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Best ROMs according to users

As the title suggests, all the Moto x play users are invited to tell which ROMs they used and term as best.
The criteria is all you can choose from like fluidity, features, stability, battery life, etc
So start flashing new ROMs and keep posting in the thread.
Enjoy Flashaholics...

In my opinion Resurrection Remix has the best combination of features and it is very stable, but it could have better battery life and fluidity (I read that the next release will be more fluid)
CrDroid has the most commonly used features, it lacks some bells and whistles but it provides good battery life.

Using RR with squid's kernel, the device performs superbly, but yes, as @alresave mentioned, the battery life could be a little better.
Haven't used it personally, but for performance and battery life, I'd recommend you go for Tesla since its mostly AOSP and much more stable and fluid.

For me Cm13 with squid kernel

Chaotick said:
For me Cm13 with squid kernel
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How is battery life vs stock for you? Also, does CM13 support ambient display?
I thought I saw temasek say his CM13 was tweaked to include it.
I just found out that the stock ROM doesn't support hotplugging, which I thought only had to do with the ROM. I'm wondering if I would get bettery battery life using CM13(due to hotplugging, mainly,) but also wondering if there are any noticeable hiccups still.

JohnHorus said:
How is battery life vs stock for you? Also, does CM13 support ambient display?
I thought I saw temasek say his CM13 was tweaked to include it.
Cm13 does have ambient display - showing notifications, clock etc.
On stock with my setting - I don't used greenify and such apps i got about 6-7 SOT with a little below 40 h mark without charger. I am using CM13 with squid kernel for about 24h and needles to say the battery life will be a little worse due to changing kernel settings flashing CM13 nightly update etc . The kernel needs to be left alone for a few days to settle which gives best results. Latest 0407 nightly build with squid kernel 16b with interactive governor will give 5-6 SOT IMO.
To put the battery life in perspective - my friend has stock HTC Desire Eye and he has to charge it every day with medium usage and maybe 3 sot.
From the next nightly ota update i will be using cm13 without any extra kernel just to see how the basic kernel performs and that the basic battery life is
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alresave said:
In my opinion Resurrection Remix has the best combination of features and it is very stable, but it could have better battery life and fluidity (I read that the next release will be more fluid)
CrDroid has the most commonly used features, it lacks some bells and whistles but it provides good battery life.
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I am on Blisspop and man its got everything I need. It's stable and slick. Battery life has to be checked. Blisspop and RR are very similar in features they offer. Tried both of them.
The logo of RR is very slick and nice. Even the boot animation is really nice.
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I miss SlimPIE. Some ROMs even say they have it but have PAPIE or CMPIE.

Gotta say the best rom was stock 5.1 but I found Tesla Rom to be stupid snappy regardless of kernel. Battery for whatever reason has been crap for me but most users in the thread report an amazing battery life. I've only had it for a day so I guess I'll let things settle and see if the rom does the trick after all.

I tried AICP and Bliss, and Bliss with ultra kernel r5 works fine!

If you want battery go with any slim based Rom's. That will be for battery- I tried orion- one bug each time I reboot data Sim got switched to primary slot.
Now I am sticking with Stock due to it's smart Sim feature.

I am on validus right now and it seems better than RR in terms of performance.
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Tried Every ROM, But Stock Based ROM Marshmallux v2.0. Because Camera Performance & Battery is Great in Stock. Without Stock Other ROMs Camera Performance is Not Good.

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Tried Every ROM, But Stock Based ROM Marshmallux v2.0. Because Camera Performance & Battery is Great in Stock. Without Stock Other ROMs Camera Performance is Not Good.
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I find the camera performance satisfactory even in custom roms

K.khiladi said:
I find the camera performance satisfactory even in custom roms
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In Which ROMS

Stock rom or a debloated stock rom like marshmallux or GtrCraft are my personal favorite's for smoothness and battery life.

ROM Battery Life Comparison Question

Hi,
I am currently running Marshmallow stock firmware with root, because I pretty much have enough customization as I wanted with Xposed modules.
The reason I kept my firmware is because I think that its battery life is already great.
However, I am open to any ROMs that are more capable of handling more battery life than the current latest stock ROM.
Thanks.

ezcheez said:
Hi,
I am currently running Marshmallow stock firmware with root, because I pretty much have enough customization as I wanted with Xposed modules.
The reason I kept my firmware is because I think that its battery life is already great.
However, I am open to any ROMs that are more capable of handling more battery life than the current latest stock ROM.
Thanks.
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According to people beanstalk and resurrection remix have best battery life

Try Oct OS N with Quark Kernel 2.2.
I'm getting around 6-8 hrs SOT with medium usage (Whatsapp, Tapatalk, Opera browser, Messenger, Music, General use like SMS, Phone)
Note: I use Greenify which further increases battery life.
From my experience even RR Nougat is pretty good. Great balance of customisation and battery life. Bugs are lil more compared to Oct OS or CM though.
Sent from my Moto G4 Plus using Tapatalk

EMUI vs CM 13

I want to hear the experiences you guys have with emui vs cm13.
At some points i always wonder if i should flash back to emui because of a few bugs and problems so i wanna hear a few experiences to see what you guys think about it.
- generally speaking i would love to hear what you like in comparision to the other
- how's your battery life, usage experience, how you think about the current bugs, etc.
- are you thinking to change rom to emui or to cm13 and why?

cm gives a more stock experience compared to emui, better battery life. unless youre going to update to emui 5, cm is better

endrancer said:
I want to hear the experiences you guys have with emui vs cm13.
At some points i always wonder if i should flash back to emui because of a few bugs and problems so i wanna hear a few experiences to see what you guys think about it.
- generally speaking i would love to hear what you like in comparision to the other
- how's your battery life, usage experience, how you think about the current bugs, etc.
- are you thinking to change rom to emui or to cm13 and why?
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With papsi ROM everything is fine by battery life is miserable with an outdoor brightness and mobile data on (only few hours).
Speedo; very descent battery life , zooming is fine but video recording is not, still buggy and finger print not working
Till now I think the best available firmware is stock but if speedo_thc managed to get his ROM as functioning as papsi's he will be the best daily driver for me.

muhammad Shohayeb said:
With papsi ROM everything is fine by battery life is miserable with an outdoor brightness and mobile data on (only few hours).
Speedo; very descent battery life , zooming is fine but video recording is not, still buggy and finger print not working
Till now I think the best available firmware is stock but if speedo_thc managed to get his ROM as functioning as papsi's he will be the best daily driver for me.
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papsi's isn't that bad on battery life for me. i get two days usage with constant bt connections and a few messengers push. you will have monitor wakelocks and stuff to optimize as much as possible though.
i am using
- amplify (no donate)
- greenify with xposed + root
but have 3 messengers, email and android wear on push at all times.

Cm notifications fixed emui not

cm's will always break after few months of heavy using, stock wont. sure cm has more customizeable tweaks and in some cases better battery life (never in my cases). evey device i have tried cm it always starts randomly rebooting, lagging and eats battery like hell(hahe had this issue with multiple devices). i prefer stock base and then rethemed to whatever you choose.

Currently, no custom rom is stable enough for daily use. I still love the EMUI camera and the finger print gestures. I will stick with EMUI 4 for now hopefully until custom roms are more stable and fully functional.

I've used papsi's rom for a few weeks as a daily. So far the only downside to me, is the battery life compared to stock emui.

Papsi's cm13 is better than stock EMUI on almost every points except the battery. I'm using his rom since he published it and it's pretty stable but the battery life can be a deal breaker. Some optimization would make the rom great for daily usage.

Nexx_ said:
Papsi's cm13 is better than stock EMUI on almost every points except the battery. I'm using his rom since he published it and it's pretty stable but the battery life can be a deal breaker. Some optimization would make the rom great for daily usage.
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I agree with you, i would use his rom but the problems with the camera and battery life and the phone getting too hot when playing games or watching videos is what keeps me on EMUI since i never had issues with notifications.

G900F most battery friendly rom?

I dont care much about saving space, and from my experience debloating doesn't do much to the battery life. I'd like a stable rom with possibility of black theme. All I care about is decent speed and screen on time. As for kernel I'm open for anything. SmallWiz V8 UX seemed like a good fit, but fingerprint doesnt work and theming is not possible.
Maybe stock rom with assertive display, phoenix kernel and modded theme is enough?

If you want black/dark themes, you are limiting the possibilities by going with stock-based ROM. Resurrection Remix N may be a good candidate because it has theming support, good battery life (although less than stock) and is quite stable for daily use.
If you only care about battery life (and can give up some theming), (generic unbranded) stock official ROM is your best bet.

Saber said:
If you want black/dark themes, you are limiting the possibilities by going with stock-based ROM. Resurrection Remix N may be a good candidate because it has theming support, good battery life (although less than stock) and is quite stable for daily use.
If you only care about battery life (and can give up some theming), (generic unbranded) stock official ROM is your best bet.
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Surprised to hear that stock is supposed to be best. I had xXx rom before, but when I got my phone back from repair with stock rom and new battery there's less juice than on xXx. Regarding black theme, it's just about battery life, not about fancy theme.

plzextendcookietime said:
Surprised to hear that stock is supposed to be best. I had xXx rom before, but when I got my phone back from repair with stock rom and new battery there's less juice than on xXx. Regarding black theme, it's just about battery life, not about fancy theme.
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Stock usually performs the best in SOT tests because it has better frequency scaling and is able to use samsung closed-source drivers that is unavailable to AOSP ROMs. Most problems with battery life arise from either carrier bloat, or the apps installed by the user. There may also be a chance where something else is the cause but only in rare-cases. Usually a factory reset can fix all of these problems, however it may not work for all.
With that last line in the original post, it is often thought that using stock kernel will yield the best battery and stability. It has been discussed throughly about the battery impact a custom kernel places, and whether or not undervolting makes a difference (where it usually will yield almost none).

Any rom that supports the Boeffla-Kernel

i'm using popwiz 5.1
give it a shot
https://mega.nz/#!NdkgAAaa!7DQcxWBUtQbNaUTGaOPYOKZ641pICmWdlFISYZAfGlM

Best kernel

WHATS YOUR PREFERENCE FOR THE STABLEST KERNEL FOR OUR ONEPLUS 5 .
For the battery and performance ratio .
I am a Blu spark lover .Share your views .

Stock.

I won't use anything Blu Spark. His kernel boosted performance on Nougat but Oreo is already faster and smoother than Nougat natively. I prefer Flash which is rock solid stable and has a more responsive developer and a far more civil thread. If it came down to using Blu Spark or just throwing away the phone I would throw away the phone.

jhs39 said:
I won't use anything Blu Spark. His kernel boosted performance on Nougat but Oreo is already faster and smoother than Nougat natively. I prefer Flash which is rock solid stable and has a more responsive developer and a far more civil thread. If it came down to using Blu Spark or just throwing away the phone I would throw away the phone.
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How's your battery backup on the flash kernel .

dladz said:
Stock.
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Share some battery stats

Aarju said:
Share some battery stats
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on stock i get around 2 days battery life with about 10 hours + SOT.
On Elemental after a fair bit of tweaking i get a little less, 1.8 days battery life and between 8 and 9 hours SOT, so both good kernels for stamina and performance.
I use elemental simply for the audio boost as i have a problem with my earpiece.
All of the above is subjective though and each and every user is going to have a varying experience based on what they have in their phone, their charging habits and what they use their phone for.
Personally i keep my phone extremely light, I don't have any apps with ad's i don't have any live widgets, apps like facebook, skype, viber, snapchat, so that makes a big difference.

Aarju said:
WHATS YOUR PREFERENCE FOR THE STABLEST KERNEL FOR OUR ONEPLUS 5 .
For the battery and performance ratio .
I am a Blu spark lover .Share your views .
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There's a official review section for this type of questions with lots of reviews already https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/review
Sot, heavy usage endurance, light usage endurance, overall speed etc. With detailed scenarios.

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What do you mean battery backup? Battery life varies depending the settings used and the ROM you are running. Flash is great at going into deep sleep on CrDroid, Phoenix, AOKP and DU. I don't run OOS but people who use Flash on it say it runs well. One Plus hires the software engineers in China who aren't talented enough to work for OPPO or Huawei. I prefer custom ROMs on this phone. OOS is hard to stomach if you are fond of stock Android.

There isn't any "best" kernel and there won't ever be one. I would say every kernel which is provided here justifies its existence. Flash them and try it out.

RogerF81 said:
There isn't any "best" kernel and there won't ever be one. I would say every kernel which is provided here justifies its existence. Flash them and try it out.
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agreed

HydroX7 said:
I couldn't live without your kernel. I use it now, and I used it on OneplusOne and on Samsung Glaxy Nexus. I made some screenshots, the battery life with 25% CPU underclock + GPU underclock + Max screen brightness lowered by 40%, is INSANE
https://imgur.com/a/Pqv84
On low usage I got 5 days idle with 2h screen on time and stil had 50% left !
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Pretty much my experience with Franco kernel. There were a few buggy versions on Oreo builds, but everything is back to Nougat level now (battery, performance and stability).

blu_spark kernel is on the high value, bug free, stable, packed with useful features.
We get 300Mhz idle freqs, we get no notification delay and no connection drops for web apps, did I mention fastlane on blu_active governor?
Full features list is in the OP.
Performance is wild, battery runtime goes beyond anything else out there.
Better to throw it away on a flash indeed.
blu gets a lot of badmouthing from one particular corner but kernel and TWRP releases speak for themselves.?
So, using blu_spark, why use anything else? (rhethorical question obviously)
WOW, and star wars enabling possible by editing cust_flag value on the fly, just remembered from my SS.

Chaplan said:
blu_spark kernel is on the high value, bug free, stable, packed with useful features.
We get 300Mhz idle freqs, we get no notification delay and no connection drops for web apps, did I mention fastlane on blu_active governor?
Full features list is in the OP.
Performance is wild, battery runtime goes beyond anything else out there.
Better to throw it away on a flash indeed.
blu gets a lot of badmouthing from one particular corner but kernel and TWRP releases speak for themselves.
So, using blu_spark, why use anything else? (rhethorical question obviously)
WOW, and star wars enabling possible by editing cust_flag value on the fly, just remembered from my SS.
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your reply made my work easy
i will stick to blu spark .
thanks buddy