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I need ROM (not MIUI) for daily use..
What you suggest?
preference:
Smooth
High SOT (Screen-On-Time)
No bug in camera
GPS work good
Fingerprint (I have Fpc)
Tweaks
Thanks.
I think you should give a try for Xiaomi.eu Stable version 8.1.5.0
I used it for daily driver..
My vote is also on xiaomi eu stable rom. Tried a lot other versions and I'm not happy with them at all. Don't know why, but CM/Lineage rom's are chaotic. Too much developers trying to make good rom alone, and everyone is missing something. They should work together on one CM/Lineage rom.
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I think you should give a try for Xiaomi.eu Stable version 8.1.5.0
I used it for daily driver..
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I don't want MIUI..
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My vote is also on xiaomi eu stable rom. Tried a lot other versions and I'm not happy with them at all. Don't know why, but CM/Lineage rom's are chaotic. Too much developers trying to make good rom alone, and everyone is missing something. They should work together on one CM/Lineage rom.
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You right..they should do it.
Someone try MoKee or RR or Lineage?
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Someone try MoKee or RR or Lineage?
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I'm using Lineage from @fedosis for quite some time. It's stable, smooth, everything works as it should. SoT about 7.5 hours. You can try that one. Or, wait for @zwliew or another capable person who can create Nougat based rom for our device.
If you're really into tweaking everything, you should check RR or MoKee rom. Lineage covers only basic things, just like MIUI. There's no way to add listview animations, change colours of the notification area, move WiFi and data icons to the left, or any other tweaks you can find in Resurrection Remix.
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I'm using Lineage from @fedosis for quite some time. It's stable, smooth, everything works as it should. SoT about 7.5 hours. You can try that one. Or, wait for @zwliew or another capable person who can create Nougat based rom for our device.
If you're really into tweaking everything, you should check RR or MoKee rom. Lineage covers only basic things, just like MIUI. There's no way to add listview animations, change colours of the notification area, move WiFi and data icons to the left, or any other tweaks you can find in Resurrection Remix.
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Thanks for reply.
How the GPS and the camera? Any Bugs?
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Thanks for reply.
How the GPS and the camera? Any Bugs?
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Camera works well, but honestly I think the quality was a bit better on MIUI. GPS is bug-free: recently I have traveled about 500km by car and there were no problems at all (been using Google Maps).
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Camera works well, but honestly I think the quality was a bit better on MIUI. GPS is bug-free: recently I have traveled about 500km by car and there were no problems at all (been using Google Maps).
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Thank you! Very helpful
Alright, so after ROM-hopping for quite a bit over the past three months, I've got a fairly good idea about the various ROMs for our device, unofficial or otherwise. With Oreo coming out soon, and most Nougat ROMs getting their final builds, I thought this might be a good time to give my impressions. While old-timers might not get much use out of this, I'm hoping this will help out anyone that's recently bought a Z2, or is new to XDA.
INTRODUCTION
So, you got a Z2 and are looking to try a new custom ROM to get away from the horror show that is ZUI. Well, I've got good and bad news for ya.
The good- well, if you're a "normal" user that uses his phone to call, text, browse and game for a bit, most ROMs are gonna please you. Most of them are "stable" at this point, meaning you'll get very few crashes/random restarts unless you go full ham installing esoteric Xposed modules. But if you're new to XDA, you're probably unaware of Xposed anyway.
The bad- Most of them will also have some minor issues, and the only way to know if a ROM is perfect for you is to try it. Everyone has their own use cases/expectations from a ROM and thus will have a different experience than you.
My usage: I do not use Google Apps, except for Maps. Most of the apps I use are free/open source, except a few unavoidable one's like banking apps and WhatsApp. That being said, I've tried most(all?) of these ROMs with both Gapps and no Gapps to get a fair impression. Played a few games too, to test the phone in demanding situtations.
I have divided this guide into categories, roughly based on a users requirements. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Usually, if a ROM has insane performance, battery life tends to suffer. The key, as with all things in life, is finding the right balance. When a category has numerical ratings, I will be using a relative scale out of 10. A 10 does not mean that a ROM is perfect in an area, only that it was the best one that I came across.
With that lengthy, but neccessary introduction out of the way, here's the guide:
CATEGORY A: I want my phone to fly, battery life be damned!
I feel that 3 ROMs fit the bill here:
1. VIperOS by @jneto3000
2. Citrus CAF by @DD3Boh
3. Pure Fusion OS by @devabhi
While Viper has been the smoothest by a tiny margin, all these ROMs have amazing performance, and ran anything I threw at them without a hitch. I never had any UI lags while scrolling in apps. That being said, each does have a drawback. With Viper, I've always had a bit of a delay in the fingerprint scanner, PureFusion has been (slightly) unstable for me, and Citrus CAF hasn't recieved the latest KRACK patches, which makes it a no-go from a security POV.
Overall Ratings:
ROM RATING
Viper 10
Citrus CAF 9.5
PureFusion 9.5
Jaguar 9
LineageOS 8.8
crDroid 8.3
AquariOS 8
CarbonROM 7.8
NOTE: Just because I said, "Battery life be damned", doesn't mean all these ROMs have atrocious battery life. In fact, I got ~6.5 hrs SOT with Citrus CAF + Gapps, which is pretty good.
CATEGORY B: I want a good mix of performance, stability and battery life.
I'm guessing most of you belong to this category. Well you're in luck, because most ROMs for Z2 also belong to this category. You can have your pick amongst:
1. LineageOS by @varotone. Was personally my favorite ROM, extremely stable, lightning fast fingerprint, good performance (lagged a bit in games, but butter smooth for other apps) and good battery life. Unfortunately, it hasn't, and will probably never recieve patches for the KRACK vulnerability, so the more security conscious amongst you might want to avoid it. EDIT: Turns out, we did a get a new build, with the same great performance+battery life, but it does have a slow fingerprint unlock, when the phone has been asleep for a while.
2. Jaguar by @optimumpro. Similar to Lineage, it had frame drops with Games, but was rather smooth otherwise. I used this before Lineage, but my screen-on-time reduced drastically after a couple of weeks . On the flipside, many users have, and continue to report good battery life with it, so take my words with a grain of salt. r17 really improves the GPS performance.
3. crDroid by @Subhrajyoti Sen. Insane battery life. I got ~8.5 hrs of SOT (without Gapps) on my second charge cycle. Began to lag a bit so I switched to Viper, although the latest unofficial build has rectified the performance issues. Haven't tried it myself though.
4. AquariOS by @kenny3fcb. Nothing much to say, just a stable ROM with a good battery life. Hasn't been updated for quite sometime though, so no KRACK or Blueborne vulnerability patches.
CATEGORY C: I want security and longevity
Security conscious? Want frequent updates?
The answer, lads- is Jaguar by @optimumpro, and honestly- it's not even close. I think the only way to find the best ROM for yourself is to find a dev whose priorities/use cases align with yours. And if security is your priority- then @optimumpro is your man.
Damn, I sound like a sales guy.
On a serious note though, while I have little idea what Jaguar's security features like- "hardened bionic" do from a technical standpoint, I can tell you that it's usually the first ROM to incorporate security patches and tweaks, from Google or other sources. The dev takes out the time to respond to most queries, and he's said that the ROM will be maintained and updated till Oreo gets completely stabilized.
It has come to my attention that the dev apparently does not release the source code for Jaguar, so I can no longer recommend Jaguar as a privacy-focused ROM.
CATEGORY D: I want a great battery life
1. crDroid by @Subhrajyoti Sen. The last official build gave me the best overall battery life I've had yet.
2. CarbonROM by @ankit99. Pretty good idle consumption. My battery dropped just 1% overnight. Unfortunately not very stable, and hasn't been updated in a while.
Other noteworthy ROMs
1. AEX by @davidevinavil. While I personally didn't a have a great experience with v4.6 of this ROM, a lot of people have. And the dev has always been active, answering most queries. It's worth trying out the 22nd July build, which is pretty good, but doesn't have any recent security patches.
2.. AEX Unofficial by @Star_king12. While ROM has been discontinued, the dev was very helpful with user queries. Also, the 13th September build gave me some of the best battery life I've had on the Z2. I think he's working on a new ROM, so keep an eye out!
I haven't tried every ROM for the Z2, and I'm sure there are few good ones I've missed. Feel free to point to out any in the comments.
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I'm personally using the last ViperOS build for now, and will continue to do so, if the fingerprint issue doesn't bother me too much. If it does, I might give the latest PureFusion or (unofficial) crDroid builds a try. But by and large, I'm happy with Viper.
I hope this helps some of you.
Nice guide bro! Good work !
I think best nougat rom is viper os I have tried it.It has very good mixture of everything butterysmooth performance I have also played asphalt 8 in it and it doesn't lag
I also used to use Viper OS in My HTC senation XE.. that was the best rom. And full of feature..
what about resurrection remix ? can anyone suggest the best build of RR nougat released till yet?
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I think best nougat rom is viper os I have tried it.It has very good mixture of everything butterysmooth performance I have also played asphalt 8 in it and it doesn't lag
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What about GPS? Is GPS working, i heard Viper OS has problems with it
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What about GPS? Is GPS working, i heard Viper OS has problems with it
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I have no problem GPS is working fine and this have phenomenal battery life this is the best I ever used and it is very stable I think u should try to clean flash again
what about aex roms i think they are also good roms
Heating issue and battery are not that much good on aex roms
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I have no problem GPS is working fine and this have phenomenal battery life this is the best I ever used and it is very stable I think u should try to clean flash again
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Thanks, tomorow i will get Zuk Z2, i will try first Indian MM and if im not satisfied i will go with Viper.
Nougat stock has some anoying bugs, late notifications, double notifications, wifi hotspot problem etc...
vuckovic_stefan said:
Thanks, tomorow i will get Zuk Z2, i will try first Indian MM and if im not satisfied i will go with Viper.
Nougat stock has some anoying bugs, late notifications, double notifications, wifi hotspot problem etc...
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To temper your expectations, I gotta tell you that some people, including me, do have a problem with the GPS on Viper. It does work, but only when you've locked on via WiFi/mobile data, otherwise it takes an eternity to lock on with GPS only. Also, Viper's fingerprint scanner takes a slightly long time to unlock if the phone's been asleep. But it's still a pretty great ROM.
@n'wah Mention the most bug free stable ROM please !
Best ROM in terms of SOT , performance and stability. I know you might read OP but I just need to know.
Cause some ROMs have been updated so
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@n'wah Mention the most bug free stable ROM please !
Best ROM in terms of SOT , performance and stability. I know you might read OP but I just need to know.
Cause some ROMs have been updated so
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I'd say go with the last LineageOS build. I would have never left that ROM if it had recieved KRACK patches.
If you NEED to have the security patch, then I'd say go with the last (official) crDroid build. I didn't find any noteworthy bugs while the phone was on, however there's a rather scary bug with offline charging- the display gets flipped and and the phone refuses to turn on unless you press the power button for a long time. Performance is slightly worse than Lineage though.
Viper is also a good choice if you can live with the slow fingerprint recognition time when the phone is asleep and the GPS issue mentioned above. It's what I'm currently using. Best performance, okay battery life.
Also, if you can wait a couple of days, @miju12 is gonna release a new ROM - DotOS. Maybe he's managed to iron out the bugs that are in other ROMs.
Hope this helps.
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I'd say go with the last LineageOS build. I would have never left that ROM if it had recieved KRACK patches.
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Why the Lineage ROM never became Official? Does it support VoLTE?
Is there a way to install KRACK patch manually over any ROM? I wan't to try Lineage as I am using it on Moto G and it is bug free on it. Also, I believe it does not have the latest camera blobs right? We have to flash it?
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Why the Lineage ROM never became Official? Does it support VoLTE?
Is there a way to install KRACK patch manually over any ROM? I wan't to try Lineage as I am using it on Moto G and it is bug free on it. Also, I believe it does not have the latest camera blobs right? We have to flash it?
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IIRC to become official, the ROM should pass certain quality tests, be mostly bug-free, sensors should work properly etc. By the time the dev ironed out the bugs, he had to step away from development due to personal reasons. I don't think it has the latest camera blobs, volte should work though.
And it doesn't seem that you can flash a security patch manually, if you find out it is possible, please let us know! I feel a lot of users would return to Citrus CAF and Lineage if they had the security patches.
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IIRC to become official, the ROM should pass certain quality tests, be mostly bug-free, sensors should work properly etc. By the time the dev ironed out the bugs, he had to step away from development due to personal reasons. I don't think it has the latest camera blobs, volte should work though.
And it doesn't seem that you can flash a security patch manually, if you find out it is possible, please let us know! I feel a lot of users would return to Citrus CAF and Lineage if they had the security patches.
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And new ROMS come as official even before masses get to use them (see the DOT OS rom thread). Already official :laugh: no quality control.
vuckovic_stefan said:
Thanks, tomorow i will get Zuk Z2, i will try first Indian MM and if im not satisfied i will go with Viper.
Nougat stock has some anoying bugs, late notifications, double notifications, wifi hotspot problem etc...
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Did you get Your device. And did you get the Nougat update notification or something like that.
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And new ROMS come as official even before masses get to use them (see the DOT OS rom thread). Already official :laugh: no quality control.
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If you wish to pay me, I will maintain quality control.
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If you wish to pay me, I will maintain quality control.
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Your reply makes no sense in the current context. n'wah replied that "to become official, the ROM should pass certain quality tests" and to which I said a new ROM which is not even used by anyone yet is already official. Where does the question of paying or not paying comes here? I think you took it in the wrong sense.
I am still not clear about how this Official status gets decided? Lineage, AOSGP-X are out for long time but Unofficial and here is a new ROM which had issues with the first build and it is already official !!
I like many other users appreciate your and other developer's work and I am also excited about the new ROM you are coming up with. The discussion here was about the Official / Unofficial status.
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Your reply makes no sense in the current context. n'wah replied that "to become official, the ROM should pass certain quality tests" and to which I said a new ROM which is not even used by anyone yet is already official. Where does the question of paying or not paying comes here? I think you took it in the wrong sense.
I am still not clear about how this Official status gets decided? Lineage, AOSGP-X are out for long time but Unofficial and here is a new ROM which had issues with the first build and it is already official !!
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Seriously do you think I have done a random build and publish it? Usually I test my builds myself before publishing but this time I was low on data and the previous build was working good so I didn't test and published which was my mistake and I agree for it. I can't speak for other Roms.
I used Oreo-ROMs now for a few weeks - everyone I tested for at least three days or more. But EVERY Oreo-ROM doesn't work for me like Nougat did before. Latest Oreo-ROM I used was LOS15.1 Nightlies. Battery was ok but 2-3 less SOT then N...GPS was ok...but so many bugs everywhere. Launcher often didnt let me into menue by longpress on screen, Quickpic wasn't running well, Mixplorer didn't let me cut'n'paste from internal memory to sdcard, contacts are gone a few times, SElinux is unsafe... and so on. It feels Nougat wasn't buggy at early state as Oreo is today. So many buggy Oreo-ROMs and Nougat lives in forgotten background..why?!?
Today I'am back to latest LOS14.1 and what should I say - perfect, smooth, all apps running like they should!
when android 7 apper, android 6 is best. wait to fix
as like nogut this is gonna take a while . remember how long it took for nogut to get fp & camera fc fixed.
Probably Oreo will never be as stable as Nougat.
I'm on LokManSiu's LOS 15.1 + Agni Kernel + Magisk since 3 weeks.
I found only two bugs : bluetooth calls and SDcard with exfat are KO.
My SOT is 30min better than with Nougat. Play Store is certified and SafetyNet is OK. No FC. No problem with apps.
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Maybe :silly:
Several of bugs that you mentioned are los bugs. It actually frustrated me that lineage 15.1 is full of bugs and way too behind compared to others. P previews are already started and yet they are still dealing with the nonsense bugs which has already been solved in other roms.
I miss CM even more now.
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Several of bugs that you mentioned are los bugs. It actually frustrated me that lineage 15.1 is full of bugs and way too behind compared to others. P previews are already started and yet they are still dealing with the nonsense bugs which has already been solved in other roms.
I miss CM even more now.
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We all miss Good Old Cm.
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We all miss Good Old Cm.
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Why? LOS14.1 works perfect on my Kate. Battery is very good, all sensors are working, all features are working, speed is good...no showstoppers like BT-call in Oreo at all.
Lecterr said:
Why? LOS14.1 works perfect on my Kate. Battery is very good, all sensors are working, all features are working, speed is good...no showstoppers like BT-call in Oreo at all.
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Nostalgia is a weird thing my friend. CM has served us all for many years. Few years back CM was all we had to work with. Even though LOS replaced CM, it still lives in our hearts... and in many of our old devices too.
#Old&OutdatedStillGold
Yeah ,soon android p is going to launch and the devs will work to get a p based custom ROM
All oreo roms still use Nougat or older blobs and just overriding, so need to use a lot of shims and cause more bugs, most of bugs fixed already but still have completablity issue, so why oreo is not stable as Nougat
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I'm on LokManSiu's LOS 15.1 + Agni Kernel + Magisk since 3 weeks.
I found only two bugs : bluetooth calls and SDcard with exfat are KO.
My SOT is 30min better than with Nougat. Play Store is certified and SafetyNet is OK. No FC. No problem with apps.
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I've been using LokManSiu'e LOS 15.1+ his kernel + magisk since 2 months or more i guess. Bluetooth calls and random reboots sometimes are the only bug i found works perfectly other than that.
This thred is about orea or nougat bt let me highlight another point.. Stock or miui.... I've been using stock for past 1 year.. I rooted my RN3 jus a month after i got it... I ws on RR nougat earlier then NOS oreo, AOSIP and many other ones on oreo.. To be frank after all those additional features i found stock roms to lack the basic functions.. Call quality dropped.. Proximity sensor was unstable so accidentally muted calls.. Gps fix took time.. Battery drained faster..cudnt reject calls from my smart watch.. After all this i thought about trying one of the ported miui 9 roms.. Trust me im much more happier.. I need my fone to be reliable evn if its less in features.
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This thred is about orea or nougat bt let me highlight another point.. Stock or miui.... I've been using stock for past 1 year.. I rooted my RN3 jus a month after i got it... I ws on RR nougat earlier then NOS oreo, AOSIP and many other ones on oreo.. To be frank after all those additional features i found stock roms to lack the basic functions.. Call quality dropped.. Proximity sensor was unstable so accidentally muted calls.. Gps fix took time.. Battery drained faster..cudnt reject calls from my smart watch.. After all this i thought about trying one of the ported miui 9 roms.. Trust me im much more happier.. I need my fone to be reliable evn if its less in features.
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Dnt ryt like... ths..
BlueJeans said:
Dnt ryt like... ths..
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What?
I tried to go back to MIUI (Epic on 7) and then MM Stock but I already miss too many features in Nougat, particularly PiP with vanced, then Gcam on MM, and I quite like the new pixel launcher. + split screen works well on AEX (with most apps) even if there is a huge battery loss I'd rather charge my phone more given my usage.
I'm using Oreo for months on my Kate. RR+Agni kernel, Magisk, Dolby does the job and with the right setup its rock stable, I have basically no problems at all.
LOS 15 has no official support for RM3 that's why it's so buggy. You should give others a try before judge after some weeks of using one that wasn't the best on Nougat either.
Anyway: anyone uses built in launchers of any ROM if that isn't Nova?
We are left behind with MM blobs which supported very well for N roms and thats the reason we have pretty stable N roms. IMHO official LOS 14.1 is the best custom rom till date for me(not a fan of much customization)... Battery backup is amazing with stock kernel and with magisk modules it satisfies all my needs. The only choice we have now is to wait for mi max N sources as its the only device we have a common chipset. Also xiaomi has launched 2 more devices and developers are now moving to the new devices we would expect a very less support soon for us. Stay strong brothers. If we had 625 chipset, we would have got stable awesome oreo builds by this time. Lucky rn4 nd mi A1 device users, they will surely have support till Android P...
It's good to know that someone has brought this up. Everyone is running for the latest and the greatest but forgetting the things we're leaving behind with Nougat. I've been on RR, AEX, NOS but it was all unreliable after a point. I decided to give LOS a try and there it was. Less features but good enough to keep me here. I miss ViperOS though. It was rock stable and with tons of features. The only thing I miss on LOS is Substratum support. All my themes that I bought has gone waste lol. Wish there was still support for Nougat based ROMs like LOS. Only if there was Substratum support...
Can anyone suggest me a few?
Hello, I've been sticking to stock ROM as long as possible but with the recent fall of ZTE, and the fact that stock started to feel sluggish I was looking for some ROMs I can get and I can see two big players LineageOS 15.1 and AospExtended. I like the huge amount of features in AospExtended but there seems to be some battery bug and lack of encryption and also in the changelog is states "Final Nougat release" which is kinda implying that there is not going to be any new version and I don't think that's the desired message. So my question is how much customizable is LineageOS 15.1? Which ROM do you think is better suited for long-term usage?
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Hello, I've been sticking to stock ROM as long as possible but with the recent fall of ZTE, and the fact that stock started to feel sluggish I was looking for some ROMs I can get and I can see two big players LineageOS 15.1 and AospExtended. I like the huge amount of features in AospExtended but there seems to be some battery bug and lack of encryption and also in the changelog is states "Final Nougat release" which is kinda implying that there is not going to be any new version and I don't think that's the desired message. So my question is how much customizable is LineageOS 15.1? Which ROM do you think is better suited for long-term usage?
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That changelog is very outdated. We already have oreo AospExtended with no bugs a while ago.
I'm currently running it and I love it, I really recommend you to install if you want a clean, stable and customizable system.
I don't know about LOS though, I never tried it.
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That changelog is very outdated. We already have oreo AospExtended with no bugs a while ago.
I'm currently running it and I love it, I really recommend you to install if you want a clean, stable and customizable system.
I don't know about LOS though, I never tried it.
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Hello, I've been sticking to stock ROM as long as possible but with the recent fall of ZTE, and the fact that stock started to feel sluggish I was looking for some ROMs I can get and I can see two big players LineageOS 15.1 and AospExtended. I like the huge amount of features in AospExtended but there seems to be some battery bug and lack of encryption and also in the changelog is states "Final Nougat release" which is kinda implying that there is not going to be any new version and I don't think that's the desired message. So my question is how much customizable is LineageOS 15.1? Which ROM do you think is better suited for long-term usage?
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I don't know what you mean by "battery bug" but LOS and AEX share the same issues since they use the same base, which is B12 Oreo Beta.
Also AEX is more responsive and has better audio than LOS. Battery life is about the same.
joaocandeias said:
That changelog is very outdated. We already have oreo AospExtended with no bugs a while ago.
I'm currently running it and I love it, I really recommend you to install if you want a clean, stable and customizable system.
I don't know about LOS though, I never tried it.
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latest releases are full of serious bugs
I don't know what you mean by "battery bug" but LOS and AEX share the same issues since they use the same base, which is B12 Oreo Beta.
Also AEX is more responsive and has better audio than LOS. Battery life is about the same.
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What do you mean "full of serious bugs" what version is stable enough to be considered daily driver?
There are some posts in the AEX thread about the battery dying at 50% or so.
Can anyone recommend a good lightweight stable daily driver right now ? I don't need much in the way to extra features, I've gone through a few roms lately and either get instabilities or sluggish performance after a couple weeks, just looking to run something fast and stable for the summer. Thanks
I have already tried many roms, from Android 8.1 to 10 and I think that the most stable and functional rom is Oreo AospExtended ROM V5.8 (by [email protected]). In combination with Pico GApps and Ethereal Kernel you can get smooth and reliable smartphone. Mido is old and not fast enought so there is no point to installing something heavier.
ROM's with 4.9 kernel look stable and very smooth.
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I have already tried many roms, from Android 8.1 to 10 and I think that the most stable and functional rom is Oreo AospExtended ROM V5.8 (by [email protected]). In combination with Pico GApps and Ethereal Kernel you can get smooth and reliable smartphone. Mido is old and not fast enought so there is no point to installing something heavier.
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Thanks I was thinking about going back to 8.1 anyway I've found the 10 roms kinda sluggish in comparison so far.
Using Aosip 10.0 for about 2 weeks now and can't complain.
lineage unofficial smooth as silk, thas the 10
Latest Pixel Experience Official for me, not the plus edition.
Reliable for my daily use.
It depends tho but i still recommend it, latest Pie version also rock stable but i like systemwide dark theme for my eyes ?
AEX 6.3 Pie Official For me. Cant even find a single bug. Amazing battery with franco kernel. No complains at all. Perfect GCAM. What else do you want in life
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AEX 6.3 Pie Official For me. Cant even find a single bug. Amazing battery with franco kernel. No complains at all. Perfect GCAM. What else do you want in life
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But that ROM hasn't been updated for a year now.
I also use AOSiP 10 for a couple of weeks now and it's perfectly stable and has a very good battery life
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But that ROM hasn't been updated for a year now.
I also use AOSiP 10 for a couple of weeks now and it's perfectly stable and has a very good battery life
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Does AOSiP has the LTE issue solved. That is the bug I have seen in majority of the Android 10 ROMs. I tried Havoc 3.6 - it was pretty great too, but due to this bug only I had to rollback to Pie.
AviralSri said:
Does AOSiP has the LTE issue solved. That is the bug I have seen in majority of the Android 10 ROMs. I tried Havoc 3.6 - it was pretty great too, but due to this bug only I had to rollback to Pie.
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Due to COVID I spend most time at home currently using WiFi but when I get out, LTE is working fine for me.
Which bug do you mean?
Noter2017 said:
Due to COVID I spend most time at home currently using WiFi but when I get out, LTE is working fine for me.
Which bug do you mean?
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When I put my 4g volte Sim in slot 1, I can use mobile data perfectly but cannot make or receive calls. Call gets ended immediately when I try to make one. When I put my Sim in slot 2, then calls and sms work fine but data connectivity does not seem to work. Play store shows download pending for infinity.
And after you turn aeroplane on and then off, network won't work at all.
I have experienced this issue in havoc 3.6 and lineage 17 roms. And others are reporting that other android 10 custom roms have same issues.
AviralSri said:
When I put my 4g volte Sim in slot 1, I can use mobile data perfectly but cannot make or receive calls. Call gets ended immediately when I try to make one. When I put my Sim in slot 2, then calls and sms work fine but data connectivity does not seem to work. Play store shows download pending for infinity.
And after you turn aeroplane on and then off, network won't work at all.
I have experienced this issue in havoc 3.6 and lineage 17 roms. And others are reporting that other android 10 custom roms have same issues.
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I only have 1 sim card which is always in slot 1. Mobile data and calls (including volte) work.
Playstore is also fine. Apps start installing immediately
Make sure to flash the lastest firmware (I use global stable) before flashing the rom
Noter2017 said:
I only have 1 sim card which is always in slot 1. Mobile data and calls (including volte) work.
Playstore is also fine. Apps start installing immediately
Make sure to flash the lastest firmware (I use global stable) before flashing the rom
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Thanks for reply. But I already have latest firmware global stable 11.0.2.
I will try AOSiP rom soon to check.
At the moment I am using Zeelog's pure LineageOS 17.1 with 3.18 kernel. For this I install the underground kernel. So far Zeelog updates regularly and I can say for my applications it runs very well and also the battery life is very good with this combination.
ROM
https://github.com/zeelog/OTA
Kernel
https://github.com/Zile995/android_kernel_xiaomi_msm8953/releases/tag/r55
zenx-os is great
+MoeSyndrome kernel
groovepeppy said:
Latest Pixel Experience Official for me, not the plus edition.
Reliable for my daily use.
It depends tho but i still recommend it, latest Pie version also rock stable but i like systemwide dark theme for my eyes ?
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PE Plus is rock solid. Been using it from more than 3 months. GPay also works without any Rooting ****... White flash light enable by default ?
AviralSri said:
When I put my 4g volte Sim in slot 1, I can use mobile data perfectly but cannot make or receive calls. Call gets ended immediately when I try to make one. When I put my Sim in slot 2, then calls and sms work fine but data connectivity does not seem to work. Play store shows download pending for infinity.
And after you turn aeroplane on and then off, network won't work at all.
I have experienced this issue in havoc 3.6 and lineage 17 roms. And others are reporting that other android 10 custom roms have same issues.
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Does someone have a fix to this? I have started experiencing this since the July patch on my PixelExperience as well. No data on slot 1 and no calls on slot 2. I am on Airtel.