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Paranoid Android, a ROM for the Oppo Find 5
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aaronpoweruser
ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
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Status: Stable
Created 2013-09-12
Last Updated 2013-09-12

[ROM][7/6] PARANOIDANDROID 3.65 | Halo time
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3. INSTALL ROM, GAPPS
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5. REBOOT
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[ROM] Paranoid Android 3.5 | Hello halo
Known issue:
none

This is pure awesomeness. Thanks once again Aaron.
Sent from my Oppo Find 5

osmosizzz said:
This is pure awesomeness. Thanks once again Aaron.
Sent from my Oppo Find 5
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Awesome indeed!

waiting for detail

Looks great.
Initial thoughts:
Performance doesn't seem optimal yet (at least compared to the N4), the notification drawer is choppy on the home screens and transitions don't always run smoothly.
Default hybrid settings are off, for instance the browser doesn't show an address bar by default.
It needed a reboot to see my sim card, not a major issue and probaly an isolated case.
Also, pie can't be turned off?
Overal a great first build!

Quipeace said:
Looks great.
Initial thoughts:
Performance doesn't seem optimal yet (at least compared to the N4), the notification drawer is choppy on the home screens and transitions don't always run smoothly.
Default hybrid settings are off, for instance the browser doesn't show an address bar by default.
It needed a reboot to see my sim card, not a major issue and probaly an isolated case.
Also, pie can't be turned off?
Overal a great first build!
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Hey man, is the photosphere enabled on this camera? How is the overall output quality?
thanks!

sazinas said:
Hey man, is the photosphere enabled on this camera? How is the overall output quality?
thanks!
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I haven't had the chance to try out the camera, and just flashed Cyanogenmod (mainly because of the drawer issue). I don't expect it to be any better or worse than on the CM builds though.

sazinas said:
Hey man, is the photosphere enabled on this camera? How is the overall output quality?
thanks!
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The camera isn't working yet. It is supposed to be fixed later this week.

i just updated my Nexus 4 with Halo
LOVE IT!!!! cant wait to put it on my Oppo!

pushing it to my phone right now, lets see

Hello , will this work on note 2 n7100 as well ? I am running the jellybam rom 4.2.2 with paranoid

Quipeace said:
Looks great.
Initial thoughts:
Performance doesn't seem optimal yet (at least compared to the N4), the notification drawer is choppy on the home screens and transitions don't always run smoothly.
Default hybrid settings are off, for instance the browser doesn't show an address bar by default.
It needed a reboot to see my sim card, not a major issue and probaly an isolated case.
Also, pie can't be turned off?
Overal a great first build!
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Preformance seems good toe coming firm a nexus 7, I haven't enabled any of my optimizations yet though so it will get better. Never used a nexus 4 but it has all my options turned on. Yea I did hybrid props quickly but you can customize to taste. My sim works most of the time. If usb is plugged in at boot the radio may not come up, it happens on stock also. Pie should be able to be disabled.
sazinas said:
Hey man, is the photosphere enabled on this camera? How is the overall output quality?
thanks!
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camera doesn't work yet, I haven't had time to debug and photospheare never will we don't have access to the source for it.
youngblood68 said:
Hello , will this work on note 2 n7100 as well ? I am running the jellybam rom 4.2.2 with paranoid
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No, wrong thread and jelly bam is not allowed on xda
Sent from my Find 5 using Tapatalk 2

youngblood68 said:
Hello , will this work on note 2 n7100 as well ? I am running the jellybam rom 4.2.2 with paranoid
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Hi, NO; IT WONT DEFENITELY NOT WORK ON YOUR DEVICE! This is OPPO Find 5 Thread, go and search for your device and check the available Roms there...

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I wanna ask since aaron is the one who maintains find 5, is this mean find5 is on PA team official supports?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

lesp4ul said:
I wanna ask since aaron is the one who maintains find 5, is this mean find5 is on PA team official supports?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Yes, it is an officially supported device and yes it's not a nexus. 1 it was donated by oppo that's a good enough reason. 2. It will be supported primarily by the jellybean legacy branches. I'm not sure of your aware but we have official builds for the tf300 and a s3 variant as well. We can only support nexus devices we don't own cause the code is there and working. It is impossible to properly support a device you don't own.
Sent from my Find 5 using Tapatalk 2

aaronpoweruser said:
Yes, it is an officially supported device and yes it's not a nexus. 1 it was donated by oppo that's a good enough reason. 2. It will be supported primarily by the jellybean legacy branches. I'm not sure of your aware but we have official builds for the tf300 and a s3 variant as well. We can only support nexus devices we don't own cause the code is there and working. It is impossible to properly support a device you don't own.
Sent from my Find 5 using Tapatalk 2
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Great to know it is official, i tempted to grab one after i tried the find5 demo unit and heard will have PA support, because i can't live without PA hybrid system . my sister owns S3 and once installed PA rom, but thanks to Samsung for entirely opens it's source forced me switched back to official rom.
Yes i know nexus devices are the best for devs, poweruser or just a casual themer like me and they have the most dev support and it's all open source. The best thing is Oppo users will get weekly updates also recently joined open source project love, that means you will receive all you need to develop Find right? Since oppo officially gives you the phone
Aaron, how do you think about this phone personally? After camera issues fixed i will certainly buy one.
Now i use PA as daily driver for all my devices, i9250 (thanks to new PA team BigBrother1984 and you), N4 by Mole, and the awesome N7 which is also managed by you, thank you.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

lesp4ul said:
Great to know it is official, i tempted to grab one after i tried the find5 demo unit and heard will have PA support, because i can't live without PA hybrid system . my sister owns S3 and once installed PA rom, but thanks to Samsung for entirely opens it's source forced me switched back to official rom.
Yes i know nexus devices are the best for devs, poweruser or just a casual themer like me and they have the most dev support and it's all open source. The best thing is Oppo users will get weekly updates also recently joined open source project love, that means you will receive all you need to develop Find right? Since oppo officially gives you the phone
Aaron, how do you think about this phone personally? After camera issues fixed i will certainly buy one.
Now i use PA as daily driver for all my devices, i9250 (thanks to new PA team BigBrother1984 and you), N4 by Mole, and the awesome N7 which is also managed by you, thank you.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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I love it, the size took some getting used to (coming from a 4.3), but now me other device feels small. speakers build quality everything is top notch. The camera software needs a lot of work as this is the same sensor in the gs4 and xperia z and they produce better shots, but camera software takes lots of time so hopefully it will get better. Oppo has been open not quite sony level but certainly helpful.

[KITKAT roms top review]2014

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espanol/portugues/other languages here​
well as i ve been saying we have many roms 4.4.2 with similar features but at same time different..so questions for users are:
wich one is the best? --i cant say..its user choice for his needs.here you can see most features of each rom and choose.
what makes this/that rom unique? --see screenshots and video reviews.
wich bugs do they have? --report here some more or all you find.
wich one haves more free ram? --see screenshots.
and so on..
i have choosen this roms,so users can say what they think and report bugs (if any) besides cm11 bugs.HDMI,video recorder laggy,stock web browser super laggy.

ROM: CarbonRom KitKat
GOOD:navigation bar inside the rom fully working,no landscape for gaming.:good: super fast,great ram,battery life is very good,equalizer with many option.carbon wallpapers inside directly from server (wifi connection required) but great little feature.
BAD:no music player,no HALO feature.
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ROM: AOKP 4.4.2
GOOD:very fast,ROM control always nice with many options and immersive control.white theme AOKP for second option.good battery life.installation and boot super fast.
BAD:no equalizer,launcher options FC,then stays ok after a bit.
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ROM: Resurrection Remix KK
GOOD: amazing look, great performance, good sound, and no bugs..battery life is good.
BAD: video recording little zoom on 1 opening..image too big on screen without zoom..installed google camera and working well( limited with some bugs but not rom related!)
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ROM: BeanStalk 4.4.2
GOOD: super customizable, very stable and many user friendly options..amazing rom and my daily KK rom.
BAD:didnt find any.
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ROM: NeatROM AOSP
GOOD: WIP
BAD:
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ROM: C-rom KK
GOOD: many user friendly settings, super customizable, very nice battery and performance.
BAD: some issues with SMS on last build i ve tested.
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ROM: AICP 4.4.2
GOOD: many options on aroma, super fast..more stock cm11 like with a few options.
BAD: FC on keyboard (language changing to portuguese)
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ROM: SlimKat 4.4.2
GOOD: all slimkat options, super fast and amazing performance.
BAD: less options than slimsaber.
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ROM: SlimSaber 4.4.2
GOOD: all slimkat options, super fast and amazing performance and battery life very nice with little wakelocks.
BAD: need more features maybe.
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all my video reviews on youtube:

nice
nice review. i think i should upgrade to kitkat anyway :victory:

The Resurrection Remix has also evolved quite well. Do check it out too.

For a sammy rom
The last few days I've been using wizzedkat. Sammy rom from the S5 and I'm really happy with it. Straight stock and even includes samsung apps!
It's kind of retro and future all at the same time (Samsung stock and kitkat together).

_raVan_ said:
The Resurrection Remix has also evolved quite well. Do check it out too.
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i will do better reviews, this is only a preview of the roms cause its been done for xperia 2011 devices..i will update this with galaxy 2 kitkat roms and videos..im still greenie here from a long time on xperia line.
but is meant also for users participate and say from their own experiences and tests on roms.

smokerman said:
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I think you should be careful and state which variant the ROM is for. Hellkat isn't available for i9100 international AFAIK. Most people assume automatically that's what variant it is for by posting in GSII General, and may flash it on an i9100 based on that (stupid) assumption.

+1
that's true

smokerman said:
but is meant also for users participate and say from their own experiences and tests on roms.
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From my experience, RR 5.0.8 (with Dorimanx kernel) is doing quite well and is very stable. It offers tons of customizations.
Some of the issues I am facing are:
a) The display turns on with the caller identity 3 secs after the phone starts ringing.
b) Gallery and Music player not detecting pics and songs from the memory card.
Hopefully, these will be addressed in the next version.

Past: beanstalk
Coming from jb I found that this one had the best customizations ever. Most of the things worked superbly, and the performance and battery time were really high too. Faced 2 issues though -
1. Google keyboard didn't work. So used touchpal coz I really loved the ROM at that time.
2. When plugged on for charging, phone will go entirely crazy. Won't respond properly to touches, unlocks, notifications and esp swype will just die. The moment it's unplugged of the charger, it's back to normal.
The 2nd bug was quite an issue so I moved to pacman ROM. It didn't have halo but smoothness and customizations are on high here. Was quite happy with it but after few days of normal usage started showing the same phone-going-crazy-while-charging issue.
I have tested 2 kitkat ROMs so far. Wanted to know whether it's a kk bug or ROM bug?
And yeah, all the installations were completely clean.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app

new roms added..WIP so all roms gonna be updated..im testing now some and newer versions released.:good:

Kitkat Rom #3/4:
SlimKat/SlimSaber -Found both of them very similar.
As the name suggests its really slim. Without any apps installed from my side the rom takes only 350 MB Ram which leaves a lot of room available.
1. Camera works fine.
2. So does the music player.
3. Low on customizations (compared to other ROMs) e.g. other KK roms have a lot of lock screen, navigation bar etc customizations which were not found here.
4. A very simple file explorer.
5. Simple, Neat & Elegant.
6. No inbuilt Screen recorder
7. No performance controls like other ROMs.
Though i found the same issue I had with my previous KK roms i.e. phone-going-crazy-and-laggy-while-charging so did not keep it for a long time. And hence wont be able to comment anything on battery stats.
I will still recommend it to the lite users but people who look for customizations and performance control features from ROM, will have to keep looking.
Also, I forgot to mention that on all the KK roms I have seen, gameplay was laggy. I dont play any heavy games, it was just temple run 2.
Kitkat Rom #5:
OMNI rom:
1. Quite smooth
2. Had a lot of customizations (more than slim roms and less than pacman/beanstalk/carbon etc)
3. Looked good and stable
4. Did not keep it for a long time so cant comment on battery life.
5. Had I seen it earlier I am sure I would be on it for a long time but I am accustomed to high customizations now so moving on.
6. Was a little higher on RAM usage (towards 500 Mb without any apps installed from my side)
Kitkat Rom #6:
Carbon ROM:
1. Beautiful & Sleek UI.
2. Carbon fibers i.e. really good customizations/options.
3. little higher on RAM usage (towards 500 Mb without any apps installed from my side)
4. Had to uninstall it in an hour itself as it became quite laggy and started giving me "unfortunately, **** has stopped working" messages for a lot of applications. Even whatsapp was force closing.
So all this charade, and I am back to Beanstalk (22/12/2013 build) now and I dont think I want to try more. Will have to live with laggy gameplay and response-issues-while-charging if I want KK i guess.

What about CM 11 ?

I think the CM11 Linaro/SaberMod Version by Markox89 is also worth a mention. It feels very stable and I have the feeling, that battery life (with the supplied kernel) is also better compared to the (un)official CM11 nightlies.

zedex39zeo said:
What about CM 11 ?
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I think the Cm 11 has a front camera issue.. Haven't used it myself, read it at a lot of places in Cm forums

hej
I use Beanstalk 4.4.2 rom and i am very satisfied

I use SlimKat and I find it very good!

Running on Slimsaber and a Dormianx Kernel is working fine for me
sent From my GT-I9100 -1604 Slimsaber | Dormianx 10.43v107

ASRock86Cro said:
I use Beanstalk 4.4.2 rom and i am very satisfied
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Of all the roms I have tried so far, beanstalk was the best. I feel your happiness dude :laugh:
But due to few annoying bugs I had to start the journey of experiments all over again.

Nexus 4 to LG G2

Hello all
I'm currently running a nexus 4. My provider is offering a very cheap price on a G2. If u was to take it I'm sure I'd go straight to CM11.
I have a few questions.
1. My main issue with the N4 is the battery life. How is it on cm11 with the G2?
2. How active are the the devs for the G2? Is this phone likely to be well supported for at least another year?
3. The other issue for me is the lack of qi charging on the European edition. Is there any decent cases that get around this?
4. What other ROMs should I look at other than CM11?
5. How is the screen quality over the N4's screen?
Thank you everyone for your valued input!
Steve
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app

Well I have stock g2 so I cant answer questions concerning cm11.. Atleast on stock, battery life is way better than stock nexus 4 (i had n4) and screen quality is way better!
Sent from LG G2 via Tapatalk

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I could stick with the stock ROM I like the vanilla android experience personally.
What are the pros of the stock ROM?
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I had N4 before I got the G2.
1st, Iv'e always been a fan of stock android. Even though I had lots of samsung phones, I always envied people who have Nexus devices and are satisfied with the crappy hardware Nexus devices always had. Always some compromise with them.
When I got the G2, I discovered, I don't give a s*** about Vanilla anymore, I don't care when updates arrive, I don't care for battery saving apps.
The G2 is fast,
The UI is far superior in functionality to Vanilla
The battery, omg, is awesome.
And the Screen - Slim Bezels, super bright, low energy consuming, wide angles, just pure joy.
I'd say get the G3
But if you can only afford/get the G2 - It's pure joy. I never tried CM or CM-Based on my G2.
I had only 2 roms on it. Stock, and now Kitkat, rooted for Xposed and that's enough for me.
On my Galaxy S devices I had all sort of CM Slimkat Slimbean Paranoid etc seeking some good battery and fast UI.
The G2 rids you of all the searching. You just use it.
Even greenify is almost useless on it. But I use it cause I can.
I use root for Greenify, Call Rec via Xposed, Replaced camera app with one from XDA because the Stock sucks A***.

Steve3581 said:
Hello all
I'm currently running a nexus 4. My provider is offering a very cheap price on a G2. If u was to take it I'm sure I'd go straight to CM11.
I have a few questions.
1. My main issue with the N4 is the battery life. How is it on cm11 with the G2?
2. How active are the the devs for the G2? Is this phone likely to be well supported for at least another year?
3. The other issue for me is the lack of qi charging on the European edition. Is there any decent cases that get around this?
4. What other ROMs should I look at other than CM11?
5. How is the screen quality over the N4's screen?
Thank you everyone for your valued input!
Steve
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app
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I got a g2 recently after cracking my Newxus screen.
The battery life on G2 will astound you. All the hangers on in threads like Franco claiming they get 5-6 hours of battery life with normal use are dispelled. The battery in the g2 will show you what it's like to actually have good battery life and be able to use your phone.
The dev community for this phone is no where near the Nexus community, it's the Nexus of course it will have a more active dev community(even though many things like Franco Kernel and others have fell off as the community moved to the Nexus 5). It is existent though you can check for yourself, not something you need to ask. There are kernels, PA port etc.
For g2 I'd honestly recommend staying away from CM and keeping one of the variants of the stock rom. It's not worth giving up the camera, potentially knock on Code(double tap to wake), Knock code, etc. I'd recommend many of the varients of cloudy rom Cloudystock(stock rom) Cloudy flex(port of g flex) or CloudyPro, or many people like Mahdi rom.
Screen quality is better than the N4 in almost every way.
<Edit> I'd get the g3 if you can wait and have the money, but if you're getting the g2 it will be better than your nexus in every way possible.

Does the Google now launcher run well on the stock ROM? If so I could probably live with the stock ROM.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app

I came from N4, too, and agree with what has been said above: stock LG ROM with root and Xposed G2 TweakBox = killer combo!
I must confess that from time to time I flash a CM, PA or SlimKat ROM, but so far none of AOSP alternative is stable and perform as well as the solution above.
Can't comment on Google Now Launcher, sorry, as I use Apex.

Yes the Google now launcher runs extremely well for me it's what I use daily and have never experienced any lag or stutter I'm using stock rom with xposed and a custom kernel also my experience with aosp / pa ect was it ran well but my battery life wasn't quite as good and the camera didn't perform quite as well (no QHD or slow mo)
Sent from my LG-D802

How far are LG behind the nexus updates? Now that the google apps etc are more modular and updates using the playstore, being slightly behind the Nexus range is less of an issue but still I wondering how good LG are with their updates.
Do you believe this phone will get the next version of android officially from LG?

I came from nexus 4.
Nexus 4 display is horrible compared to g2
Batterly life is like 2xtimes more just think u have 2x Nexus 4 on your pocket

yeah the battery life so bad on the Nexus 4 its a joke, If I finish the day with it its a miracle!

Is there an easy way to remove all the clutter from the stock notification bar? its way to cluttered for my liking, id be much happier with the standard google kitkat one....

dopeypopey123 said:
Yes the Google now launcher runs extremely well for me it's what I use daily and have never experienced any lag or stutter I'm using stock rom with xposed and a custom kernel also my experience with aosp / pa ect was it ran well but my battery life wasn't quite as good and the camera didn't perform quite as well (no QHD or slow mo)
Sent from my LG-D802
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Does the Google Now Launcher update correctly from the Play store for updates once side loaded?

Steve3581 said:
Is there an easy way to remove all the clutter from the stock notification bar? its way to cluttered for my liking, id be much happier with the standard google kitkat one....
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Of course there is. Just use G2 Tweakbox Xposed module. And get full version(it is just 1$ anyway). I have always used CM based roms on my past samsung phones but G2 stock rom is just great, sure sometimes i flash aosp like mahdi (which in my opinion is best aosp rom), but i always come back to stock.
Here is how my G2 looks on complete stock rooted with few xposed modules:
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Also i removed LG apps and use alternatives instead, ex. aosp Dialer, calendar, contacts, calculator, gallery and so on. So you can make stock rom look exacly as you wish it to.

Orvils said:
Of course there is. Just use G2 Tweakbox Xposed module. And get full version(it is just 1$ anyway). I have always used CM based roms on my past samsung phones but G2 stock rom is just great, sure sometimes i flash aosp like mahdi (which in my opinion is best aosp rom), but i always come back to stock.
Here is how my G2 looks on complete stock rooted with few xposed modules:
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Also i removed LG apps and use alternatives instead, ex. aosp Dialer, calendar, contacts, calculator, gallery and so on. So you can make stock rom look exacly as you wish it to.
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I'm amazed how many of you rate the stock ROM! Ive never seem that before with other manufacturers! what makes it so good compared to a asop rom?

I'm amazed too lol I thought most of the heavy users prefer AOSP (since mahdi updated to real 4.4 sources..).
But in the last weeks i was a flashaholic (i flashed a rom per day, AOSP and stock based) and i have to say, stock is really good, combined with dorimanx its awesome (just use his kernel, if you know what you do, because i think its for advanced users, e.g. me - i bought the app "per app modes" where you can configure which app should use which clock and gov. etc., so facebook = 1,5 GHz and ondemand governor, gaming 2,4 GHz and interactive gov, etc. pp), but stock kernel is good too tho.
I'm currently thinking about to flash pure 20D stock and tweak it a bit with root + xposed (with those combos you can make your G2 almost look a like AOSP - dont know about the settings menu and the Q-tiles). But stock is really good on the G2, LG did a good work here tho. Well, i talked with a user, hes using stock with xposed for a long time and hes happy with it.
At the end its YOUR choice obviously, but since many guys are prefering stock i would give it try

Final question!
Does anyone know if the G2 works correctly with the jawbone up24? Either on the stock ROM Or cm11.
This is very important to me as I use the up24 daily with my nexus 4.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app

Original Android vs Stock Android

Hey, i've been willing to try stock android for a while on my G2, but I've never been so adventurous. I left that for my Nexus 7.
I do have knowledge about the benefits and the nice add-ons that Paranoid, CM and etc brings, but I've been reluctant to make the change.
When I bought this phone months ago, I've quickly went into XDA to check the Original Androids, even before using the G2.
Every ROM I found back then had some "serious" flaw, like messed up camera (ported from N5), no quick-remote, bad battery life et al. So I just went on using the Stock G2 Android and guess what.. it's pretty nice. Fast and full of features.
I'm pretty comfortable with the CloudyG3 ROM right now, but I want to try something new.
Since my previous adventures with flashing ROM merrily were much time consuming, and I need this phone on working order 24/7, I'd like to hear your opinion regarding to changing from the Stock Android to a AOSP, CM Android. What do I lose? Does the quick remote still works? Is the camera as good as stock? Does the device gets faster or more battery efficient? What are the trade-offs?
Thanks!

GTMoraes said:
Hey, i've been willing to try stock android for a while on my G2, but I've never been so adventurous. I left that for my Nexus 7.
I do have knowledge about the benefits and the nice add-ons that Paranoid, CM and etc brings, but I've been reluctant to make the change.
When I bought this phone months ago, I've quickly went into XDA to check the Original Androids, even before using the G2.
Every ROM I found back then had some "serious" flaw, like messed up camera (ported from N5), no quick-remote, bad battery life et al. So I just went on using the Stock G2 Android and guess what.. it's pretty nice. Fast and full of features.
I'm pretty comfortable with the CloudyG3 ROM right now, but I want to try something new.
Since my previous adventures with flashing ROM merrily were much time consuming, and I need this phone on working order 24/7, I'd like to hear your opinion regarding to changing from the Stock Android to a AOSP, CM Android. What do I lose? Does the quick remote still works? Is the camera as good as stock? Does the device gets faster or more battery efficient? What are the trade-offs?
Thanks!
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Greetings, the trade offs from my experience of using Paranoid Android 4.4.4(based of cyanogenmod) is the loss of quick remote, slight difference in camera quality of using the Google camera, the quality using the Google camera is good but not great, it's like the app is reprogramming the true image quality of the lg g2 and programming it to shoot at 8 megapixels, I myself personally is still trying to find an app out there that performs good with my infared emitter on the g2, no luck, but simply put, you lose 90% if not 100% of the features that was put into the g2 when you flash a custom rom.
Besides the trade offs I mentioned, the battery life is performing very well for me
I really hope I helped you in your decision
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TechGirl90 said:
Greetings, the trade offs from my experience of using Paranoid Android 4.4.4(based of cyanogenmod) is the loss of quick remote, slight difference in camera quality of using the Google camera, the quality using the Google camera is good but not great, it's like the app is reprogramming the true image quality of the lg g2 and programming it to shoot at 8 megapixels, I myself personally is still trying to find an app out there that performs good with my infared emitter on the g2, no luck, but simply put, you lose 90% if not 100% of the features that was put into the g2 when you flash a custom rom.
Besides the trade offs I mentioned, the battery life is performing very well for me
I really hope I helped you in your decision
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Hey, thanks!
I feel like It'll be a rough transition, and I'll miss many features. I'm still pondering the losses and the gains. Thanks for letting me know about what won't work, I might try Paranoid this weekend, just to see how it performs. God bless Nandroid backups!

GTMoraes said:
Hey, thanks!
I feel like It'll be a rough transition, and I'll miss many features. I'm still pondering the losses and the gains. Thanks for letting me know about what won't work, I might try Paranoid this weekend, just to see how it performs. God bless Nandroid backups!
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No problem[emoji4]
UPDATE: a new tradeoff from what I've experienced is the sound quality on Paranoid Android, it sounds very grainy, for example it sounds like a person talking loud with a mic, this is a software issue with Paranoid Android, I personally did not like that, so I returned to Stock and flashed a different ROM, this ROM is called "Mahdi", and the sound quality sounds so much better and clear, I can hear people clearly on the other line when I speak with them, I didn't get this experience with Paranoid Android, Paranoid Android sound quality when listening to the person on the other line sounds muffled, I find myself having to ask them to repeat what they've said.
Long Story Short: Paranoid Android's audio is not good and Mahdi ROM's is, so if you don't want to deal with this software issue with the audio, give " Mahdi ROM" a try.[emoji4][emoji4]
Here's a link to the ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48954210
The tradeoffs(beside the bad audio quality on Paranoid Android) will still exist.[emoji4]

TechGirl90 said:
No problem[emoji4]
UPDATE: a new tradeoff from what I've experienced is the sound quality on Paranoid Android, it sounds very grainy, for example it sounds like a person talking loud with a mic, this is a software issue with Paranoid Android, I personally did not like that, so I returned to Stock and flashed a different ROM, this ROM is called "Mahdi", and the sound quality sounds so much better and clear, I can hear people clearly on the other line when I speak with them, I didn't get this experience with Paranoid Android, Paranoid Android sound quality when listening to the person on the other line sounds muffled, I find myself having to ask them to repeat what they've said.
Long Story Short: Paranoid Android's audio is not good and Mahdi ROM's is, so if you don't want to deal with this software issue with the audio, give " Mahdi ROM" a try.[emoji4][emoji4]
Here's a link to the ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48954210
The tradeoffs(beside the bad audio quality on Paranoid Android) will still exist.[emoji4]
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Wow, that was unexpected! Don't you think using Viper4Android mod wouldn't fix?
Call quality is a must for me... Thanks for the heads up! I'll try this Mahdi ROM this weekend

GTMoraes said:
Wow, that was unexpected! Don't you think using Viper4Android mod wouldn't fix?
Call quality is a must for me... Thanks for the heads up! I'll try this Mahdi ROM this weekend
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No problem,[emoji4] just make sure you download the patch of your variant, or else Mahdi ROM, won't boot, you'll be stuck at fastboot.[emoji6]
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Hmm, never heard of Viper4Android.
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GTMoraes said:
Hey, i've been willing to try stock android for a while on my G2, but I've never been so adventurous. I left that for my Nexus 7.
I do have knowledge about the benefits and the nice add-ons that Paranoid, CM and etc brings, but I've been reluctant to make the change.
When I bought this phone months ago, I've quickly went into XDA to check the Original Androids, even before using the G2.
Every ROM I found back then had some "serious" flaw, like messed up camera (ported from N5), no quick-remote, bad battery life et al. So I just went on using the Stock G2 Android and guess what.. it's pretty nice. Fast and full of features.
I'm pretty comfortable with the CloudyG3 ROM right now, but I want to try something new.
Since my previous adventures with flashing ROM merrily were much time consuming, and I need this phone on working order 24/7, I'd like to hear your opinion regarding to changing from the Stock Android to a AOSP, CM Android. What do I lose? Does the quick remote still works? Is the camera as good as stock? Does the device gets faster or more battery efficient? What are the trade-offs?
Thanks!
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I came to this phone from a Nexus 4. Same as you I constantly toyed with that phone. I flashed Paranoid Android and Cyanogenmod both on this phone. I was so sorry I did. They just can not hold up to the stability of a solid stock rom. I presently am using Cloudyfa Cloudy Stock. Works great and since I'm not using ART presently I have a lot of Xposed running to customize and tweak the stock rom. Cloudyfa's Cloudy G3 rom is great too.
Tradeoffs.....
1) Not quite as stable.
2) Camera quality can not even compare to Xdabbebs mod which works best on Stock.
3) Missing features (that you may or may not use)
4) Really no reason to do it....
Good luck!
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jcnbama said:
I came to this phone from a Nexus 4. Same as you I constantly toyed with that phone. I flashed Paranoid Android and Cyanogenmod both on this phone. I was so sorry I did. They just can not hold up to the stability of a solid stock rom. I presently am using Cloudyfa Cloudy Stock. Works great and since I'm not using ART presently I have a lot of Xposed running to customize and tweak the stock rom. Cloudyfa's Cloudy G3 rom is great too.
Tradeoffs.....
1) Not quite as stable.
2) Camera quality can not even compare to Xdabbebs mod which works best on Stock.
3) Missing features (that you may or may not use)
4) Really no reason to do it....
Good luck!
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Yeah... I'm running Mahdi ROM here and.. well, it feels awkward. It feels like I'm losing, missing something. It is butter smooth, sure, but the stock ROM was also this. It doesn't have the copy/paste cache too, which I liked a lot. Camera quality is shameful, and from a device that commonly received random praises about photo quality from friends. I've found a mod that enabled QuickRemote back, but I couldn't stand using the G2 like that anymore, unfortunately.
Funny that I always used my Moto Atrix 4G, Galaxy S3 (these two works till today, and are incredibly fast!) and Nexus 7 with CyanogenMod and Paranoid, but it just feels wrong on the G2. LG surely did a great job there. I'm back to my G3 ROM, with a comfy, cozy, homey feel.
I won't go out in the wild anymore lol. (Maybe when the Nexus 7 is up and running again)

I came from a Nexus 4 aswell, and I had a Nexus 7v2 too, so like you I'm used to the stock feeling of Android.
However, I don't find AOSP based Roms for the LG G2 to give out the same performance they give on Nexus devices.
It feels out of place, like something is missing.
After almost regreting trading my Nexus 4 for the LG G2, I found Cloudy G3 Rom and I've been happy since then. It's a great Rom, very stable, battery life is good and you keep all the G2 stock features such as Knock Code.
Personaly I think it is the best Rom for this device so far.

If you want the remote on a custom ROM, you can have it, just follow the guide in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596104

Resurrection Rom UNREAL!

Holy crap this is FAST!! plus the customizations are unreal! Thank you so much for the hard work!!

x_zao_x said:
Holy crap this is FAST!! plus the customizations are unreal! Thank you so much for the hard work!!
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Do you have a link to the ROM that you used. I cant seen to find it. I would like to give it a try.

Its in the Moto Maxx forums here on XDA

firefighteremt18 said:
Do you have a link to the ROM that you used. I cant seen to find it. I would like to give it a try.
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Read this post. Written a few days before the bootloader unlock was officially released, but has ALL the links you need.
LINKS TO ALL QUARK ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63956817&postcount=4
and this post
LINKS TO OTHER QUARK STUFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63956441&postcount=2
All your questions are answered.

Not to take away all the hard work computerfreek and the other devs have done though...thank you as well!

Personally, I've found that RR is not as stable or as smooth as stock. I've had quite a few issues with both the 11/27 and 11/29 builds. Going to flash CM12.1 to see if it's any different.
EDIT: CM12.1 seems to be running much more smoothly right now. I don't know why, but as long as it stays like this I'll be sticking with CyanogenMod.

decimeter said:
Personally, I've found that RR is not as stable or as smooth as stock. I've had quite a few issues with both the 11/27 and 11/29 builds. Going to flash CM12.1 to see if it's any different.
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Both Resurrection Remix and CM 12.1 are stable and smooth. There's 1000 - 1 opinions in favor of those ROMs. I think any issues you have stemmed from your own actions:
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I ask because I was trying to format /system and /data as f2fs and /system reverted to ext4. It doesn't really matter too much though. I have /data as f2fs and that's enough for me.
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And the Resurrection dev told you so...
baybutcher27 said:
way set system as f2fs it is ext4 by default? and the kernel has noting to do with TWRP, probably the ROM that you use set it as ext4 because it ROM flash format's the system and thanks to the scrip or TWRP it set the partition the right way.
If you face any bug after what you are doing don't report as a bug please.
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Now you are dissing the ROM when you messed it up.
However, if you want to make either ROM EVEN smoother, I suggest Nova Launcher and using these settings in Developer Options:
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ChazzMatt said:
Both Resurrection Remix and CM 12.1 are stable and smooth. There's 1000 - 1 opinions in favor of those ROMs. I think any issues you have stemmed from your own actions:
And the Resurrection dev told you so...
Now you are dissing the ROM when you messed it up.
However, if you want to make either ROM EVEN smoother, I suggest Nova Launcher and using these settings in Developer Options:
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First of all, changing animation time will not change the actual smoothness or speed of the device. I used 1x animation speed and changing it won't make any difference anyway. That suggestion doesn't make sense. Second, I shouldn't have to to force GPU rendering and sacrifice battery life to achieve performance I got on stock without enabling that option.
Third, my performance issues are not due to using f2fs. F2fs is faster than ext4 anyway in most cases, but just in case I reverted to ext4, and did a full wipe & reflash yesterday. I still experience worse performance and stability than stock. Perhaps there is something weird about my device. I will add more details once I've had a chance to try CM12.1.
Finally, I am not trying to say that the ROM is low quality or that the developer did not do a good job. I understand that this is simply what one needs to deal with when using with custom ROMs, especially for such an obscure device. I respect the devs' dedication but would also like to do whatever I can to make my device more usable.

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Personally, I've found that RR is not as stable or as smooth as stock. I've had quite a few issues with both the 11/27 and 11/29 builds. Going to flash CM12.1 to see if it's any different.
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Dude if u had issues u must have done something wrong. I'm running RR and followed the instructionsand also have had not one problem,bug,or glitch...
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decimeter said:
First of all, changing animation time will not change the actual smoothness or speed of the device. I used 1x animation speed and changing it won't make any difference anyway. That suggestion doesn't make sense. Second, I shouldn't have to to force GPU rendering and sacrifice battery life to achieve performance I got on stock without enabling that option.
Third, my performance issues are not due to using f2fs. F2fs is faster than ext4 anyway in most cases, but just in case I reverted to ext4, and did a full wipe & reflash yesterday. I still experience worse performance and stability than stock. Perhaps there is something weird about my device. I will add more details once I've had a chance to try CM12.1.
Finally, I am not trying to say that the ROM is low quality or that the developer did not do a good job. I understand that this is simply what one needs to deal with when using with custom ROMs, especially for such an obscure device. I respect the devs' dedication but would also like to do whatever I can to make my device more usable.
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That was incredibly stupid... All of it. .. You're gonna brick your phone....
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PILLMUZIK3600 said:
That was incredibly stupid... All of it. .. You're gonna brick your phone....
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What was stupid about it? And how on earth am I going to brick my phone by flashing ROMs and changing the filesystem type? That doesn't even make sense.

Let's see... changing the file type even tho the developer advised against it and he wouldn't advise u if u incurred any bugs or problems... Pretty stupid... Its completely possible to brick your phone by doing things like that
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PILLMUZIK3600 said:
Its completely possible to brick your phone by doing things like that
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No...it's not. Worst case scenario, it doesn't boot, so I go into TWRP, revert to ext4, and reflash the ROM.
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PILLMUZIK3600 said:
Let's see... changing the file type even tho the developer advised against it and he wouldn't advise u if u incurred any bugs or problems... Pretty stupid...
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So? I changed it, it worked, and I reverted because I didn't see any difference. It 100% cannot cause irreversible damage. The worst that can happen is that I'll have to reflash and lose my data. It didn't cause any bugs or problems and I didn't ask the developer for any help. Whatever my performance issues were caused by, it wasn't switching to f2fs. I had the same problems with ext4 and I'm now running CM12.1 with none of the issues I encountered on Resurrection Remix. And like I said before, I don't blame the dev for any of the problems I had. It's clearly isolated to my case, so something weird must have happened. Oh well. It's stable and smooth now, though not quite as nice as stock, so it doesn't particularly interest me what went wrong before.

He is correct, it wouldn't make a difference that could damage his phone.
And for the record very very seldom is a cm based ROM smoother than stock.
You have to remember they pay entire teams with ALL the pertinent data to make the "stock" ROM. Often for speed battery and smoothness you have to stay on a stock base.
That said, I'm loving cm12.1. And I do not see reason to ever go back.
Sent from my DROID Turbo using XDA Free mobile app

I agree. This RR rom is incredible. I also use it on my Nexus 5. I love this rom! Thank you for this thread OP and thank you RR rom developer!

I was wondering anybody having the issues with hands free Bluetooth audio with RR like CM12.1 ?
I was unable to hear the person and the person was unable to hear me on CM12.1.
Please let me know as I am eager to try this.

anish88 said:
I was wondering anybody having the issues with hands free Bluetooth audio with RR like CM12.1 ?
I was unable to hear the person and the person was unable to hear me on CM12.1.
Please let me know as I am eager to try this.
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Same here amazing work on the ROM though

juggamonkey said:
Same here amazing work on the ROM though
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have you been able to get bluetooth working? Or you were wondering the same thing?

anish88 said:
have you been able to get bluetooth working? Or you were wondering the same thing?
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Not here. I was running RR, but due to local hands-free ordinances being passed (namely in San Antonio and New Braunfels) I had to switch back to stock...no hands-free is a non-starter down here in South Texas. It's a shame, because I love everything else about RR. Definitely not blaming @baybutcher27, it seems to be more of a CM12.1 bug, since I had the same issues running straight CM.

anish88 said:
have you been able to get bluetooth working? Or you were wondering the same thing?
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rnwalker7 said:
Not here. I was running RR, but due to local hands-free ordinances being passed (namely in San Antonio and New Braunfels) I had to switch back to stock...no hands-free is a non-starter down here in South Texas. It's a shame, because I love everything else about RR. Definitely not blaming @baybutcher27, it seems to be more of a CM12.1 bug, since I had the same issues running straight CM.
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It's certain devices that have bluetooth issues. My Jawbone Icon headset and Pioneer stereo connect fine with Bluetooth. I use them daily. Both CM and RR devs would appreciate logs of any bluetooth problems.