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Noob: best ROM battery related

Hi, I'm a noob here in the Note. I've been a heavy user and a quite massive flasher of my SGS2.
I'm expecting my Note tomorrow and I'm very frightened in advance by its battery life. So I'm thinking of rooting instantaneously as I open its box but I need your advice.
Should I just root it with the CFroot and leave the stock Samsung touchwiz or should I flash any ROM with good battery results? If so, please I need a small amount of opinions. Which one is the most reliable? Do the latest ICS betas have the same battery drain as the latest GBs? Should I go ICS to start enjoying the Note experience or stay in a GB rom?
Please help me to grasp the state of things in the Note world as I open the box.

Right now I'm using a custom ROM, Darky ROM to be exact and I'm really pleased. This one seems to work best overall for me (along with the latest franco kernel).
Most people however have reported great performance with using the latest Abyss kernel and Rocket ROM. Those for me, weirdly were slower and Abyss got me battery drain.
However, my experience differs from that of most users out there, so basically you should probably try them yourself at first and see which one suits you better.

eug3n91 said:
Right now I'm using a custom ROM, Darky ROM to be exact and I'm really pleased. This one seems to work best overall for me (along with the latest franco kernel).
Most people however have reported great performance with using the latest Abyss kernel and Rocket ROM. Those for me, weirdly were slower and Abyss got me battery drain.
However, my experience differs from that of most users out there, so basically you should probably try them yourself at first and see which one suits you better.
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Thank you pal for the first clues!

Checkrom got me the best battery life so far, mainly it is a lite rom.
Hope its not placebo!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

At the moment I'm using Rocket Rom together with the Speed Kernel which, with a few tweaks here and there, gives me awesome battery life while using and in standby.

Lite Roms have most of the Samsung and some other stuff removed. As a rule, they are more battery efficient. The best ones IMO are Cassie's XtraLite and Chrak's Small Rom. Of course, removed apps that you need can be added back in both of these Roms.
I used both with Franco's kernels, and they were fast, smooth and easy on the battery.
As for ICS, my advice would be to stay out of it for the time being. You have things to learn before being able to cope with the necessary high maintenance and fixing the ICS Roms require ATM.
No disrespect meant, just stating the fact.

aguadilu said:
Hi, I'm a noob here in the Note. I've been a heavy user and a quite massive flasher of my SGS2.
................. things in the Note world as I open the box.
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I had the same issues with Battery life of SGN. Then I rooted with Franco Kernel 2.6.35.7 & have almost increased my Battery life by 30%
So try it & if you find bettter ROM, pl do share
Thanks & All the best

Which Rom can you recommend?

Hey guys!
I'm looking for the Rom with the best performance. so it should be smooth no lag, no scrolling lags, no stutters. Responsive. Also the battery should be awesome. Looking for around 6 hours SOT. I do not care for themes/xposed etc.. just battery and performance.
Any tried all the different roms and could give me some advice? Please do not say that I should try it myself and find out.
I want your opinion!
Tnx in advance!!
Cheers,
Dimitri

Dimitri178 said:
Hey guys!
I'm looking for the Rom with the best performance. so it should be smooth no lag, no scrolling lags, no stutters. Responsive. Also the battery should be awesome. Looking for around 6 hours SOT. I do not care for themes/xposed etc.. just battery and performance.
Any tried all the different roms and could give me some advice? Please do not say that I should try it myself and find out.
I want your opinion!
Tnx in advance!!
Cheers,
Dimitri
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Hello @Dimitri178
I understand you would like to know wich is the best rom, and that you do not want to hear this...but it is better for you to try them. There are not many so give it a shot and see what works best for you. I am saying this because what I like, you would probably dislike. In my experience it is a matter of taste and real life experiments. So start flashing and test them.
Try these three and see wich one fits you better: Sweet Rom; Wanamlite and maybe X-Note
Best of luck!

I love mine (FireKatN4 v7) but you may hate it. It's stable and fast with great battery life.

tell us which rom the best for you ?

hello
tell us what's best rom for you ? and what about performance , battery and if there is any issue say it
and which kernel use ?

this kind of threads are not allowed on xda...
there is no best this&that
@SREEPRAJAY please explain the rules

60nine said:
this kind of threads are not allowed on xda...
there is no best this&that
@SREEPRAJAY please explain the rules
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These threads are allowed now, ala The "What is the Best or Favorite ROM/Kernel" Roll Up Thread

Art Vanderlay said:
These threads are allowed now, ala The "What is the Best or Favorite ROM/Kernel" Roll Up Thread
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oh, my apologies then ...
although i still stand by "what is good for me - might not be good for you" line...

60nine said:
oh, my apologies then ...
although i still stand by "what is good for me - might not be good for you" line...
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Hey, no one said you have to like it

Talking only about MM systems.
DU is my prefered in this moment. Has good features, smoothness and battery.
AICP is the most complete but I'm not getting results in smoothness and battery as good as DU. Gets better with Lambda kernel.
crDroid is maybe the most smooth, has good battery but not so much features.
The best MM custom kernel actual is Lambda, specially the most recent builds (Beta).
Off course devs are working to get their ROMs better at each build, so it's always worth to try each ROM for yourself and see what you think about latest builds.

optimusg3. best i tried best i know

60nine said:
this kind of threads are not allowed on xda...
there is no best this&that
@SREEPRAJAY please explain the rules
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60nine said:
oh, my apologies then ...
although i still stand by "what is good for me - might not be good for you" line...
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i don't ask about what's the best on general i just ask about personal opinion ..
maybe what good for you not good for me but there's a lot of roms and i can't try and flash all of them
thanks..

Cloudy 3.3 with stock kernel...perfect battery life and performance

jneto3000 said:
Talking only about MM systems.
DU is my prefered in this moment. Has good features, smoothness and battery.
AICP is the most complete but I'm not getting results in smoothness and battery as good as DU. Gets better with Lambda kernel.
crDroid is maybe the most smooth, has good battery but not so much features.
The best MM custom kernel actual is Lambda, specially the most recent builds (Beta).
Off course devs are working to get their ROMs better at each build, so it's always worth to try each ROM for yourself and see what you think about latest builds.
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wow you tried a lot of roms (Y)
MM system you mean marshmallow ??
are you face any issue with DU ?
Thanks

zizuka said:
optimusg3. best i tried best i know
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better than stock ?
base LP or KK ?
and did you face any issue with rom ?

Wael007 said:
Cloudy 3.3 with stock kernel...perfect battery life and performance
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thnaks ..
what's rom you tried it ??

dodora3d said:
thnaks ..
what's rom you tried it ??
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Cloudy 3.3

dodora3d said:
wow you tried a lot of roms (Y)
MM system you mean marshmallow ??
are you face any issue with DU ?
Thanks
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Yes, I mean Marshmallow.
I heard DU 6.0.1 is having some problems with Bluetooth. I said I heard because I never use Bluetooth, so I can't be sure about how it is.
Camera is also not so good as stock camera, but still is pretty good, I can use it as daily camera. Custom ROMs AOSP/CM have not so good camera, it's common, but I think it worth cause you gain with smoothness, features (Ambient Display, Easy flashlight, Themes, Navbar and Statusbar configs, and lots of other features). You can have more control over your system.

jneto3000 said:
Yes, I mean Marshmallow.
I heard DU 6.0.1 is having some problems with Bluetooth. I said I heard because I never use Bluetooth, so I can't be sure about how it is.
Camera is also not so good as stock camera, but still is pretty good, I can use it as daily camera. Custom ROMs AOSP/CM have not so good camera, it's common, but I think it worth cause you gain with smoothness, features (Ambient Display, Easy flashlight, Themes, Navbar and Statusbar configs, and lots of other features). You can have more control over your system.
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good one (Y) maybe try it later

Google edition 1.4 + Xceed kernel 14 = Awesomeness

Grabbing a refurbed N10 off amazon. Suggestions?

I was gonna put it on AOSP 4.4.4, and then get tablet-kat. I'm excited, Any rom recommendations? problems or specifics I can expect with a refurbed N10? The seller had good ratings so I took the plunge.
For a rom recommendation I want:
Battery life
Okay speed
Stable-ish (No random freezes and reboots, plz no sound g;itches)

I flashed RemixOS on mine a year ago or two I can't remember and still rocking it. Perfect for multitasking as watching twitch or something else in the background and reading Reddit over it etc. Only crashes sometimes on YouTube while switching video quality but that happened almost on every time I tried before. I definitely recommend it.

MeowDude said:
I was gonna put it on AOSP 4.4.4, and then get tablet-kat. I'm excited, Any rom recommendations? problems or specifics I can expect with a refurbed N10? The seller had good ratings so I took the plunge.
For a rom recommendation I want:
Battery life
Okay speed
Stable-ish (No random freezes and reboots, plz no sound g;itches)
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Its best you go with Omni Rom. The only thing that doesn't work is the camera.

Kaleshwar said:
Its best you go with Omni Rom. The only thing that doesn't work is the camera.
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How good is stock 4.4.4 with Xposed UI? I want to run stock kitkat with tabletkat installed, and maybe a good stable kernal.

MeowDude said:
How good is stock 4.4.4 with Xposed UI? I want to run stock kitkat with tabletkat installed, and maybe a good stable kernal.
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It's very stable.
Anyway, I'd also go for Omni 7. It's very stable, great battery life. Camera does not work tho. If you really need it, I'd suggest Omni 6. It's like stock AOSP but with montly security updates.

A true underdog in the Z2 Plus Custom ROM talk

I recently wrote a question on the Z2 Plus' XDA forum about what ROM could possibly fit my needs: Scrolling Smoothness, Great battery life, Great Performance without overheating. I got like 1 or 2 answers I think. So I went on my own to research the best ROM I could possibly use as my Daily Driver. PureFusion had probably the second best performance in my eyes just behind ViperOS, but both of these ROMs were inconsistent and lacked battery efficiency. AEX had multiple bugs and crashes after using it for some time. PixelExperience is still in developpement so I won't give any pejorative remarks (BTW, its liquid smooth) After a good Sunday of searching, I finally came across the best ROM I have ever used. Enter Citrus CAF. If you know this ROM and have tested, you van leave by now as you probably know how great it is! Crazy fast AND consistent performance. Something I dreamed of for a long time. The sound seems to be better too. There is some level of customization although I dont really tweak my device. Overheating has not been a problem at all since installing this ROM although the majority of the ROMs for the ZUK Z2 Plus seem to do a great job at that level. Finally, the battery life. Oh the battery life! I thought it was going to be a pretty poor battery life since the ROM itself didn't get much updates. SOT bas gone through the roof. 9H(Yes 9H!) and still counting at 8% of SOT on moderate usage. 7h45 SOT on intense usage(Asphalt 8, a LOT of YouTube, a 45 minute call and some other stuff like Facebook, Twitter etc..) It has been a tremendous experience for me and I strongly hope that the battery life is gonna stay like that for a long time. Btw im 15 and im french si im sorry if you feel like i misspelled a word or something.
Link for the ROM : https://sourceforge.net/projects/citrus-caf/files/z2_plus/
Link for the GApps: http://opengapps.org/

Had Citrus 3.1 running for ~6 months.
It was indeed the best ROM so far on my Z2 Plus.

This ROM it is good for games? What antutu score?

villadecai said:
This ROM it is good for games? What antutu score?
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Yes the score on Antutu is at about 140 000 which is respectable. The gaming department is near perfect. No heating, and tremendous smoothness. Btw, i was at 70% at around 10 am. Right now, I'm at 64% at 15:47 after moderate use. The battery life is exceptionnaly good.

Alright! Flashing for the 10th time this week lol
Oh well, vacations
Merci pour partager avec nous votre experience!
EDIT. I think one thing I'll miss from 8.0 ROMs is HDR+

gexo173 said:
Yes the score on Antutu is at about 140 000 which is respectable. The gaming department is near perfect. No heating, and tremendous smoothness. Btw, i was at 70% at around 10 am. Right now, I'm at 64% at 15:47 after moderate use. The battery life is exceptionnaly good.
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Which Android version and please post thread link

villadecai said:
This ROM it is good for games? What antutu score?
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Its Android 7.1.1 Here is the link to the thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/development/official-citrus-caf-7-1-1-dd3boh-t3577759

Shubhi singhal said:
Which Android version and please post thread link
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Android 7.1.1

Avan7 said:
Alright! Flashing for the 10th time this week lol
Oh well, vacations
Merci pour partager avec nous votre experience!
EDIT. I think one thing I'll miss from 8.0 ROMs is HDR+
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Yes! I always seem to be a flashaholic during the holidays. These holidays though, I managed to retain myself and only flash 2 ROMs including Citrus CAF. I know that HDR+ is truly fantastic(tried it on the PixelExperience ROM) but I dont really take much photos son it is not a real deal breaker for me.

goretool said:
Had Citrus 3.1 running for ~6 months.
It was indeed the best ROM so far on my Z2 Plus.
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What are you using now? I have recommendation for Citrus 3.5, they say it's the best one...

vuckovic_stefan said:
What are you using now? I have recommendation for Citrus 3.5, they say it's the best one...
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I'm now on Cardinal 5.3 (Oreo).
Very clean, fast and stable.
All Oreo ROMs in general are not perfect yet.
Battery life is not as good as on Citrus 3.1 + DarkMoon Kernel.
I didn't try 3.5 or 3.6 since I didn't feel like it would give me much improvement.
In fact I got scared off of trying because of the negative reports by others in the thread.

goretool said:
I'm now on Cardinal 5.3 (Oreo).
Very clean, fast and stable.
All Oreo ROMs in general are not perfect yet.
Battery life is not as good as on Citrus 3.1 + DarkMoon Kernel.
I didn't try 3.5 or 3.6 since I didn't feel like it would give me much improvement.
In fact I got scared off of trying because of the negative reports by others in the thread.
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about 3.5 i read only positives.. someone just said GPS is slow... Maybe he had old baseband...

Were you on the stock Kernel or custom one?

villadecai said:
This ROM it is good for games? What antutu score?
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Sorry for my REALLY late answer. As of March 17th, I am rocking the Pixel Experience ROM. Ive been using this ROM for about 2 months and it's really fluid, fast, and lag free. I felt like Citrus was getting less efficient on the battery side of things. The performance was still very good but I just like I needed to change and go over the Android 8 hump. If you want a reliable ROM that is well protected, blazingly fast, I would recommend Jaguar even though I did not ever try that ROM. Other than that, Pixel Experience is my choice

what if i say antutu can reach more than 1,70,000 to upto 1,80,000 in z2 plus

Ajudia said:
what if i say antutu can reach more than 1,70,000 to upto 1,80,000 in z2 plus
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How ?