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[GUIDE] Guide - S3 Battery savings, performance tips, app advice & Boeffla profiles
***Guide - S3 Battery savings, performance tips, app advice & Boeffla profiles (Jump to post 2!) for Lollipop, KitKat & Jelly Bean!***
CONTENTS
*PROLOGUE AND INTENT
*GET MISSING FEATURES BACK
*BATTERY DRAIN
*CUSTOM KERNELS
*USEFUL APPS
*TROUBLE SHOOTING
*NOTES
*MY BOEFFLA SAMSUNG ONDEMAND PROFILE ON POST 2!!!!
Prologue & Intent
I have used AOSP/CM based roms exclusively since owning Android handsets, there are many benefits to this, especially on handsets that manufacturers simply abandon and leave in a poor state, this is thankfully not the case on our trusty Galaxy S3!
However, one of the bugbears of being in the alpha/beta test world that is CM/AOSP etc, its the many teething bugs that can hamper your usage of the device and to make things more irritating, the S3 has plenty of hardware revisions and proprietary software that makes obtaining a truly perfect experience tricky for the developer and the user to achieve!
For these reasons, like me, you might have decided to return to Samsung stock rom or one of the the excellent refined versions of stock by the likes of @_Sale_ or @qaraqumus (NeatRom 4.3 & QS 4.4.2 N7100 Port).
When you return, you are greeted by missing features, but also greeted with excellent camera, depending on your view more polished stock applications that you can keep or get rid of according to taste. Of course, the main thing you will start to experience is STABILITY and its quite addictive!
So this guide is work in progress, I only returned to stock based roms 3 weeks ago, I really wanted a good stable camera and I was to be fair a bit bored of being a nightlie flashaholic! If you have useful information that can be verified as useful then please contribute and lets help others realise that stock is not a dirty word!
I find that all of the missing features from customs roms can be replicated and there is no reason to think that you will be de-featured by returning to stock, nor are any of these things laborious or complicated!
How to get the missing features back that you loved in custom roms!
So you have gone back to stock!
a) You are enjoying the stability and you probably love having the stock camera back! Oooh, perfect burst mode and video record pause! yum yum!
b) You are sad, you miss quick panels, you miss pie, you hate the annoying battery alerts and camera low functionality on low battery power!
These are the sort of things I felt I could not live without, so with help from my XDA friends, I have found answers to all the stuff I wanted back! If there is is something missing that you want back, ask on this thread and lets see if we can discover more together!
1) How to get back functionality like no low battery alerts, using your camera properly when on low power, browser exit, system tweaks, battery icon location and style, quick settings layout, sound behavior, long back kill, etc etc!
1. Install Xposed Framework, go here and follow instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
2. Install the most excellent apps you will ever install on your custom rom, Wanam Xposed, now you can configure everything I mention and more! : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed&hl=en_GB
3.. Optional install Gravity Box for Xposed, for enabling a few features not included in the more compatible Wanam! Such as full screen lockscreen widgets and some additional hardware key functionality! Be careful ensure that you mirror any similar settings between Wanam and Gravity Box to ensure you have not cross fighting! [/url]
4. Boot Manager - Highlights what apps boot with your phone and allows you to stop them doing so!
5. Flat Style Bar Indicators - Lets you pick some nice looking wifi/mobile indicators for your status bar
6) Recent App Cleaner - Cleans out my recent apps when I turn my screen off and allows you to select apps that you want to keep open as well
7) Xad - Works like Adaway, stopping adverts where it can, its better than adaway as well
8) Xposed Additions - Allow excellent re-mapping of your hardware buttons!
9) XuiMod - Only use this change the system transitions when opening and closing apps, really nice
10) YouTube Adaway - Removes ads and suggestion pop ups in YouTube
11) Start feeling really happy about returning to stock!
How to stop battery drain!
Ok, this is annoying, but it is easy to sort out! there are some basics to observe and then some extra things you can do as well! Everything can be done safely and be reversable so you may experiment freely! Of course, it's a great idea to do a nandroid backup in case you make a mess of things, but if you follow this guide you will be fine and happy!
i) Get Greenify from the Playstore, run it, follow the instructions and limit the apps from waking your device up! On 4.3 roms I find it very useful, however on 4.4.2 I find it a lot less useful, in fact I don't use it at all on QS and I find that xposed Recent App Cleaner performs a better job. However for 4.3 users, stuff like Facebook etc will wake your phone up until the cows come home, but do not greenify apps that you want to be able to deliver on demand messages, like Whatsapp etc, obvious? UPDATE - If you are Pro user then use the Hibernate and Lock Feature to ensure your phone goes to sleep nicely!!!https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en_GB
ii) Instal betterybatterystats, follow the xda thread to understand more about what you are doing and you will soon know which naughty apps that are waking up your device! You can then install apps such as Titanium Backup and freeze those apps, so that they no longer run and no longer drain your battery. If you decide you want an app back, then unfreeze it! It is as safe as that! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en_GB
iii) Tryout Recent App Cleaner for ensuring apps a killed when your screen is off, seems to work better on QS/4.4.2 roms than greenify, read my post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58086117&postcount=112
Alternatively use RootAppDelete, i prefer this app, you simply click on system app, choose junior mode (pro mode will delete the app, which is fine if you know for sure you want an app gone forever! or at least untill you next flash an update rom back to your device, disabling is the safer and easier option!) which will then only freeze the apps (just like titanium) and you then tap the offending app and allow it to disable it. If you want one back, then tap the disabled icon and tap the app you want to bring back to life! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsj.android.systemappremover&hl=en_GB
What system apps should I get rid of?
This depends on your usage and which revision of android/rom you are using, but for me all of the below were pointless battery draining ram using wastes of space or apps that have a better alternative that are more system resource friendly! If you are unsure, google search the name of the app and you will find results explaining what they were doing within the first page of results, i did!:
NOTE: Please make sure you research each app/service to ensure that your application will not be affected by freezing of any of the below, you can do this in google search or if you use Root App Delete you can press the info button to get an instant google search result!
Adapt Sound
Allshare Control Service
Allshare file service
Application Installer
Badge providers
Basic Daydreams
Best Face
Bluetooth Test
Bubbles
CapabilityManagerService
com.sec.android.app.minimode.res
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
com.sec.bcservice
com.sec.android.samsung.drmprovider
com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker
com.sec.bcservice
com.sec.android/app.FlashbarService (the side bar on QS rom, if you don't like it, kill it off here!)
ChocoEUKor
CoolEUKor
CLoudAgent
Deep Sea
DirectShareManager
dropbox
dsmforwarding
dsmlawmo
EasyOneHand
Easy Settings
ELM Agent
EmergencyManagerService
enterprise permissions
enterprise sysscope service
enterprise sim pin service
enterprise vpn
Enterprise Sim Pin Service
faceunlock - YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS FEATURE??
factory test
Factory Mode
fm radio - YOU MIGHT WANT IT?
fwupgrade
gallery - YOU MUST REPLACE THIS WITH SOMETHING HOWEVER - REPLACED WITH QUICK PIC ON MY PHONE - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en_GB
gmail - UNLESS YOU WANT IT OF COURSE!
Google One Time Init
Google Partner Setup
Google Search
Launcher (Make sure you have another launcher installed first!)
LCDtest
Luminous Dots
mobile tracker
MDMApp
Multimedia UI Service Layer
Music (I prefer other music players!)
musicfx
nfc service - YOU MIGHT WANT IT?
nfc test
OMACP
OmaDrmPopup
pagebuddynotisvc
perso
PickupTutorial
Phase Beam
PhoneUtil
photoscreensavers
Photowall
PopupuiReceiver
remote controls
RilNotifier
RoseEUKor
SamsungSans
samsung account
Samsung Link Platform Connectivity
samsung keyboard - YOU NEED A KEYBOARD - I USE GOOGLE KEYBOARD! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin&hl=en_GB
Samsung SBrowser Syncadapter
samsung setupwizard
samsung test to speach
screen mirroring
SecWallpaperChoose
Self Test Mode
Service Mode
ShareShotService
silent logging
S Planner (Google Calendar rules!)
smartcardmanager
smartcardservice
software update
sysscope
Tags
TCP Dump service
touchwiz - IMPORTANT YOU MUST INSTALL A REPLACEMENT LAUNCHER BEFORE REMOVING! I LIKE Smart Launcher - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree&hl=en_GB
tmserverapp
TopicWall
trypan
User Manual
UltraCfg
video
videoplayer - YOU WILL WANT A VIDEO PLAYER, MOST USE MX PLAYER! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&hl=en_GB
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
WlanTest
wssyncmlnps
AS I SAY, GOOGLE SEARCH NAME AND READ UP ABOUT WHAT THE APPS ABOVE DO BEFORE DISABLING THEM, BUT IF YOU WANT THEM BACK JUST UN-DISABLE! SO VERY SIMPLE!!!
Custom kernel sir?
Your stock kernel is good! Remember that!
The custom kernels are better if only if you have to have some of the features, like a desperate need to under or overclock your device, change led behavior and so fourth!
There are many to choose from and you will find them easily enough, I am sure you know of them! I use Boeffla and I have a stable gently overclocked profile you can get from my signature if you want an easy ride with great OC performance, stability and great battery results!
However, it's always best to stay on stock kernel whilst you make your system stable, once it is, then is the time to play with your kernel! I won't and nor will most other users want to help you if you don't follow that simple rule!
Other useful apps and mods!
Pie Control - Miss Pie? Get it here for free! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol&hl=en_GB
Reboot - Handy app to bring up a customisable reboot menu! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ams.reboot&hl=en_GB
Screen Off & Lock - Does as it says! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en_GB
Adaway - Get rid off those nasty adverts, but maybe limit some genuine useful free apps from making revenue for their authors, let you conscience decide! - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
Nice camera hack for picking replacement gallery viewer, battery options etc - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50652193&postcount=15015
Chronus - Get the good old lockscreen weather and calendar widget that features in most AOSP roms, just make sure you select the Chronus Flex widget when you pick your lockscreen widget, that's the one you'll be after! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dvtonder.chronus&hl=en
Yet another screen brigtness app - Sick of Samsung's lame auto brightness feature locking to full brightness and requiring a phone reboot? Or annoyed it won't let you tailor the service the way you want? Well, install this and be very happy! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.gyrus.yaab&hl=en
Bored of Touchwiz and in general all of the samey samey swipey swipey launchers out there? Try Smart Launcher 2! I have not looked back since, perfect experience for your phone, just be willing to play with it for half an hour and I'm sure many of you will appreciate it's overall simplicity! Of and freeze touchwiz afterwards and save yourself a nice chunk of RAM! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree&hl=en
Trouble shooting
Correct Wiping procedure:
Forgot the correct procedure for wiping your phone when making a switch between rom variants? Just so you do know, when moving from Android revisions or even within the same android build number (i.e. 4.2.2 / 4.3 / 4.31 / 4.4.4 etc) IT IS IMPERATIVE that you Factory Wipe Data, Cache, Davlik and format System! Failure to do so can lead to odd performance or nasty bootloops! Thanks to @andrewwright for reminding me to remind you!
NOTES
I have not developed any of the apps or mods or guides that are linked to this guide, please pay respect to their respective authors and contributors directly on their forum threads.
I will endeavor to update this guide with new things I discover and learn from peoples contributions on this thread.
You always take responsibility for your device! The easy way to protect yourself is make a nandroid backup, back up your apps using titanium backup, freeze or disable your apps rather than uninstall them, don't do anything suggested on this thread unless you are either competent or willing to learn as you make mistakes!
My Boeffla Profiles!
CM12 (Lollipop) Profiles:
Intelliactive CM12 V3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58681634&postcount=1506
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Android QS 4.4.2 (and variants) / Back-to-Noot 4.4.4 (and vairants) Profiles
Ondemand Sammy 4.4.2/4.4.4 Ports - Best balance of performance and battery with tweaks for 4.4.2 Ports! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58962534&postcount=1553
Android 4.XX Profiles - Note please reset your LMK values after applying!
Ondemand Final v2.1 - Best balance of performance and battery! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57850654&postcount=1422
zzmoove Finalv2 - Good for those who use their phone very little! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56206915&postcount=1299
Intelliactive v4 - All out performance at expense of a little battery http://tinyurl.com/mghintelli
ArchiPort Ondemand v1 - http://tinyurl.com/mgharchiport
When flashing roms:
To stop the likes of bootloop when swapping between aosp and custom tw sammy roms remember to format data and system in recovery FIRST then flash rom/gapps. factory reset isnt enough imo for a clean install. When returning with an odin flash if you have a bootloop go into recovery and "factory reset" and reboot the phone.
I see so many threads started about these bootloop problems when swapping between aosp and tw its a good idea to have this here imo.
Also for the total noobs out there...PIT FILES are a LAST resort! Dont mess with these till you understand what there for. If you still dont understand after reading about pit files....ASK SOMEONE. Dont just flash and hope for the best.
Great idea and a good guide. :thumbup:
andrewwright said:
When flashing roms:
To stop the likes of bootloop when swapping between aosp and custom tw sammy roms remember to format data and system in recovery FIRST then flash rom/gapps. factory reset isnt enough imo for a clean install. When returning with an odin flash if you have a bootloop go into recovery and "factory reset" and reboot the phone.
I see so many threads started about these bootloop problems when swapping between aosp and tw its a good idea to have this here imo.
Also for the total noobs out there...PIT FILES are a LAST resort! Dont mess with these till you understand what there for. If you still dont understand after reading about pit files....ASK SOMEONE. Dont just flash and hope for the best.
Great idea and a good guide. :thumbup:
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I'll add a trouble shooting section and incorporate this, thanks for contributing!
I forgot that some people don't always know the mega basics!
And God, I hope people don't use pit files on this device! I made custom pit files for the s2, but that device needed them! I have threads for that work, but yes no need for people to play with that on our trusty phone!
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I think gravitybox has more features than wanam. Like double tap notification bar to sleep.
probably you should include gravitybox modules. I'm using it. On archidroid.
elitetoniv said:
I think gravitybox has more features than wanam. Like double tap notification bar to sleep.
probably you should include gravitybox modules. I'm using it. On archidroid.
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Indeed, I use Gravity box also, I need a bit of both to get the system functionality I desire.
I will be updating the OP for Gravity box shortly, there are a few things to be cautious of according to some user reports, so I need to put a disclaimer to it. Cheers for contributing :good:
metalgearhathaway said:
Indeed, I use Gravity box also, I need a bit of both to get the system functionality I desire.
I will be updating the OP for Gravity box shortly, there are a few things to be cautious of according to some user reports, so I need to put a disclaimer to it. Cheers for contributing :good:
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yeah. GB is not meant for samsung touchwhiz. wanam is designed for touchwhiz.
so far i dont have any issue.
the reason why i use GB is because
-double tap status bar to lock screen
-status bar icon can be changed to kitkat icons
-ram bar available for recents apps
if only wanam have these features then i would go for wanam.
currently having greenify and gravitybox in my xposed module.
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what launcher are u using?
probably u should include some good launcher as TW is a bit slow.
nova prime :good:
I use smart launcher 2, tw fully removed!
I have both gravity and wannam working together to deliver all the features I need
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metalgearhathaway said:
I use smart launcher 2, tw fully removed!
I have both gravity and wannam working together to deliver all the features I need
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both xposed module?? wow... no crashes or bootloops? im afraid the wrong configuration will result in bootloop...
no issue on gravitybox as i dont mess around with lots of features, just the ones i need.
hows neatrom? good?
archidroid is great... :good:
elitetoniv said:
both xposed module?? wow... no crashes or bootloops? im afraid the wrong configuration will result in bootloop...
no issue on gravitybox as i dont mess around with lots of features, just the ones i need.
hows neatrom? good?
archidroid is great... :good:
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It's very hard to differentiate between archi and neat, both as good as each other!
Mixing both modules no issues, but obviously make sure your settings between the two don't conflict otherwise you could have issues.
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elitetoniv said:
both xposed module?? wow... no crashes or bootloops? im afraid the wrong configuration will result in bootloop...
no issue on gravitybox as i dont mess around with lots of features, just the ones i need.
hows neatrom? good?
archidroid is great... :good:
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update, I should have mentioned that using version 2.7.6 of gravity box combined with Wannam is fine, the later versions do cause ui issues! I will be updating OP soon
EDIT - OP UPDATED WITH DETAILS FOR GRAVITY BOX, NEW APPS TO FREEZE AND INSTALL
How do you use ondemand? Is UI any smooth?
AssassinGEO said:
How do you use ondemand? Is UI any smooth?
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Give the profile a try and find out. I find ondemand the most balanced performing governor, offering both performance and battery saving potential. However, upon my using my v3 profile for s couple of days, I have chose to alter my setting of swappiness from 60 to 40 and have altered the zram down to 160mb. The balancing of the profile is getting close to perfect and I hope to release a final version by next weekend!
Let me know how you get on if you choose to try
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how much ram does SL2 consume?
might give it a try if its better than nova prime...
elitetoniv said:
how much ram does SL2 consume?
might give it a try if its better than nova prime...
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Looks like about 55mb, how much does Touchwiz use or any of the others?
Nova Prime use about 61 MB.
gesendet mit Tapatalk
NexxP963 said:
Nova Prime use about 61 MB.
gesendet mit Tapatalk
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really?? im getting around 30+ mb.
touchwhiz is definitely more...
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i find that quick pic consume more ram than default gallery.
also i cannot access recent snapped pictures from the default camera.
elitetoniv said:
really?? im getting around 30+ mb.
touchwhiz is definitely more...
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i find that quick pic consume more ram than default gallery.
also i cannot access recent snapped pictures from the default camera.
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Read my op, there is a mod to get quickpic working in camera app!
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metalgearhathaway said:
Read my op, there is a mod to get quickpic working in camera app!
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can't find it in your op.care to paste the info here.
Is it faster than default gallery app
elitetoniv said:
can't find it in your op.care to paste the info here.
Is it faster than default gallery app
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50652193&postcount=15015
Are you waiting out on updating for next weeks Tmobile update? At this current moment, w/ Xposed 3.0 Alpha3, we still don't know if we will ever get support (as the dev said). I currently have the phone setup pretty much dependent on Xposed. Not sure how I will setup the phone again without some of the stuff Xposed has to offer.
List of modules:
Complete Action Plus - Used because Samsung's Complete Action feature is a bit gimmickly and this one allows you to properly setup which apps you want by default.
GravityBox - This is used because I want to change/remap my "recent key" to "menu" instead.
Greenify - no need to explain
Network Speed Indicator is perfect for the Notification Box. Yes this can be replaced.
PerAppFonts - Used to change the apps in my chat app... No replacement w/out Xposed
Samsung Camera Fix - Now I can launch Quickpic directly from Camera App
Screen Filter - Used with tasker to kill bluescreen that hurts your eyes
Secure Setting - Paired w/ Tasker since it can control GPS, Radios, Power Saving, and etc
Wanam - too many functions here
XHangouts - To edit Hangout settings
Youtube Adaway - blocks youtube ads
YourTube - Used for automatically selecting 4k stream and changing display menu at launch of Youtube App
God I wish this list wasn't so long that I became dependent.
Nope. I bought the device because I liked it. Not because I liked it and it could run xposed.
MajorTom_ said:
Nope. I bought the device because I liked it. Not because I liked it and it could run xposed.
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I've been using this phone since launch. What i'm trying to say is... will you be holding out on the Lollipop update because Xposed isn't supported..
Dont think anyone will miss it really. You can always go back to kitkat and use xpose so it is not really a thing to "miss"
That is the joy of choices...new update because it got pretty colors and new lockscreen/notification settings? or stay with the old that does EVERYTHING you require from it?
mgbotoe said:
Dont think anyone will miss it really. You can always go back to kitkat and use xpose so it is not really a thing to "miss"
That is the joy of choices...new update because it got pretty colors and new lockscreen/notification settings? or stay with the old that does EVERYTHING you require from it?
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LOL hard choices!
twe90kid said:
LOL hard choices!
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You have to remember...we have several developers who are not lazy to actually modify the roms...check out some of the few lollipop roms laying to see what i mean if you haven't already ...granted, they do not do any of what you listed LMAO!
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I've been using this phone since launch. What i'm trying to say is... will you be holding out on the Lollipop update because Xposed isn't supported..
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No need to hold out. Xposed is a luxury to me.
mgbotoe said:
You have to remember...we have several developers who are not lazy to actually modify the roms...check out some of the few lollipop roms laying to see what i mean if you haven't already ...granted, they do not do any of what you listed LMAO!
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I've already tried one and flashed back to kitkat.
I'm trying to see if there's replacements to kill off that xposed list.
Not me. Never used it and don't think I ever will
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Actually most of those mods have been manually added into some Lollipop Roms already. So no I won't miss xposed. It's better to have it as a built in for stability purposes
VeNuMuS said:
Actually most of those mods have been manually added into some Lollipop Roms already. So no I won't miss xposed. It's better to have it as a built in for stability purposes
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I just flashed to Lollipop TEKXodus N4 URv1.6
One thing that I use is Greenify GCM push. Seems like you can't use GCM push when Xposed doesn't work.
The only thing I really care about is YouTube adaway and mw manager. I hate youtube ads, and I love that I can shrink any app by sliding from the corner.
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without Xprivacy, the android ecosystem is useless to me personally.
without the ability to keep my data, MY data, I would rather go get a iphone.
I do wish another option was available, a ton of usable mods are being hampered due to one add on (albeit a major one)
certainly not complaining since I can't code, Ill just stick with 4.4.4 and wait.
What about if you update and install dual Boot and run cm12 in the second ROM with xposed and that's it!!
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Actually most of those mods have been manually added into some Lollipop Roms already. So no I won't miss xposed. It's better to have it as a built in for stability purposes
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Thanks buddy, very good to know Regarding stability, no question that your statement is fact. Shines some bright light on this news, posted by @rovo89 today along with news of a new LP alpha...
Regarding Samsung ROMs: No progress. No ETA. No promise that it will be supported, although I don't exclude it either. It's simply unclear what further differences between their and AOSP's ART variant come up.
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I will personally miss the ability to use Xposed mainly due to the vast amount of customization options that it offers to users. While it is certainly preferable that various mods are baked into ROMs, there are some incredibly powerful modules that either can't or are highly unlikely to be included in any custom ROMs. I decided to go through the modules that I'm using and (attempt) to evaluate the likelihood/possibility that their effects could/would be included in a custom ROM (or replicated by non-xposed dependent apps). Here's my take, would love to hear the thoughts of others :good:
Amplify: Surely. Most ROMs improve battery life vs. stock anyway. Wakelocks/services/alarms can be "tamed" by other means.
CPU Freq in Statusbar: Maybe not in the statusbar, but Dynamic (Kat at least, have yet to try Pop) has it as well as the CPU gov in the notification panel. Better than "good enough"
Coolify: A newer module that I don't think many people are aware of... but absolutely should be! Giving it a look in the Play store will give you a better idea of what it does than a brief description. Really a fantastic app/module... frequently updated and each new version works better than the last! I also like that it shows the battery temp in the status bar. If I were crazy greedy, would prefer that it showed CPU core 0 temp, but I'm not, so happy to keep an eye on the battery I doubt that the full effect would be implemented in a ROM, but I'd think that it could be to some degree.
Greenify: Similar effect built into a ROM? Sounds like a TON of work... will be missed.
No lock home: Was very happy to learn that this is built into LP itself... good call!
PlayPermissionsXposed: A module I consider quite important but wouldn't expect to see it in a ROM. AppOps (already baked into ROMs) is far more useful though anyway.
UnbelovedHosts (paid version): Similar to AdAway, and KILLER as an addition to it. It's very rare that I see an ad of any kind on my phone. The unlock key allows to blocked hosts lists to be auto-updated. Will be missed.
Unicon: Purely cosmetic but I love this module. IMO it's the ultimate "UI consistency" tool. Along with my icon pack of choice (Velur, hands down) my (Nova Prime backed) UI looks... appealing Too "specialized" to be baked into a ROM I would imagine. Will really miss this one.
Xposed Additions (pro): Please tell me that there are LP ROMS that enable key remapping... PLEASE! (Can't handle menu key = recents. It's WRONG I tells ya! WRONG!!!)
XuiMod: Another strictly cosmetic effect, but SO SWEET! Allows you to use animations from various ROMs, so.... yeah.
Huge thanks @VeNuMuS for allowing me to view to inability to use Xposed in a different light. LP, here I come :good:
@jazzmachine
Not having Greenify paid options is going to suck bad. Especially GCM push
If you guys miss Screen Filter you could always download Twighlight from the play store
I do not plan on moving off my current setup until/if Xposed is fully up & functional with TouchWiz & Lollipop.
Unless T-Mobile is making Lollipop make my phone have secks w/ me... Nope, nah ah. Can't live without Xposed! :silly:
Don't use exposed. Don't see the value. Never have, never will
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jazzmachine said:
Xposed Additions (pro): Please tell me that there are LP ROMS that enable key remapping... PLEASE! (Can't handle menu key = recents. It's WRONG I tells
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Found out how to change this..
You can use Root Explorer:
Make sure you grant root and Mount R/W
Then go to /system/usr/keylayout
Modify file Generic.kl
Look for "Key 254"
Change it to Menu, Save, exit, and reboot.
Now I need to figure out how to change double press home to launch recent apps.
Hi!
I'v recently bought OnePlus 2 and I'm looking for a custom ROM.
Would you recommend some popular ones?
Which one do you use and why?
(I'd like something which can work with Magisk and Pokemon Go, so I guess CM is out of question.)
Also these would be nice:
- Google apps remove (I just need the Play).
- Performance optimization.
- More profile rocker customization.
- Possible to use the capacitive and on-screen buttons at once and their customization.
- Show battery percentage in the notification bar.
- I'm OK with the OP2 launcher removal... (I use Nova anyway.)
- ...
Thanks!
i'm using ressurrection remix(blackmix) from eliminator, it really is very fast rom, BTW exodus has also very good optimizations, none of roms comes with gapps, flash nano gapps from opengapps.org and you will get only play store.
So I've been using Aimrom for the past 3 months and there are times with very noticeable slow down and lag. Even doing simple things like opening up the quick setttings, typing or browsing lags sometimes. At times the system will freeze up and require a force reboot. It get's really annoying.
I use Greenify and I've greenified most of the apps such as FB, insta, twitter etc. Greenify does help boost the performance and improve battery life.
When I notice slow downs I clear all recent apps, use a ram cleanup app and hibernate on greenify and everything goes back to working the way it should.
But I find myself doing that way too many times which makes it quite frustrating.
I've tried RR, Lineage and Aosp nougat roms before and in beginning everything is smooth but I noticed the same issues with those roms as well after a couple weeks of usage.
I don't remember having same problems with stock lolipop and marshamallow roms and cm13. Only with nougat roms. How's the performance on Oreo roms?
Is this a problem only with nougat roms? Is it because of the older snapdragon 410 (Z00L user btw)? Do Oreo roms have better performance? Anyone else having a similar experience?
Is it just me?
Do you have lspeed installed? Disable oom killer
24imelqui said:
Do you have lspeed installed? Disable oom killer
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I've had it disabled.
Just enabled and did some tweaks. I do notice better performance.
Thanks
Try to use custom kernel like poison or fire kernel.
After testing custom and official ROMs I'm gonna review them here to help ppl chose there rom
I'm planning to keep this up to date as far as I can
You can reply with your opinions.
MIUI 9 v8.3.22 global beta
26 mar 2018
Pros
-Screenshot scrollable
-Fast
-204000 antutu
-Hotspot + wifi at the same time
-Easily 13h battery with hq games
-Substratum works on apps
Cons
-No xposed
-Low volume on wire headphones
-Can't easily skip music with volume keys
-Not enough modifications
-No PIP
-Some apps(Google translate, scann3d) can't use camera correctly if camera2api was enabled
Pixel experience 20180228
20 mar 2018
Pros
-AOSP
-Xposed (partially, some modules can't know it's activated)
-Smooth overall
-Good volume and sound everywhere
-Very good battery
Cons
-A tiny bit slower 190000 antutu
-Multi touch glitches (hard to play pubg the aim spins fast cuz it deformes the location of the 2nd touch)
-Wifi only works after a boot if you clean dalvik cache
-Phone heating up while charging (bad for battery)
-3D games and apps have glitches when you get a notification over the screen
-Not too much customizability like other AOSPs
Not even with gravity box as it can't be activated even though it's enabled in xposed (with latest beta3 magisk xposed module)
-Google photo uploads pics in full size to your Google drive and fills it(tho you cant change it to the unlimited one thinking its a pixel phone)
-No treble
Dotos v2.1 20180330
30 mar 2018
Pros
-Very smooth and fast
-No bugs everything works perfectly wifi bluetooth
-No heating up while charging
-204000 antutu
-Fully customizable
-Beautiful settings
-Xposed fully works + Android P-ify
-Treble enabled
-A nice unique camera app that can record 120fps normal speed videos
-Front hdr fix already there u don't need a zip
Cons
-Still having the double touch bug at this point I think it might be my phone but it's not there on miui Hmmm?
Makes games frustrating like pubg
-The battery is a tiny bit faster draining than on miui
About Pixel Experience
Battery is on par with other ROMS ( I use Greenify and GMS doze)
I haven't noticed any problem with multitouch here and I play various games
Wifi works perfectly too, no reboot to activate
I don't use pop-up notifications, so no glitches here
I have PIP ( Maps, YouTube, etc)
Rick_BR said:
Battery is on par with other ROMS ( I use Greenify and GMS doze)
I haven't noticed any problem with multitouch here and I play various games
Wifi works perfectly too, no reboot to activate
I don't use pop-up notifications, so no glitches here
I have PIP ( Maps, YouTube, etc)
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U use the same pe version and what firmware?
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ArinAbdul said:
U use the same pe version and what firmware?
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I use 02/28 build and 8.3.8 firmware.
Rick_BR said:
I use 02/28 build and 8.3.8 firmware.
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Well i updated the firmware and still same bug all of em
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Any comparison review between global and China? Things that are not working on China or things that are exists only in global? Problem with Google services in China?
Thanks in advance since I'm thinking moving forward from global since long time now there is no proper update...
I too get wifi issues with pixel experience. After some time (maybe 10 minutes or so) the wifi constantly drops and does not work even though it shows as being connected, but I've found this issue persists for all oreo roms for the mi 6, even miui, so this issue for me is not specific to pixel experience. On 7.1.2 I have no such issues.
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Any comparison review between global and China? Things that are not working on China or things that are exists only in global? Problem with Google services in China?
Thanks in advance since I'm thinking moving forward from global since long time now there is no proper update...
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Well you have to deal with Chinese apps like 20 of them also there's only a few languages mostly Chinese and English and there are some parts that stays Chinese like the search app,tho you can't switch it to Google search app
You can install google apps easily but you can't set Google assistant on the home button
That's it nothing more if u can live with that switch to it
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hi, anyone tried the mokee rom?
why there is no thread about this rom here?
i saw they have an Oreo for mi6. i had mokee on my
zuk z2 pro and it was the best.
planetera said:
??
You can always use system app remover to remove chinese content. And if you dont want any chinese character under the full system, you can install xiaomi.eu. You can switch search app to google. You can set google asistant to home button.
Nothing you say is actually makes sense
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Well i had the Chinese rom first week on my phone and I'm pretty sure things were like that also I'm not talking about rooting it or switching to eu rom
Uhm...
"MIUI 9 v8.2.1 global beta
Cons
-No good themes(mostly girly) "
A lot of people like the themes that you can find there and what you do mean with girly???
"Pixel experience 20180228
Cons
-A tiny bit slower 190000 antutu
-Multi touch glitches (hard to play pubg the aim spins fast cuz it deformes the location of the 2nd touch)
-Wifi only works after a boot if you clean dalvik cache
-3D games and apps have glitches when you get a notification over the screen
-Not too much customizability like other AOSPs
-Google photo uploads pics in full size to your Google drive and fills it(tho you cant change it to the unlimited one thinking its a pixel phone)
-No treble"
1)I got over 204000 with antutu
2)No touch glitches in my phone.
3)Not really, it can fixed in various way. In my case i was able to fix it, just by disabling all my magisk modules.
4)Of course, the idea is to be mimic a Pixel phone
5)That´s something you change in photos settings. So not really a con
6)How it is a "con". Treble will help us to get new version of Android faster but that´s when NEW version of Android roll out like P. At this point, Trebel is a nice thing to test and see how the GSI behave
wildger said:
Uhm...
"MIUI 9 v8.2.1 global beta
Cons
-No good themes(mostly girly) "
A lot of people like the themes that you can find there and what you do mean with girly???
"Pixel experience 20180228
Cons
-A tiny bit slower 190000 antutu
-Multi touch glitches (hard to play pubg the aim spins fast cuz it deformes the location of the 2nd touch)
-Wifi only works after a boot if you clean dalvik cache
-3D games and apps have glitches when you get a notification over the screen
-Not too much customizability like other AOSPs
-Google photo uploads pics in full size to your Google drive and fills it(tho you cant change it to the unlimited one thinking its a pixel phone)
-No treble"
1)I got over 204000 with antutu
2)No touch glitches in my phone.
3)Not really, it can fixed in various way. In my case i was able to fix it, just by disabling all my magisk modules.
4)Of course, the idea is to be mimic a Pixel phone
5)That´s something you change in photos settings. So not really a con
6)How it is a "con". Treble will help us to get new version of Android faster but that´s when NEW version of Android roll out like P. At this point, Trebel is a nice thing to test and see how the GSI behave
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Well I'm talking about my experience about the rom you didn't have to panic tho i know some bugs are not there on some phones but i know alot of ppl had the same bugs
Also I'm not an idiot i know you can't change the setting in the photo app on PE
I didn't write treble i wrote "no treble" which means that it's bad it doesn't have treble yet
Next time read stuff carefully
Btw I'm happy about your reply so ppl know that it's possible to get your solid experience on PE which I couldn't by doing everything possible. Peace
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Dotos v2.1 20180330
30 mar 2018
Pros
-Very smooth and fast
-No bugs everything works perfectly wifi bluetooth
-No heating up while charging
-204000 antutu
-Fully customizable
-Beautiful settings
-Xposed fully works + Android P-ify
-Treble enabled
-A nice unique camera app that can record 120fps normal speed videos
-Front hdr fix already there u don't need a zip
Cons
-Still having the double touch bug at this point I think it might be my phone but it's not there on miui Hmmm?
Makes games frustrating like pubg
-The battery is a tiny bit faster draining than on miui
ArinAbdul said:
Dotos v2.1 20180330
30 mar 2018
Pros
-Very smooth and fast
-No bugs everything works perfectly wifi bluetooth
-No heating up while charging
-204000 antutu
-Fully customizable
-Beautiful settings
-Xposed fully works + Android P-ify
-Treble enabled
-A nice unique camera app that can record 120fps normal speed videos
-Front hdr fix already there u don't need a zip
Cons
-Still having the double touch bug at this point I think it might be my phone but it's not there on miui Hmmm?
Makes games frustrating like pubg
-The battery is a tiny bit faster draining than on miui
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To me all the same but with popkern kernel r27c schedutil governor improved active battery usage and deep sleep works so idle drain is almost zero overnight (Systemless xposed for greenify, amplify and naptime).
Also I was waiting for things to get stable enough to update to oreo but there was another thing that made me stay in nougat: a working dolby atmos + viper4android setup. That oreo atmos port from axon 7 wasn't to my taste - I like classic atmos' virtualizer and volume leveler ratios - but finally have found a port that works in DotOS 2.1. For viper, the first one in magisk repo works well.
From 100% to 30% with a lot of flashing mods, getting stuck in mi logo then restoring system+vendor backups from twrp (yes I'm pretty quick when I'm impatient) in first 1 hour, in total more than 7 hours of SOT and 2 hours idle and battery didn't even go higher than 37°C. Quickcharge works (3A) and also it doesn't heat too.
That dolby oreo zip (not a magisk module):
Any more ROM reviews?
I'm currently looking for AOSP-based ROM that drain moderately slow during usage and have no WiFi battery drain problem.
im currently on xiaomieu but idk which miui rom is best does anyone have any recommendations (preferably with ota updates)? Thanks in advance
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To me all the same but with popkern kernel r27c schedutil governor improved active battery usage and deep sleep works so idle drain is almost zero overnight (Systemless xposed for greenify, amplify and naptime).
Also I was waiting for things to get stable enough to update to oreo but there was another thing that made me stay in nougat: a working dolby atmos + viper4android setup. That oreo atmos port from axon 7 wasn't to my taste - I like classic atmos' virtualizer and volume leveler ratios - but finally have found a port that works in DotOS 2.1. For viper, the first one in magisk repo works well.
From 100% to 30% with a lot of flashing mods, getting stuck in mi logo then restoring system+vendor backups from twrp (yes I'm pretty quick when I'm impatient) in first 1 hour, in total more than 7 hours of SOT and 2 hours idle and battery didn't even go higher than 37°C. Quickcharge works (3A) and also it doesn't heat too.
That dolby oreo zip (not a magisk module):
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This dolby zip give me an error with your same settings but without popkeen
bozy09 said:
im currently on xiaomieu but idk which miui rom is best does anyone have any recommendations (preferably with ota updates)? Thanks in advance
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I tried bunch of miui roms but i stuck with the global dev rom cuz it's the most stable rom overall and every other rom always had a bad thing like battery drain or heating up but it's up to you maybe you want customizations that are in other miui roms
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ArcOnFire said:
Any more ROM reviews?
I'm currently looking for AOSP-based ROM that drain moderately slow during usage and have no WiFi battery drain problem.
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I recommend Cosmic os i tried it abit and it was the best aosp I've tried on mi6
Also i didn't have the multi touch issue that I had with other aosp roms you can watch the video i made about it on my channel andyflasher
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diseriocarm123 said:
This dolby zip give me an error with your same settings but without popkeen
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To be honest I've switched back to 0401 dotOS the next day I've wrote that comment because there were some wakelock issues with the popkern. And dot (0401) has gcam fix to its date so it's working out of box (after enabling camera2 api). And I've also tried a few (oreo compatible they say) dolby atmos ports but in the end I gave up because it's not the same atmos like the older versions. I like it's virtualizer and volume leveler (it does increase volume levels dynamically for different frequencies so I could use viper to decrease them all while dolby was on, so the hissing sounds would be gone. Like a noise gate you know). But again the oreo version isn't the same and not to my taste.
Finally I've ended up tweaking with viper, adding some reverb etc and also the viper devs seem like they wanted to have a leveler like dolby atmos (old) so they've added more controllability to the playback gain control. Plus enabled the viper ddc so I've got a profile like my old viper+atmos setup.