, but, I used to have Kitkat on my Nexus 5 and it was so much better than Lollipop I'm telling you. My LG G3 is laggy is hell and gets hot for no reason at all and the battery doesn't give me even a solid 3 hours SOT, I hate Lollipop. Can you please give me the link to download the CloudyG3 1.2 Kk ROM? I searched but I couldn't find it
I also would like to know where to find Kit Kat rom and baseband for downgrade. I looked in the forums but all links I found were offline. THank you.
Just a tip, but part of the heat issue that I have discovered and a decent remedy is if you are wherever and using WiFi- turn off cellular data because your phone is constantly searching for the strongest signal and I easily run 5°-10° cooler and my battery life is definitely better. I hated, and I mean despised LP for almost a year- and the past few months on my G2 and G3 it has grown on me, I don't get much lag that isn't associated with my own bs, maybe you just haven't tried the right LP rom yet?
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Dude I bought my LG G3 with Lollipop as well. Didn't have a chance to test Kitkat on it, but, I used to have Kitkat on my Nexus 5 and it was so much better than Lollipop I'm telling you. My LG G3 is laggy is hell and gets hot for no reason at all and the battery doesn't give me even a solid 3 hours SOT, I hate Lollipop. Can you please give me the link to download the CloudyG3 1.2 Kk ROM? I searched but I couldn't find it
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He probably was not using cloudy's ROM. Amature mistake.
cloudy link: http://oceanhost.eu/aa1f1nyg1j9o/CloudyG3_1.2.zip.html
kk baseband: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=33055
i used the 10E modem.
luccasvr said:
I also would like to know where to find Kit Kat rom and baseband for downgrade. I looked in the forums but all links I found were offline. THank you.
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i just posted it.
mandroid717 said:
He probably was not using cloudy's ROM. Amature mistake.
cloudy link: http://oceanhost.eu/aa1f1nyg1j9o/CloudyG3_1.2.zip.html
kk baseband: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=33055
i used the 10E modem.
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Thanks for making me fall in love with my LG G3 all over again. Absolutely love Kitkat! No lag at all compared to Lollipop, battery is good and it only gets heated when I'm gaming on it. I'll stick with this ROM until a more stable Lollipop/Marshmallow release is available from LG.
Cheers :good:
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Thanks for making me fall in love with my LG G3 all over again. Absolutely love Kitkat! No lag at all compared to Lollipop, battery is good and it only gets heated when I'm gaming on it. I'll stick with this ROM until a more stable Lollipop/Marshmallow release is available from LG.
Cheers :good:
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Glad I could help. What I like most actually is I can see notifications on lockscreen again. Woohoo
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Glad I could help. What I like most actually is I can see notifications on lockscreen again. Woohoo
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Yes I love that as well!
Btw do you keep using Dalvik or did you switch to ART? Because I just switched to ART and the phone becomes kinda unusable, some apps don't wanna launch and the phone became kinda laggy. Should I just stick with Dalvik?
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Yes I love that as well!
Btw do you keep using Dalvik or did you switch to ART? Because I just switched to ART and the phone becomes kinda unusable, some apps don't wanna launch and the phone became kinda laggy. Should I just stick with Dalvik?
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I've always stuck with Dalvik just because never really noticed a difference.
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He probably was not using cloudy's ROM. Amature mistake.
cloudy link: http://oceanhost.eu/aa1f1nyg1j9o/CloudyG3_1.2.zip.html
kk baseband: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=33055
i used the 10E modem.
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I just brought my g3 yesterday it came with lollipop im on cloudy 2.5 so can i downgrade to kk by flashing cloudy 1.2 and then flashing the modem is it a zip that i flash the modem im in uk
Ismail.A said:
I just brought my g3 yesterday it came with lollipop im on cloudy 2.5 so can i downgrade to kk by flashing cloudy 1.2 and then flashing the modem is it a zip that i flash the modem im in uk
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Yes but make sure it is the right version modem. Not sure what it is for the UK. I used the international modem.
I would recommend an AOSP Lollipop build (BlissPop for example) running at 1080P. QHD makes zero difference at this screen size and running at 1080P the phone flies, not to mention a (marginally) better battery life.
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I would recommend an AOSP Lollipop build (BlissPop for example) running at 1080P. QHD makes zero difference at this screen size and running at 1080P the phone flies, not to mention a (marginally) better battery life.
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If you don't use the camera maybe this not a terrible idea. The stock Kit Kat rom is definitely faster and much much much more stable. And you can use the laser focus and full camera features. Plus the IR blaster. If you disable the stock apps you don't use, its a way better choice than the featureless ASOP roms.
hi there, im using stock rooted lollipop rom v20h, i want to try KK rom to compare but which modem is for international model ? i cannot tell which is best for me cause when i got my phone 2 weeks ago it came with lollipop.
can anyone recommend on a suitable modem pls ?
thanks.
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I am also planning to downgrad to Kk.
Just downgraded my d855, to kk. Cloudy 1.2, it 4.4.2 kk rom seems to run fine imso used to lollipop that it feels a bit weird. I used 10o modem which felt not so good for my device. Then put 10i modem and its great. Now im looking for a good kernel.
Ill test itforfew days and see how i feel compared to stock lollipop. 5.0
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Finally Lollipop is being rolled out for the SM-G800Y http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G800Y/
Installed it today and running well! Before then I've been on CM12.1 and although there's no MMS (no matter what app, or APN settings I assign), I've been loving it. Just installed stock 5.1.1 for the g800Y and it's working great! Def a step back in terms of responsiveness though, but at least EVERY feature of my phone is working again.
Can't wait for the call issue to fixed with cm13 (and hopefully MMS too).
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Installed it today and running well! Before then I've been on CM12.1 and although there's no MMS (no matter what app, or APN settings I assign), I've been loving it. Just installed stock 5.1.1 for the g800Y and it's working great! Def a step back in terms of responsiveness though, but at least EVERY feature of my phone is working again.
Can't wait for the call issue to fixed with cm13 (and hopefully MMS too).
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I haven't got around to installing it yet.
Which country is the version 5.1.1 G800YDVU1BOL2 for? Is there any bloatware or completely stock?
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I haven't got around to installing it yet.
Which country is the version 5.1.1 G800YDVU1BOL2 for? Is there any bloatware or completely stock?
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It's for Australia I think...has a fair ****-tonne of bloat on there....I removed 67 apps.
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It's for Australia I think...has a fair ****-tonne of bloat on there....I removed 67 apps.
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Crikey..........67 apps!!! I'll hold off, hopefully one of the other builds to be released will be a stock rom.
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Crikey..........67 apps!!! I'll hold off, hopefully one of the other builds to be released will be a stock rom.
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To be fair, a lot of those were just standard "stock" apps, not necessarily bloatware. But yeah....there is bloat ware.
Just upgraded mine. The firmware is Vodafone NZ.
Is it less responsive compared to stock Kitkat? Or is it just less responsive compared to CM?
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Is it less responsive compared to stock Kitkat? Or is it just less responsive compared to CM?
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I haven't used CM on the mini, but it's as responsive if not more so than the stock Telstra kitkat.
Would love a rooting method if anyone comes across one.
Just upgraded and it seems more responsive than Kit Kat
BTW the firmware G800YDVU1BOL2_G800YVFJ1BOL1_VFJ is from Vodafone Fiji
VFJ = Fiji (Vodafone FJ,Digicel Fiji)
It looked to me like the Vodafone Fiji 'V-App Store' was the only additional application (hms.appstore.android.vodafone) included in the firmware apart from the stock Samsung applications
I've got my lg g2 d802 with 4.2.2. The latest version available 5.0.2 is better or worse? Do you recommend me to perform a full reset and update? What about Cyanogenmod to use 6.x?
4.2.2 is ok for your needs?ask yourself this question..
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I've got my lg g2 d802 with 4.2.2. The latest version available 5.0.2 is better or worse? Do you recommend me to perform a full reset and update? What about Cyanogenmod to use 6.x?
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how do you hold your battery ? how many hours a push and with time the screen .. i am on 4.4.2 are thinking whether to go back to 4.2.2
If it's not broken then why fix it? As long as its stable and has good battery life. I'm also on 4.4.2 20H and can't see any reason to update. :angel:
If I was, I'd go for CM13 as 5.0.2 has always had the issue with a memory leak. CM13 on the Gpad 8.3 is awesome. :highfive:
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If it's not broken then why fix it? As long as its stable and has good battery life. I'm also on 4.4.2 20H and can't see any reason to update. :angel:
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G2 doesnt get any better than a stock based 4.4 ROM.
I'm having issues with the phone freezing or screen don't rotating to landscape, which solves after reboot. Probably it's because it's rooted and have a lot of crap on it. What I doubt is if 5.x has applications that have been removed.
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how do you hold your battery ? how many hours a push and with time the screen .. i am on 4.4.2 are thinking whether to go back to 4.2.2
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The battery holds really great, can't Stu but very satisfied. I must say however, that I don't use instant messaging applications like Facebook, whatsapp, line, Twitter or whatever. You really notice battery life improvement.
Here on YouTube comments some users say that android 5.0.2 has memory leak problems, that cyanogenmod 13 is far superior on the LG G2:
https://youtu.be/P3hQc3bCT9o
So better stay in android 4.x or update to android 6.x but with CM, because official update is not available.
On my case. CM13 Dirty Unicorns is working well on my phone. Good battery back up and other features. My device is a F320K. Just try and test other CM13 custom ROMs. :3
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Here on YouTube comments some users say that android 5.0.2 has memory leak problems, that cyanogenmod 13 is far superior on the LG G2:
https://youtu.be/P3hQc3bCT9o
So better stay in android 4.x or update to android 6.x but with CM, because official update is not available.
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wich is fixed using dorimanx kernel :good:
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wich is fixed using dorimanx kernel :good:
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So you are happy with stock 5.0.2?
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So you are happy with stock 5.0.2?
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ive never been on KK only when i flash stock firmware.. only a few minutes... stock is better but am on ice x rom 4.5 5.0 drains battery... some pople say KK is better... you should try it if you dont like it fkash back to
KK.