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[Q] I just got my S4. What should I do?

I just got my S4 (GT-I9505) from my dad. I'm really excited but I don't know where to start. What should I do first now that I have it? Should I root it first? What is the best Rom and Kernel for this device? Any advice would be much appreciated!

If I were you I will perform a factory reset first This model has many ROMs, you may try each of them and find out your favorite one.:cyclops:

LeoYL said:
If I were you I will perform a factory reset first This model has many ROMs, you may try each of them and find out your favorite one.:cyclops:
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Would you happen to know which one is the most popular rom right now? Or the best one? Or how about the best Rom for gaming?

Likach said:
Would you happen to know which one is the most popular rom right now? Or the best one? Or how about the best Rom for gaming?
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i will suggest Halcyon ROM
quite smooth compare to other juz my opinion have a loot for it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop/phoenix-rom-i9500-t3101153

shingz96 said:
i will suggest Halcyon ROM
quite smooth compare to other juz my opinion have a loot for it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop/phoenix-rom-i9500-t3101153
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I have i9505 though. I don't think it's compatible?

Once you're rooted and running custom recovery you can multiboot it, (run multiple custom Roms) all information is in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2864469

Alucard's kernel should give you good perfomance.
Or Hulk kernel. With hulk you can overclock the up to 2.1 Ghz. But I feel like Alucard gives you better performance (when running 1.9).
As for the roms, they are all pretty much the same.
I've tried Sabermod CM12.1, Resurrection Remix, AICP 9, FlexOS.
They pretty much have the same performance (judging by the UI speed).
Haven't tried the SlimLP builds yet.
I also tend to return to the GPE rom. It's 5.0.1 though.
The reason I keep coming back to GPE is that I have pretty much no problems with it. Very stable.
In benchmarks you will get the same score on all roms. I got an average of ~32000 on all the above mentioned roms.
So, in the end it will come down to how the rom feels (fast ans smooth or slow and laggy) to the user.

GDReaper said:
Alucard's kernel should give you good perfomance.
Or Hulk kernel. With hulk you can overclock the up to 2.1 Ghz. But I feel like Alucard gives you better performance (when running 1.9).
As for the roms, they are all pretty much the same.
I've tried Sabermod CM12.1, Resurrection Remix, AICP 9, FlexOS.
They pretty much have the same performance (judging by the UI speed).
Haven't tried the SlimLP builds yet.
I also tend to return to the GPE rom. It's 5.0.1 though.
The reason I keep coming back to GPE is that I have pretty much no problems with it. Very stable.
In benchmarks you will get the same score on all roms. I got an average of ~32000 on all the above mentioned roms.
So, in the end it will come down to how the rom feels (fast ans smooth or slow and laggy) to the user.
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Any experience with CyanogenMod? When I click the ROM tab, CyanogenMod is listed first so I'm thinking that it is the most popular right now. Do you have any info on how good or how stable the mod is?

Also, quick question. When flashing a rom, I know that I wipe the cache and dalvik cache before flashing. But should I also wipe these 2 after wiping?

Likach said:
Also, quick question. When flashing a rom, I know that I wipe the cache and dalvik cache before flashing. But should I also wipe these 2 after wiping?
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Not necessary but yo can

ooer! woa there cowboy! It's new. Take your time to explore and understand how it all works then once you get that feeling that you're sure this or that could be better that's the moment when you can think about rom flashing.
I loved the phone when I got it. I then thought hey, I'll flash cyanogen on it. That worked well for a time (and they're getting better and better with each version).
I then went a while with a danvdh's excellent google edition rom (imho a very good compromise for the minimalist).
I finally came full circle back to a TW based rom (for info the Imperium v9) with which I am most happy.
Through all that I discovered that what I wanted most was an excellent camera, good video player and good battery life, all of which come included in TW roms.
The Imperium or other roms bring nice tweaks and optimisations all of which came from that famous itch that every geek has for making things that bit better.

duxxyuk said:
ooer! woa there cowboy! It's new. Take your time to explore and understand how it all works then once you get that feeling that you're sure this or that could be better that's the moment when you can think about rom flashing.
I loved the phone when I got it. I then thought hey, I'll flash cyanogen on it. That worked well for a time (and they're getting better and better with each version).
I then went a while with a danvdh's excellent google edition rom (imho a very good compromise for the minimalist).
I finally came full circle back to a TW based rom (for info the Imperium v9) with which I am most happy.
Through all that I discovered that what I wanted most was an excellent camera, good video player and good battery life, all of which come included in TW roms.
The Imperium or other roms bring nice tweaks and optimisations all of which came from that famous itch that every geek has for making things that bit better.
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If I were to play taxing games, which rom would you suggest? I'm in a tie up between Cyanogen and Google Play Edition.

Likach said:
If I were to play taxing games, which rom would you suggest? I'm in a tie up between Cyanogen and Google Play Edition.
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In bechmarks both roms give the same scores. So there isn't much to say about that. CM does feel a bit faster in my opinion. But I don't know if it offers any noticeable advantage. Unless you're willing to run android 5.0 and ktoonsez kernel (which offers CPU and GPU overclock and Is only available for CM).

best rom for daily use -- s3 neo (19031i)--

hi guys
i want to ask about the best stable rom for daily use for s3 neo (if exist)
no high tempreture ... no cpu load ....no battery drain so much ....
i tried all of the cyanogenmod version for s3 neo and it make my make phone temperature so so so so so hot and the cpu load retch 100%

I've been using RR with Renix's kernel for a while, had no problems with it.

StillNoName said:
I've been using RR with Renix's kernel for a while, had no problems with it.
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@StillNoName, any link? Where does one find this rom?
update: I think this is it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-ressurection-remix-s3-neo-t3123799/page111

Stock Rom with @Sev3n kernel. Battery life's pretty good! Try it yourself
And don't forget to use Greenify, Amplify and modify the kernel with the Best settings (you can found them on a thread that I started about the most battery friendly kernel for stock ROM).

akostadinov said:
@StillNoName, any link? Where does one find this rom?
update: I think this is it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-ressurection-remix-s3-neo-t3123799/page111
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Yeah that's it.

StillNoName said:
Yeah that's it.
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Which version?

German_Malik said:
Which version?
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The latest version, of course.

Resurrection renix 2.1 is best. Or stockmod with seven kernel. No other

motion rom 17

Ita depent of your needs. Simply I prefer clean experience and rich ways to customize my rom, debugging and battery life -> so my choise is cm11 plus cm11 kernel. Cm 12.1 is pretty good, but with renix kernel. Just read all pages from your rom choise and make a decision.

N910F Best Rom?

Hi i'm still on stock rom Android 6.0.1 (updated by Odin). I wan't to install some custom rom to my N910F note 4 but there is so many roms i can't decide which one would be the best. I'm thinking of roms with note 7/s7 features. Can any of you that using decent rom give an advice which rom is most stable without bugs or only minor bugs? I don't want to lose fingerprint secure and i'm aware few roms had problems with that? Is it fixed now? If any of you have tested any roms and are happy can you make some recommendations for me for which rom i should go? I will really appreciate that

thenecu said:
Hi i'm still on stock rom Android 6.0.1 (updated by Odin). I wan't to install some custom rom to my N910F note 4 but there is so many roms i can't decide which one would be the best. I'm thinking of roms with note 7/s7 features. Can any of you that using decent rom give an advice which rom is most stable without bugs or only minor bugs? I don't want to lose fingerprint secure and i'm aware few roms had problems with that? Is it fixed now? If any of you have tested any roms and are happy can you make some recommendations for me for which rom i should go? I will really appreciate that
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Noble rom v3 is best in my opinion and fingerprint works with workaround no bugs so far and AOD also works.i am using this for about 2 weeks and very satisfied.all the games runs butter smooth.only issue i had when i first installed this rom was over heating and i fixed with xceed kernel.all the other roms based on note7 or s7 i tried has lot of bugs IN MY OPINION

Trex888 said:
Noble rom v3 is best in my opinion and fingerprint works with workaround no bugs so far and AOD also works.i am using this for about 2 weeks and very satisfied.all the games runs butter smooth.only issue i had when i first installed this rom was over heating and i fixed with xceed kernel.all the other roms based on note7 or s7 i tried has lot of bugs IN MY OPINION
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Sounds gud to me I am gonna give v3 a try what's the workaround for the fingerprint scanner?

vibealite said:
Sounds gud to me I am gonna give v3 a try what's the workaround for the fingerprint scanner?
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You have to flash a zip file from twrp
it will give you original note 4 settings ui then register fingerprint after that flash another zip file to restore s7 settings ui.then you can use fingerprint with c locker app for lockscreen.and fingerprint srcurity app to lock apps both of this apps are free in playstore
Just search for fingerprint workaround inside noble v3 thread and there are lot of discussion and files there.

Thank you for opinion, have you also tried Dr Ketan or Norma rom before Noble v3?

thenecu said:
Thank you for opinion, have you also tried Dr Ketan or Norma rom before Noble v3?
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Drketen rom is very good but i have over heating issues
And norma i tried all versions but still in beta and buggy in my opinion.there are lot of fix to do to make norma run stable.

Thank you Trex888 for your opinion, i think i will give it a try at evening i will try to install it however if anyone want to add something to this trade feel free to do so. More opinions only help (i guess not only for me but for other N910F users)

Trex888 said:
Noble rom v3 is best in my opinion and fingerprint works with workaround no bugs so far and AOD also works.i am using this for about 2 weeks and very satisfied.all the games runs butter smooth.only issue i had when i first installed this rom was over heating and i fixed with xceed kernel.all the other roms based on note7 or s7 i tried has lot of bugs IN MY OPINION
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how does AOD work for you? Its buggy and you cant use the auto brightness

Motawa88 said:
how does AOD work for you? Its buggy and you cant use the auto brightness
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It works great just when you unlock phone you have to press power button 2 or 3 times or you can cover the sensors with your finger and press once to restore brightness.make sure you update AOD from galaxy apps to latest version.

So basically i need to download the latest version of rom from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-noble-rom-t3392289
And for instalation process first i need to flash Bootloader & Modem, then rom and then kernel? If yes which kernel you recommend? and do i need to root my phone before?

thenecu said:
So basically i need to download the latest version of rom from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-noble-rom-t3392289
And for instalation process first i need to flash Bootloader & Modem, then rom and then kernel? If yes which kernel you recommend? and do i need to root my phone before?
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Custom roms comes pre rooted you don't need to root
You have to be on any 6.0.1 bootloader doesn't matter
Best kernel for noble in my openion will be 1 of 3 kernels below.
1st . xceed kernel will give you performance & better battery and no over heating in my opinion
2nd. beastmode r56 will give you best speed & performance but sometimes has heating and auto sync issues with noble v3
3rd. Hvitamin kernel will give you best performance and speed but has heating issues
All of them will work with n910f
You can try every 1 couple of days dont judge in few hours kernel is good or bad
Dont forget to thanks or donate few bucks to kernels and rom developers if you can.they put lots of hours to do awesome job.
All kernels are awesome I am not saying that kernels are bad i am sharing my opinion and experience based on my usage

Custom roms comes pre rooted you don't need to root
You have to be on any 6.0.1 bootloader doesn't matter
Best kernel for noble in my openion will be 1 of 3 kernels below.
1st . xceed kernel will give you performance & better battery and no over heating in my opinion
2nd. beastmode r56 will give you best speed & performance but sometimes has heating and auto sync issues with noble v3
3rd. Hvitamin kernel will give you best performance and speed but has heating issues
All of them will work with n910f
You can try every 1 couple of days dont judge in few hours kernel is good or bad
Dont forget to thanks or donate few bucks to kernels and rom developers if you can.they put lots of hours to do awesome job.
All kernels are awesome I am not saying that kernels are bad i am sharing my opinion and experience based on my usage
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I've installed the rom it was working fine. However fingerprint lock don't work for me? Do i need to use third party apk for that? Second thing later i've instaled xceed kernel, everygthing seems to work fine and smooth. However eveytime i restart phone or turn it off and on in left up corner is see text "kernel is not senandroid enforcing" - is that mean something is wrong? Phone is turning on normally, there is no boot loop or anything like that but it concerns me a little bit.

smooth and fast in nexus 6p

Wich ROM, mod, kernel or combination of two of them give me the best experience in android?? I m looking for an Android system fast, smooth and best battery life. Thanks to all

If something was the best, nothing else would be used as there's no point in using something that's inferior when you can get something better.
There is no best, I suggest you read each thread and pick one that suits your needs. Saying X ROM and kernel is the best is like saying a specific vehicle is the best...One may say a Ferrari and another may say an F-350. But who's right?
Some people like roms and kernels bloated with 1000 customization options filled with placebo "optimization and enhancements". Others prefer a clean, minimal ROM without all the useless bling that they'll never use.
P.S. there's probably 10 threads like these, and possibly 11 by next week that you could've read through. I'll just copy and paste this same post on the next one.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Currently using PureNexus nougat with ElementalX kernel. The experience is pretty good.
Using the phone for SMS/MMS, YouTube and web browsing. I can get ~ 5/6h sot with a full charge on WiFi and ~ 3h30 sot on 3g/LTE which is enough for me.
Also using custom CPU governor profile in EXKernel Manager helped me with battery life without affecting performance (at least not that I noticed). You can find more infos here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-advanced-interactive-governor-t3290605
Hope that helps

I am using the stock ROM with the ElementalX Kernel. Very happy with the performance of the phone. I arrive at the end of the day with 40% battery on average

yamilmanzur said:
I am using the stock ROM with the ElementalX Kernel. Very happy with the performance of the phone. I arrive at the end of the day with 40% battery on average
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Wich version of stock are using?? I was use that option but I had some issue with stock.

5.1 said:
Currently using PureNexus nougat with ElementalX kernel. The experience is pretty good.
Using the phone for SMS/MMS, YouTube and web browsing. I can get ~ 5/6h sot with a full charge on WiFi and ~ 3h30 sot on 3g/LTE which is enough for me.
Also using custom CPU governor profile in EXKernel Manager helped me with battery life without affecting performance (at least not that I noticed). You can find more infos here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-advanced-interactive-governor-t3290605
Hope that helps
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Thanks for your answer. I had a boot loop when I install pure Nexus, Gapps, ElementalX and super su. But I like this option. Wich Gapps recommend?

hpagliettini said:
Wich version of stock are using?? I was use that option but I had some issue with stock.
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7.1.1 ROM stock

hpagliettini said:
Thanks for your answer. I had a boot loop when I install pure Nexus, Gapps, ElementalX and super su. But I like this option. Wich Gapps recommend?
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Hi. Gapps included in the OP of thePureNexus thread. OenGapps will work too.

Another "best rom" thread? Seriously ?
Pure

F2FS + Dark ROM + FLASH kernel ! That's the best combination and I am a serial flasher

These people that are saying there isn't a best ROM, I don't really understand the reasoning behind this. There most certainly is a best ROM kernel combination. Otherwise all these ROMs and kernels would be exactly the same right? Sorry to say, some are better than others. This is just a fact.
If you want speed, smoothness, glass, breakneck speeds, great battery life, there really is one only choice.
Uber rom by Chad and faster kernel by Chad.
Why?
On f2fs, (trust me, you want f2fs) I have yet to find kernel or ROM combination that beats this.
Its the only rom that's built with GCC 6.3.1, and the only rom built with clang 3.9.1. Coupled with f2fs, this rom FLIES.
I have flashed every single ROM on this forum and then some, and I'm telling you this is the best combination you can possibly hope for:
https://temp.bbqdroid.org

NOTilyass said:
F2FS + Dark ROM + FLASH kernel ! That's the best combination and I am a serial flasher
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How much sot do you have with this combination?
You flash f2fs + dark ROM + Gapps + flash kernel in one time?

TrainNanpaMaster said:
These people that are saying there isn't a best ROM, I don't really understand the reasoning behind this. There most certainly is a best ROM kernel combination. Otherwise all these ROMs and kernels would be exactly the same right? Sorry to say, some are better than others. This is just a fact.
If you want speed, smoothness, glass, breakneck speeds, great battery life, there really is one only choice.
Uber rom by Chad and faster kernel by Chad.
Why?
On f2fs, (trust me, you want f2fs) I have yet to find kernel or ROM combination that beats this.
Its the only rom that's built with GCC 6.3.1, and the only rom built with clang 3.9.1. Coupled with f2fs, this rom FLIES.
I have flashed every single ROM on this forum and then some, and I'm telling you this is the best combination you can possibly hope for:
https://temp.bbqdroid.org
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Uber rom by Chad I definitely agree is the best. I tried using his faster angler but it caused problems with mods like viper4arise so I am sticking with flash kernel. Uber by Chad is definitely the best rom though and I have tried so many roms like pure nexus, resurrection remix, dirty unicorns, sixRom, lineage, cyanogenmod, nitrogen, Cortex and so many more.

Is the stock camera working on either Uber or Dark ROM with f2fs file system?
Thanks

There's no such thing as a best rom fact, but only best rom opinions, which isn't a good idea to ever discuss here. [emoji14]
As for battery, that all depends on you as a user to manager your battery life your way. I get 4+ SOT easily and I listen to a lot of music and text a lot.
As for what I'm using, I'm running ABC Rom with franco.kernel, root, and V4A. ?
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TrainNanpaMaster said:
These people that are saying there isn't a best ROM, I don't really understand the reasoning behind this. There most certainly is a best ROM kernel combination. Otherwise all these ROMs and kernels would be exactly the same right? Sorry to say, some are better than others. This is just a fact.
If you want speed, smoothness, glass, breakneck speeds, great battery life, there really is one only choice.
Uber rom by Chad and faster kernel by Chad.
Why?
On f2fs, (trust me, you want f2fs) I have yet to find kernel or ROM combination that beats this.
Its the only rom that's built with GCC 6.3.1, and the only rom built with clang 3.9.1. Coupled with f2fs, this rom FLIES.
I have flashed every single ROM on this forum and then some, and I'm telling you this is the best combination you can possibly hope for:
https://temp.bbqdroid.org
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In this link I download the Uber ROM, right?
And other thing, you say me I have to flash to f2fs first before install this ROM and kernel?? Or I don't have to flash previous?

DEVILOPS 007 said:
Uber rom by Chad I definitely agree is the best. I tried using his faster angler but it caused problems with mods like viper4arise so I am sticking with flash kernel. Uber by Chad is definitely the best rom though and I have tried so many roms like pure nexus, resurrection remix, dirty unicorns, sixRom, lineage, cyanogenmod, nitrogen, Cortex and so many more.
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I'm using faster kernel (r63) with Viper for arise with no problems at all bro. What's your steps for flashing?
I'm using 2.4 alpha B.

TrainNanpaMaster said:
I'm using faster kernel (r63) with Viper for arise with no problems at all bro. What's your steps for flashing?
I'm using 2.4 alpha B.
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I basically just wiped cache and dalvik/art cache and flashed the rom and kernel and all my mods. I also made sure to do stuff like rename audio effects and everything I did to make it work with flash. I use stable 2.4 deutronomy aroma installer. I was talking to someone else on this rom and kernel and he said he had the same problem too so it might be hit and miss or maybe you flashed it different than us. Please tell.me what you did to get it to work. Thanks

What partitions do you guys convert to f2s besides cache? Data as well? Everything else remains ext4?

Running stock has been great for me lately. Downgraded to 6.0.1 running Xposed for pixel mods. Amplify and greenify. With exkernel has been a great experience so far. Near 7h SOT yesterday. Will be going back to 7.1.1 soon, as the February update is out.. I heard lineage OS has good battery life. Will be trying that out soon in a few days.
Read the threads on XDA and good luck!!:good:

Which is the best rom for the samsung s5?

Just wanted to know.
[S5 SM-G900F]
Which roms are the most stable?
Also which roms offer the most performance or battery life?
What kernels should i use for mm or n?
So far i tried SkiesROM UX v3.1. Which is decent but has some problems. Going to try Resurrection Remix N now.
Thanks.

I'm usig the latest stock:
Debloated, Rooted, Tweaked, Xposed
Working grea,t Stability and batterylife is the greatest.

"Best" is subjective
You'll have to try them out to see what you like the best. Read the threads of each ROM to see what to expect for stability/battery/performance

I am using viper os it's buttery smooth it's on android 7.1.2 and it's blazing fast

Performance?
Any recent AOSP ROM on 7.1.2. RR if I had to pick.
Battery life?
Rooted, debloated, stock Sammy ROM
Stability?
Same as above. Stock ROM.
Kernel?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Included kernel.

just installed latest and its really good (subjective) https://download.lineageos.org/kltedv

knojap said:
I'm usig the latest stock:
Debloated, Rooted, Tweaked, Xposed
Working grea,t Stability and batterylife is the greatest.
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Where can this be found?
Thanks

talkcc14401 said:
Where can this be found?
Thanks
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ROM? Sammobile (select unbranded firmware).
Root? SuperSU
xposed? Check xposed for Samsung thread

Had my S5 for more than two years, and the circle is closed. Will be running stock with Magisk, Xposed and the Boeffla-kernel for the rest of its remaining life (1-2 years). Most important for me is stability and battery life. I miss the synchronised volume with BT though that LinageOS got.

knojap said:
I'm usig the latest stock:
Debloated, Rooted, Tweaked, Xposed
Working grea,t Stability and batterylife is the greatest.
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Which rom are u referring too??

ronald_loulan said:
Which rom are u referring too??
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I'm using
G900FXXS1CQH1
I can make a dump. So you just have to install the rom and the needed apps.
There is no more i can find to optimize.

knojap said:
I'm using
G900FXXS1CQH1
I can make a dump. So you just have to install the rom and the needed apps.
There is no more i can find to optimize.
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Im using MM Lite, very fast n heavily debloated...
xposed is working too...
So far so good...

Yes. But it's an old Securitylevelpatch and some useful apps from samsung ain't on board.

Can you please give me suggestion what to do with my Samsung S5? (just root phone and leave stock or install some rom?).
The reason I want to root is that now phone is sometimes slow. I have problems with messenger and whatsap apps for the past 1 year. Also there are some random bugs where phone freeze for several seconds or just restart.
For me, it's most important that phone and internet are stable/no freezing or dropping (I share internet from phone to PC for work). Also, I would like top
not have so many applications.. only those necessary and I will install what I want from google store.

InMoment1 said:
Can you please give me suggestion what to do with my Samsung S5? (just root phone and leave stock or install some rom?).
The reason I want to root is that now phone is sometimes slow. I have problems with messenger and whatsap apps for the past 1 year. Also there are some random bugs where phone freeze for several seconds or just restart.
For me, it's most important that phone and internet are stable/no freezing or dropping (I share internet from phone to PC for work). Also, I would like top
not have so many applications.. only those necessary and I will install what I want from google store.
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Try crdroid. It's has great battery life, is really fast and no bugs, as far as I know. Been using it for months now.

Using first 6.0.1 stock rom, and all is good.
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Old thread but why make a new one for the same question. What's the best performance/battery rom for nougat right now? I'm on KLTE. Tried crDroid then went with stock lineage and I honestly think its crap.
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