N00b to all this and looking for guidance! - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

HI guys. So I'm trying to configure my phone for the best performance / battery for userspace. IE Internet phone apps gui GPS etc. Not looking for gaming tweaks or any thing like that just a powerful user tool. I have it on rooted stock tmobile klte android mm I have susuper and xposed framework installed as well as rom tool box pro. I'm looking to make this thing a beast as it is with the rom toolbox settings tweaks and kernel. I tried a couple modded roms but wasn't to happy with the way I need to use my phone. I'm looking for help not criticism lol. Thanks in advance and I'll post any relevant logs or current settings if any one suggests.

Since you have xposed, I recommend using Firefds kit. It has quite a large number of touchwiz specific tweaks that will improve stock ROM experience.
As for performance, there isn't a whole lot other than using a custom kernel, but most kernels out there are only for the g900f. You can play around with Kernel Adiutor, especially the IO stuff that will improve transfer speeds.

Saber said:
Since you have xposed, I recommend using Firefds kit. It has quite a large number of touchwiz specific tweaks that will improve stock ROM experience.
As for performance, there isn't a whole lot other than using a custom kernel, but most kernels out there are only for the g900f. You can play around with Kernel Adiutor, especially the IO stuff that will improve transfer speeds.
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I've been playing around abit with build prop and the other stuff. The build.prop stuff soft bricked me a couple of times so until I do more research on it I'm gonna leave it alone. As far as xposed I was actually thinking of uninstalling it because ROM Pro toolbox is working pretty good I like the results. I need to find out more tho because I was having an issue with calls being dropped after a lil over a min but did a recovery and it seems to be OK. I really would like some advice on how to tune rom toolbox settings to make this thing scream

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[Q] stock google rom vs LiquidSmooth

Hey,
I just wanted to ask does the custom roms really worth rooting? in comparison to the google stock rom how much faster and more battery efficient are the custom rom that specialize in those fields? (i.e. LiquidSmooth from what I could gather) and how much more/less stable are they from the stock rom?
Thank you.
Experience differs from user to user. The most conclusive way to get an answer is to try it out yourself. For me, PA has been just as fast as the stock ROM and had equally good battery life, but I have had the occasional random reboot. To me that's a miniscule trade-off for the features you get. You won't really get a ROM that's significantly faster than a stock ROM though because the hardware on the phone is good enough that everything feels fast.
tomer90 said:
Hey,
I just wanted to ask does the custom roms really worth rooting? in comparison to the google stock rom how much faster and more battery efficient are the custom rom that specialize in those fields? (i.e. LiquidSmooth from what I could gather) and how much more/less stable are they from the stock rom?
Thank you.
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I would recommend you try both and stick with the one that works best for you. Only you can determine which one you like more. The N4 is easy to install a custom rom on (even from stock). Plus with the backup apps out there you don't have to risk losing your data and starting over. No two users are identical and what works for one may not work for another.
For what it's worth, I've flashed back to stock/locked/unrooted because I never came to depend on the features the different roms gave me. I'm getting older and don't have the time to stay current on the different roms and features. All I need for my phone are apps/features that are found in the stock rom and the google store. Battery life is better on a custom rom but it's not worth it to me to continue my "flashaholic" ways. I still get through a day sometimes a day and a half on the stock rom - which is all I need. My use case could be drastically different than yours so don't do what I did unless you know it will work for you.
The developers here do great work and it's a great community so I would recommend you try them all to see which one you like the most.
Good luck.
You need to find the answer yourself.
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its not about me testing for myself because i'm not looking for features or special stuff i can get along with everything i'm really just looking for the fastest most battery saving ROM, thats it, I play little to almost no games basicly mail and scanning and stuff like that(i'm a student right now) and soon i'll be writing some apps for myself for security purposes so I need something to really milk that Quad Core for all its worth so I also need some CPU tweaking apps(not sure if thats ROM related)
You'll be very happy with Sabermod or Rasbean both close to stock. Sabermod is the only Rom built using the 4.8 chaintool and is very fast. The battery life is also excellent. I recommend those 2 for a close to stock experience with some useful tweaks both fast smooth and solid.
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Thank you for your input.
Any other opinions?
and by the way, excuse my ignorance but what does it mean 4.8 chaintool? what makes it faster then the 4.7 or the older ones? and since its really new im guessing, does it mean its less stable then the other ROMS? and when you say excellent battery life, its in comparison to all those other ROMS that aim for max battery life?
Thank you!
If you really want more battery life or smoothness then IMO you should just install a new kernel; Franco's kernel has great battery life but it still has better performance than stock, Trinity kernel is super fast and smooth, and there's loads more options available.
I'm running CM10.1 and Franco kernel and its very stable, barely ever have any sort of bugs or random reboots
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I run CM10.1. Close to stock, but has a few options that are nice to have especially if you like to customize your phone. There are other Roms that have more options, but to me, what's in CM is enough. It's really up to you.
With that being said, I recently flashed a stock rooted rom and got MUCH better battery life than on CM. I don't know if it was an app I had or what, but stock definitely gave me better battery life. I have tried kernels and Rom combinations, but always come back to CM with every single phone I've had. But, in my experience on the Nexus 4, stock Rom gives me the best battery life.
For me liquidsmooth is brilliant! Extremely fast while having tons of customization options. Pair it with matr1x and it really is a great combo for speed and battery life. This is only my opinion but it works for me. I got over 22000 on antutu with this combination (no overclock) while I think its around 17000 on stock. I also get significantly better battery life compared to stock.
if you really want a bump in battery and performance, i suggest rooting and just install francos kernel.i've tried every rom on this forum and for me i ALWAYS find my way back to stock for me it just feels the most fluid and everything works like it should. like me you dont play games or anything and im no app hoarder.that said stock rom with francos kernel gives me the best of everything including color/gamma tweaks to make your screen look better with his app.
with that said i suggest to check out different kernels
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paul_viado said:
if you really want a bump in battery and performance, i suggest rooting and just install francos kernel.i've tried every rom on this forum and for me i ALWAYS find my way back to stock for me it just feels the most fluid and everything works like it should. like me you dont play games or anything and im no app hoarder.that said stock rom with francos kernel gives me the best of everything including color/gamma tweaks to make your screen look better with his app.
with that said i suggest to check out different kernels
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Now, if we install franco's kernel onto the Stock ROM, will this prevent any future Google updates from being installed?
mastewman said:
Now, if we install franco's kernel onto the Stock ROM, will this prevent any future Google updates from being installed?
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Updates in any form will show up in the forum and no need to simply rely on Google for them. They have recently released an updated kernel which I see being implemented by some rom developers and kernel developers already. Let's understand what we have here guys, a community of constant building additions/updates to our phones. So updates should be the last thing for you to worry about IMO
Also to me OP some of the questions you asked can all be answered with a simple Google Search, not that the answers given here are wrong but you would probably find more in depth and uniformed answers by looking it up.. Quite sure its on a wiki somewhere...
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Updates in any form will show up in the forum and no need to simply rely on Google for them. They have recently released an updated kernel which I see being implemented by some rom developers and kernel developers already. Let's understand what we have here guys, a community of constant building additions/updates to our phones. So updates should be the last thing for you to worry about IMO
Also to me OP some of the questions you asked can all be answered with a simple Google Search, not that the answers given here are wrong but you would probably find more in depth and uniformed answers by looking it up.. Quite sure its on a wiki somewhere...
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I believe he means Google ota's and yes it can stop you from getting ota's. Any modification to system. Whether you added or removed something will fail. You would have to be on complete stock for it to work. Just download yourself a nexus 4 toolkit. The latest factory image, latest drivers, and make sure you backup your internal storage on your computer. Use the tool to return your phone back to stock. Of course whenever you feel is tge right time to do so.
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I believe he means Google ota's and yes it can stop you from getting ota's. Any modification to system. Whether you added or removed something will fail. You would have to be on complete stock for it to work. Just download yourself a nexus 4 toolkit. The latest factory image, latest drivers, and make sure you backup your internal storage on your computer. Use the tool to return your phone back to stock. Of course whenever you feel is tge right time to do so.
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Oh no I fully understood what he meant and my point was simply people unroot or stay stock to wait for an update. Whether you are rooted or not the update will find you in some form. Either with a rooted stock rom or a custom rom but rest assure that xda will not let an update happen and its not on everyone's phone :good:

Samsung s5 omega rom with rom toolbox pro

Hi,
Basically I'm very new to rom and rooting. I've just rooted my device and put on omega rom. All good but now I don't know what to do.
What I'm mostly interested in is playing around with rom toolbox pro - cpu control and kernel tweaks. Just looking for your personal choice on what you've adjusted and what works best for you.
I don't want to push my phone and I care about battery life as I'm a heavy phone user so looking for the perfect balance between performance and battery. I assume this is the best app for it? Just really need your recommended settings and specific changes please.

Rom & Kernel Advice

Hi all,
I bought OnePlus 2 week ago (changed from Honor 6), and since then i using OxygenOS 2.2.1 i really liked the shelf feature, but i can't live without modifications, so i like to unlock bootloader, and flash custom rom and kernel. I searching for LionHeart or Adaptive Governor, and Zen I/O sheduler, i have it one my old LG G2 mini and gave much more battery life. Also it will be great if the rom will have CM Theme Engine.
I ask you good people users of mighty OnePlus 2, can you suggest me something?
i search a lot of threads and i found one kernel with lionheart, but maybe you will suggest me a couple of good rom-kernel combinations.
Thanks a lot
Have a nice day!
TheWolfSoul said:
Hi all,
I bought OnePlus 2 week ago (changed from Honor 6), and since then i using OxygenOS 2.2.1 i really liked the shelf feature, but i can't live without modifications, so i like to unlock bootloader, and flash custom rom and kernel. I searching for LionHeart or Adaptive Governor, and Zen I/O sheduler, i have it one my old LG G2 mini and gave much more battery life. Also it will be great if the rom will have CM Theme Engine.
I ask you good people users of mighty OnePlus 2, can you suggest me something?
i search a lot of threads and i found one kernel with lionheart, but maybe you will suggest me a couple of good rom-kernel combinations.
Thanks a lot
Have a nice day!
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for me Graraks CM13 is the best rom (4+ hrs SOT)
i dont use a custom kernel but i heared sandy kernel is good :good:
flo071 said:
for me Graraks CM13 is the best rom (4+ hrs SOT)
i dont use a custom kernel but i heared sandy kernel is good :good:
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Going to check it out Thanks a lot!
TheWolfSoul said:
Hi all,
I bought OnePlus 2 week ago (changed from Honor 6), and since then i using OxygenOS 2.2.1 i really liked the shelf feature, but i can't live without modifications, so i like to unlock bootloader, and flash custom rom and kernel. I searching for LionHeart or Adaptive Governor, and Zen I/O sheduler, i have it one my old LG G2 mini and gave much more battery life. Also it will be great if the rom will have CM Theme Engine.
I ask you good people users of mighty OnePlus 2, can you suggest me something?
i search a lot of threads and i found one kernel with lionheart, but maybe you will suggest me a couple of good rom-kernel combinations.
Thanks a lot
Have a nice day!
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Any CM13 based ROM would be your best bet.
IMO, go with Resurrection Remix. They have their official build up and it is one of the best looking ROMs till date.
As for the kernel, I'd recommend Benschhold's custom kernel. It is a great custom kernel providing a lot of options to fine tune your device. Don't expect lots of governors though. OP2 uses octa-core SD 810, which uses the little.BIG architecture. The governors have to be adapted to properly make use of this architecture. That being said, I think ZZmoove or Interactive should be good enough to give you an all-round performance and decent battery life.
Use Kernel Adiutor preinstalled with the custom kernel for best results. (Do not install it, the flashable zip contains Kernel Adiutor)
If you are a music lover, I'd recommend using XTREMEMusic mod or DivineBeats mod.
Links:
Resurrection Remix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/development/rom-resurrection-remix-m-t3355608
Benschhold's custom kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/development/kernel-benschholds-custom-kernel-t3320954
XTREMEMusic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/mod-beatsaudio-e-xloud-installer-t3029951
DivineBeats: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/app-divinebeats-sound-master-phone-sony-t3274355
Hope this helped.
Thanks, Good to know . I'm familiar with kernel adiutor i use it since my second android device, awesome tool, i see the benschhold's Custom kernel have Lionheart Governor is it good with SD810? i used it one 4 core device, on Honor 6 (kirin 920 big.Little architecture) i used interactive on little and ondemand on big. About music: Yes i'm music lover can you tell me if music mods you are showed me are a lot better than viper4Android with good Convolver (my earphones are Sennheiser CX3.00 i know i should have had better ones)?
By now my combo oneplus is PowerAmp and that maxxaudio, but bass is somewhat strange it is too soft...
TheWolfSoul said:
Thanks, Good to know . I'm familiar with kernel adiutor i use it since my second android device, awesome tool, i see the benschhold's Custom kernel have Lionheart Governor is it good with SD810? i used it one 4 core device, on Honor 6 (kirin 920 big.Little architecture) i used interactive on little and ondemand on big. About music: Yes i'm music lover can you tell me if music mods you are showed me are a lot better than viper4Android with good Convolver (my earphones are Sennheiser CX3.00 i know i should have had better ones)?
By now my combo oneplus is PowerAmp and that maxxaudio, but bass is somewhat strange it is too soft...
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It was obvious, I mean your avatar is Audio-Technica's logo!:good:
Yeah, both these mods have Viper4Android bundled in their packages. So you'll get v4a and more with both these mods.
I'm not sure about LionHeart though. I use ZZmoove because ZaneZam has been working furiously on it to make it compatible with SD810.
About the music player, try Neutron Music Player. It's the best if you know how to tune a parametric EQ (not as simple as tuning a graphic EQ i.e. the one which we find in most music players.) and can forgive the retro UI design.
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It was obvious, I mean your avatar is Audio-Technica's logo!:good:
Yeah, both these mods have Viper4Android bundled in their packages. So you'll get v4a and more with both these mods.
I'm not sure about LionHeart though. I use ZZmoove because ZaneZam has been working furiously on it to make it compatible with SD810.
About the music player, try Neutron Music Player. It's the best if you know how to tune a parametric EQ (not as simple as tuning a graphic EQ i.e. the one which we find in most music players.) and can forgive the retro UI design.
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Awesome, thanks a lot, i'll install custom rom (RR or CM13) and Benschhold's Kernel when i come back home . One last question: How's temperatures on Benschholds kernel - is it really OC or unlocked frequency?
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Awesome, thanks a lot, i'll install custom rom (RR or CM13) and Benschhold's Kernel when i come back home . One last question: How's temperatures on Benschholds kernel - is it really OC or unlocked frequency?
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It is unlocked, although previous versions had stock overclocking and wasn't reporting much heat.
I don't think that heat levels change with a change in kernel:laugh:
Just asking Thanks a lot
Ok, so i tested couple of roms, and i came back to OxygenOS 2.2.1 (RR was too packed with things i would never use, CM was fine but i feel i miss the shelf feature of Oxygen), now i using it with Benschhold kernel for Oxy and yes it is slight lag here and there but phone seems to be more fluid in apps, so there goes my next question: can i flash sound mods on Oxygen or it will give me a bootloop or some kind of sound distortion? Thanks in advance (im asking, cuz i don't have time to test it out because of my work :/)
Edit: I read that maxxaudio or OxygenOS itself creates a incompatibility with any audio mods and also viper4android alone not working, i tried installing latest Viper4Android and it can't install driver (it says i haven't installed Busybox and/or don't have root - but obviously i do). Maybe i should look for other way out the situation
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Ok, so i tested couple of roms, and i came back to OxygenOS 2.2.1 (RR was too packed with things i would never use, CM was fine but i feel i miss the shelf feature of Oxygen), now i using it with Benschhold kernel for Oxy and yes it is slight lag here and there but phone seems to be more fluid in apps, so there goes my next question: can i flash sound mods on Oxygen or it will give me a bootloop or some kind of sound distortion? Thanks in advance (im asking, cuz i don't have time to test it out because of my work :/)
Edit: I read that maxxaudio or OxygenOS itself creates a incompatibility with any audio mods and also viper4android alone not working, i tried installing latest Viper4Android and it can't install driver (it says i haven't installed Busybox and/or don't have root - but obviously i do). Maybe i should look for other way out the situation
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There are two ways that you could go:
1. Try the new OOS 3 beta. It contains many improvements and by default, it will include the shelf feature that you love. You will be able to install the sound mods that you like and won't get any distortion. The downside with this method is that there is no custom kernel for OOS 3. You'll have to run on a stock kernel.
2. Continue with OOS 2.2.1 and revert to the stock kernel. Then flash the Uber custom build version of Boeffla Kernel and install BoefflaConfig app to tune the kernel. The downside with this method is that you won't be able to flash any audio mods. You'll have to stick to apps like Noozxoide EIZO-Rewire Pro for audio tuning.
Thanks a lot! I'll go with 1st method. You were providing a lot of help, Thanks for that too
I didn't think i'll fall in love with shelf feature, before was only one rom - CM - but oxy changed that for me

LG Stylo 3 Plus build.prop tweaks

I found a post on here with a bunch of build.prop tweaks and I'm just wondering if anyone has tried any tweaks and if so which ones you all have gotten to work. Thank you
JonnyW710 said:
I found a post on here with a bunch of build.prop tweaks and I'm just wondering if anyone has tried any tweaks and if so which ones you all have gotten to work. Thank you
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I have not personally heard of any that I can attest to anyone trying. I would just say to make a good backup and give them a try. I have used a couple on other devices regarding tcp tweaks, kernel panic, etc... I would recommend reading up on kernel and using kernel auditor from play store. or if you are using Magisk there are some good modules for automating some kernel tweaks. Hope you find what your looking for
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I have not personally heard of any that I can attest to anyone trying. I would just say to make a good backup and give them a try. I have used a couple on other devices regarding tcp tweaks, kernel panic, etc... I would recommend reading up on kernel and using kernel auditor from play store. or if you are using Magisk there are some good modules for automating some kernel tweaks. Hope you find what your looking for
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That's what I was thinking of doing. Just playing around and seeing what happens. I have messed with kernel auditor a little, but not to much as I'm reading more up on it so I understand it better. I'm one of those perfectionist, so I eill read a ridiculous amount of info so I can "be perfect" Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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That's what I was thinking of doing. Just playing around and seeing what happens. I have messed with kernel auditor a little, but not to much as I'm reading more up on it so I understand it better. I'm one of those perfectionist, so I eill read a ridiculous amount of info so I can "be perfect" Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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your welcome
JonnyW710 said:
That's what I was thinking of doing. Just playing around and seeing what happens. I have messed with kernel auditor a little, but not to much as I'm reading more up on it so I understand it better. I'm one of those perfectionist, so I eill read a ridiculous amount of info so I can "be perfect" Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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Hey there. Just checking in. Have you had any luck with finding tweaks for your build.prop? Hopefully nothing fatal. I hate reloading .kdz file. always tons of input needed.
I am the proud owner of an LGMP450, rooted SU running stock Android 7.0 Nougat w/Xposed & TWRP installed. I have enabled init.d support successfully. I have ran a few tweak zips (universal mainly.. haven't found any device specific yet) and all have shown significant improvement to overall device performance. I am currently running StonedModV3 and am getting between 5 and 6 SOT respectfully. I have found that particular mod zip to be the most useful for my device in the sense it has noticeable performance increase without sacrificing battery life. There are tutorials online if you haven't enabled init.d yet. There is also another app here on xda that I've tried called SubCore. It too has shown significant performance improvements, but I haven't tried it yet on an unscripted set up. Some of the init.d zips you may find useful are StonedModV3, TweakZV6, and many others as they contain build prop scripts in them. I have tested these mentioned few and have had no issues. Give them a try and enjoy your devices new performance, but make sure to read up on them fully and how to recover if things go wrong. Happy modding my friends.

Rooting

I finally rooted and flashed a good kernel, putting it under test ATM.
I wanted to ask if flashing the XXX NoLimits magisk module worth it and really improves the experience on the OP 8 Pro, since it's not a ROM, it's only a Magisk module (flash type).
I don't mean anything to the team, I heard it was great but I just don't want to mess my phone up with modules and other things, thanks
TheLegend975 said:
I finally rooted and flashed a good kernel, putting it under test ATM.
I wanted to ask if flashing the XXX NoLimits magisk module worth it and really improves the experience on the OP 8 Pro, since it's not a ROM, it's only a Magisk module (flash type).
I don't mean anything to the team, I heard it was great but I just don't want to mess my phone up with modules and other things, thanks
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I used to flash xxx on the OnePlus 5, it was a full ROM back then but it was the best out of them all..
If the module is anything like the ROM then yes it's well well worth it, the developer gets so much right so for me it would be a go to ROM / Magisk ROM
I wouldn't even touch the optimization settings and stuff, no modern device needs them.
Maybe only debloat but that's it.
Lossyx said:
I wouldn't even touch the optimization settings and stuff, no modern device needs them.
Maybe only debloat but that's it.
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Id 100% turn off the page file no device with more that 4GB ram needs swap storage certainly not a phone with 12GB, the improvement in regards to gaming is night and day, so yep there is that.
Haven't flashed xXx so not sure what is on offer.
I have a saved config file from my time with the OnePlus 5 with xXx so I'll check on that and whatevers new.
dladz said:
I used to flash xxx on the OnePlus 5, it was a full ROM back then but it was the best out of them all..
If the module is anything like the ROM then yes it's well well worth it, the developer gets so much right so for me it would be a go to ROM / Magisk ROM
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Yep, it's a Magisk ROM, I'll surely give it a try soon.
I'm currently running stock OOS with Omega kernel, it's running very good.
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I wouldn't even touch the optimization settings and stuff, no modern device needs them.
Maybe only debloat but that's it.
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Same, I have the 12gb RAM version so I don't think that any of these tweaks would really help, but I'll try some in the future, you know, we don't have much at the moment, the price of the phone is really high.
I run xXx with my own custom config on a OP8Pro 12GB/256GB with most tweaks emailed and zram disabled completely. Runs noticably faster overall. Snappier and launch times are super low. Also, even tho audio is good, the Viper + Dolby mod from xXx takes the speakers to a whooooole new level lol.
I always ran xXx on my old OP5 as well and it was great even tho I switched to Paranoid after a while just because I really love that UI style and customization. When PA Quartz is a bit more stable on the OP8Pro I will switch anyways but with xXx the stock ROM doesn't really miss anything that EdXposed and Gravitybox + Button Mapper + GCam can't fix like battery circle with percentage in it and flashlight shortcuts.
Imprezzion said:
I run xXx with my own custom config on a OP8Pro 12GB/256GB with most tweaks emailed and zram disabled completely. Runs noticably faster overall. Snappier and launch times are super low. Also, even tho audio is good, the Viper + Dolby mod from xXx takes the speakers to a whooooole new level lol.
I always ran xXx on my old OP5 as well and it was great even tho I switched to Paranoid after a while just because I really love that UI style and customization. When PA Quartz is a bit more stable on the OP8Pro I will switch anyways but with xXx the stock ROM doesn't really miss anything that EdXposed and Gravitybox + Button Mapper + GCam can't fix like battery circle with percentage in it and flashlight shortcuts.
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I rooted and flashed xXx along with Smurf kernel but I'm facing some issues with battery life, it's draining slightly faster than before. Other than that, the device is so responsive, fast and fluid.
I disabled zRAM completely and kept it all stock, that's the weird part but I hope I get better results this week. ??
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I rooted and flashed xXx along with Smurf kernel but I'm facing some issues with battery life, it's draining slightly faster than before. Other than that, the device is so responsive, fast and fluid.
I disabled zRAM completely and kept it all stock, that's the weird part but I hope I get better results this week. ??
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Well, there's your problem. Smurf kernel.
I would stay very far away from that kernel.
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Well, there's your problem. Smurf kernel.
I would stay very far away from that kernel.
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Why? I think it mainly aims for performance and of course some battery improvements but not that much, it's not that bad.
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Why? I think it mainly aims for performance and of course some battery improvements but not that much, it's not that bad.
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That kernel is all about overclock and obselete poorly coded "tweaks" that are not need on a modern smartphone, especially not on Snapdragon 865.
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That kernel is all about overclock and obselete poorly coded "tweaks" that are not need on a modern smartphone, especially not on Snapdragon 865.
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You know better than me, I'm not much into these things but you know, one that says it's great and the other says it's bad, the only way to know is to test it myself.
I tested the kernel, it's close to stock in terms of performance but the battery in stock is better.
The reason I'm using it is because I'm running xXx module which is best with Smurf kernel but I might get everything back to stock and test another kernel without the xXx module. Any recommendations?
EDIT: I just flashed blu spark kernel, I'll test it and tell you how it performs ?
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Why? I think it mainly aims for performance and of course some battery improvements but not that much, it's not that bad.
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Haven't flashed it but tbh the 865 is a beast of chip, it can easily run Dreamcast ROMs which is just staggering really. To push the chip any further is just not required.
For me if you can obtain the performance you get from the stock kernel and save battery then go for whatever that kernel is, from experience on all my device save maybe the galaxy S3 the stock kernel usually provides the best balance of performance / stamina, all the more so with current chipsets.
Aim for battery, performance should take care of itself.
If you're pushing for more performance I would ask myself for what?
I personally push my device more than most, not all the time but the emulators I run are probably the most demanding programs you can get on Android, if I'm good with the output of FPS on them at stock then I think you'll be fine too.
dladz said:
Haven't flashed it but tbh the 865 is a beast of chip, it can easily run Dreamcast ROMs which is just staggering really. To push the chip any further is just not required.
For me if you can obtain the performance you get from the stock kernel and save battery then go for whatever that kernel is, from experience on all my device save maybe the galaxy S3 the stock kernel usually provides the best balance of performance / stamina, all the more so with current chipsets.
Aim for battery, performance should take care of itself.
If you're pushing for more performance I would ask myself for what?
I personally push my device more than most, not all the time but the emulators I run are probably the most demanding programs you can get on Android, if I'm good with the output of FPS on them at stock then I think you'll be fine too.
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You're right, even though I flashed some kernels but I didn't really notice any improvements in the performance, the device is too fast and doesn't need junk tweaks to be improved, but the battery is better now with the kernel I'm running. Thanks for advising me brother
TheLegend975 said:
You're right, even though I flashed some kernels but I didn't really notice any improvements in the performance, the device is too fast and doesn't need junk tweaks to be improved, but the battery is better now with the kernel I'm running. Thanks for advising me brother
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No worries man, anytime.

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