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Hello, I got my cousin's Redmi 2, so I was hoping to put Custom ROMs. I've been searching around, but didn't seem to find the best stable ROM. I need a daily driver, and it doesn't need to be Marshmallow, but an upgrade from KitKat would be nice. I love the Lollipop UI. But still, I give my preference to the most stable ROM, since I don't want juggle around every single custom ROM available.
Thank You!
UPDATE 21/03.
Thank you guys for the poll! MIUI was getting all RAM sucky so I needed to get a Custom ROM. I've tried Nexus Experience, Resurrection Remix, HTC Remix, and Kuma's CyanogenMod 13.
Nexus Experience: It has same user interface you get from Nexus, but it lacks multitasking capabilities. Besides most of the ROMs in stock looks like this, so I wouldn't recommend this. Link to Download, Credits:Nexus Exp. team
HTC Remix: This ROM is bulky in size, I've waited for 3-4 hrs for it to complete the download, and when I installed, the recovery ended with an error. But from the reviews, it said it has some camera bugs with the stock cam but Snapdragon cam is working. It didn't have the HTC Dialer also. If you switched from an HTC and want the HTC UI, you should take this. Link to Download, Credits:(--light--)
Resurrection Remix: This ROM was good, but compared to CM13, this ROM sucked battery more and at the first boot, the status bar had some lag issues, but after one or two reboots, it was working perfect. Besides that, no problem, this is the second best ROM. Link to Download, Credits:nick37332001
Kumajaya's CM13: This is by far the best ROM I've tried. Battery is the best, considerable less lag while multi-tasking, good gaming performance, and the basic MM UI. I didn't find any bugs at all. If you're looking for the best ROM, this is the one. Link to Download Credits:ketut.kumajaya
I've also found that, newbies to ROM flashing tend to think Official ROMs and Builds are better than Unofficial ones. This is a wrong perception. Kuma's build's are unofficial, but it had a much better performance compared to Nexus Experience. What counts is how much work the devs put into this.
Hope this thread becomes helpful to both users as well as developers. Great work, devs. Hope you keep up the good work.
Hello Venkatesh, Im using 2014818 too. Can you tell me which ROM are you using? Also, even after I flashed Custom recovery, I still see stock recovery, but from there Im able to access TWRP. is this expected behavior? Please tell stable roms for Redmi 2 2014818
john_keshav said:
Hello Venkatesh, Im using 2014818 too. Can you tell me which ROM are you using? Also, even after I flashed Custom recovery, I still see stock recovery, but from there Im able to access TWRP. is this expected behavior? Please tell stable roms for Redmi 2 2014818
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I am on stock miui brother. First root your device, install flashify and flash twrp from flashify. You are done.
Sent from my 2014818 using XDA Free mobile app
No rules broken here. Carry on! :good:
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Blisspop ROM
I have flashed Blisspop ROM, run smoothly until now ( more than 2 days)
Kumajaya's Marshmellow as daily driver. Using since last december, never crash-rebooted and rare bugs. Battery could have been better. And camera, obviously you can't beat MIUI's stock camera but it's all right.
cm 13 by kuma is already stable because basic functionality of redmi 2 is now working been using till now
Thanks guys! I've updated my OP, with reviews.
@rohitaar I'm too on cm 13 its smooth stable,but have you tried aosp caf,if yes how's it? I like idea of pure aosp ROM on which I could use xposed if I want any feature.Please review it if you can
I must add the (at least) here, none of the MM ROMs has a working adb, and some of has GPS issues
Lennoard said:
I must add the (at least) here, none of the MM ROMs has a working adb, and some of has GPS issues
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Do not believe this guy, I've been using ADB for like every ROM to batch install the APKs which I've backed up from the Stock MIUI.
ADB works perfectly. Also, I love Here Maps more than Google Maps, and it has no problems at all. Brother, if you have any issues with your phone, you should check it with the manufacturers, or at least other users, see if they have any issues.
rohitsonone said:
@rohitaar I'm too on cm 13 its smooth stable,but have you tried aosp caf,if yes how's it? I like idea of pure aosp ROM on which I could use xposed if I want any feature.Please review it if you can
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@rohitsonone No.. I had a look at it, but the UI seemed too Ice-Sandwich type! You see the screenshots! Guess I'm happy with CM13! You can use xposed in CM 13, no problems, although I don't want any tweaks.
I dont think kuma's cm13 ROM has best battery. I mean it is not to hurt him, but the marshmallow changes which forces us to enable gps for wifi functionality is the thief. It sucks battery like hell. But cm13 of kuma had awesome camera and it had no lags at all !! Very clean and smooth UI. As the kernel source has been released for redmi 2 we will have wait for some good battery management tweaks. PS: I am using kuma's cm12.1 as my daily driver and it has no problem at all except camera quality and the battery management(better than cm13 but still . . .)
can anyone help me with the audio bug? {audio playing with speaker and headphones.} the roms i used tends to work normally for 10 reboots. but after some reboots the audio bug kicks in. audio playing with speaker and headphones. hope thats the bug with roms. I have used Ressurection Remix both 5.1 and 6.0.
Hello! I've been using Cloudy ROM for a long time but now I feel lack of RAM on my G2 Int. That's why I search for the ROM as close to pure Android as possible. Please, advice me some. Thanks!
P.S. I record a lot of video so tell me what to install in addition to this ROM in order to capture nice photos and videos. Thanks a lot.
Resurrection Remix
Give a try to Resurrection Remix rom, one of the best I've been testing.
Any LG ROM is better than any AOSP/CM ROM for G2. Fact. Stay on LG ROMs.
zizuka said:
Any LG ROM is better than any AOSP/CM ROM for G2. Fact. Stay on LG ROMs.
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Both roms have pros and cons.
On AOSP (MM) multitasking is much better.
On LG Stock camera and battery is better.
JetVoz said:
Hello! I've been using Cloudy ROM for a long time but now I feel lack of RAM on my G2 Int. That's why I search for the ROM as close to pure Android as possible. Please, advice me some. Thanks!
P.S. I record a lot of video so tell me what to install in addition to this ROM in order to capture nice photos and videos. Thanks a lot.
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You can try exodus and cm13 or blisspop.
I have benchmarked on exodus rom , clean install, via antutu benchmark and i get low score than my currently installed lollipop stock with bunch of apps and stuff.
Anyway , for me , if you dont want lots of customization and stuff, or not looking to get a marshmallow on your device, then flash stock lollipop, root, install twrp, install dorimanx kernel, greenify with exposed, and enjoy highest possible battery life.
go for the rom called Google edition 1.5. Flash Dorimanx. Be happy.
I use Dirty Unicorns with Lambda Dominó kernel and right now i have the most high batt/speed i ever had on my G2...
I'd say:
- for lightweight stock experience take somboon's stripped-down rom
- for a modern UX rom, take Ice-x rom. Take this one if You want to focus on photos and videos.
- for an up-to-date original android experience take Dirty Unicrons and Exodus roms. Both are AOSP base, both offer stability and lots of features.
These roms don't offer milions of customisations, but provide a great experience with excelent batterty life. At least for my D802.
I used all of them them as car navigation and did a lot of document photographing for my work.
All 4 are good daily drivers and never failed me.
It is up to You to tune the roms to Your needs. I have found out that both Dirty Unicrons and Exodus don't really need a custom kernel.
However Dorimanx's kernel is highly recommended for stock-based roms.
So I recomend You Ice-X with Dorimanx's kernel, but I don't know which version will work best for You.
I add that the AOSP MM roms are heated much more than the stock. Stock 25ºC-36ºC and 32ºC-44ºC AOSP...
With the lambda kernel and underclocking they improve a bit, but still warming up the phone rather than the stock, especially when using some app like the camera, gps,...
- For AOSP MM and great customization, Resurrection Remix rom [6.0.1_r46][UBER-GCC 4.9][CM13], great rom, + kernel lambda stable, improve overheating.
- For stock rom for my the best is ROM 5.0.2. stock based SRKG2-4-10 (Fast,Stable,Yummy) [3 In 1 ROM with Thai Food Names]
Hello guys, so I've been using S5 G900F since may this year and im currently running official 6.0.1 no root or anything.
It's really great phone and all but it started to bug because of touchwizz i guess and Im thinking about switching to custom rom but i have always been afraid to do it because it will break my knox thus breaking fingerprint and private mode..Im newbie here on this forum, I have experience with other phones(installing custom roms, rooting etc).So my question is: Can you guys recommend me rom that has working fingerprint scaner and private mode because it is a must for me and maybe working app like S Health, maybe IR controller if developers implemented those functions on custom roms and etc.If not is there roms with something similar ? Ive seen some CM13 builds paired with some custom kernels that implemented working fingerprint scanner but i dont know which one is good and which one is not.Any advice is welcome.Thanks! :highfive:
I like blissroms they worked WAAAAY better than the stock rom and have all the features...
I can recommend CM (of course) but especially ResurrectionRemix.
If you want to stick to a stock base, XtreStoLite or AllianceROM are great.
colin.pohle said:
I can recommend CM (of course) but especially ResurrectionRemix.
If you want to stick to a stock base, XtreStoLite or AllianceROM are great.
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I would preffer cm over stock ofc, im just wondering if cm based roms have all or at least some of the features i mentioned up there and which mix od rom and kernel would be best
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FingerPrint: Yes (Im on RR right now)
S Health: Kinda Works.. I mean, you can install it but the hearth rate sensor doesnt work there. You can install this app if you need it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=asd.vector.sensor
Private Mode: Dont think so
IR Blaster: Yup, and there are better third party alternatives like Galaxy Universal Remote
I would recommend Exodus, as it is very stable and quick especially on startup and shutdown.
Hey Im wondering if any1 know of a ROM with fixed camera focus (and no camera bugs), maybe even a ROM with improved camera?
Im kind of new to custom ROMS so not one with too advanced installation ;x
Well I guess advanced installation is fine if it comes with idiotproofed guide haha.
Thanks and great job all the devs out there <3
SM- J510H(FN)@ J5(2016) model :3
Every custom rom for our device has some kind of camera problems, but its normal for roms like LOS or RR. The official versions of those roms ha e the same problem. If you are searching for full camera power then stay on stock . Its cam is the best optimised
Guys help me... I Need Fully stable custom rom with no issues like volte, camera. i tried most of custom roms out there but with similar bugs..
adityaon said:
Guys help me... I Need Fully stable custom rom with no issues like volte, camera. i tried most of custom roms out there but with similar bugs..
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Some Roms has VolLTE Working but Camera its a fail in any custom Rom. Even flashing MIUI Camera. Some do not record, anothers rec dark videos. In most the front camera do not rec video and do not works in WhatsApp neither.
If the camera is not very important for you, you should try ViperOs, if does, try Stock or Miui.eu / Arvanasoft, this last two has battery drain lastly.
adityaon said:
Guys help me... I Need Fully stable custom rom with no issues like volte, camera. i tried most of custom roms out there but with similar bugs..
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Bro... Try Resurrection Remix latest build final land rom...
No bug issues