Best ROM for Grouper - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have just discovered Unlegacy Android, which has official support for the nexus 7 2012, and it seems to be very good. However, I have not seen anybody else running it, so I was wondering if there is something else better that I am missing?

Unfortunately UA is too unstable for daily use because of the new linux kernel.
For daily use I recommended https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7/development/rom-android-7-aosp-grouper-t3467514/

gmikhail said:
Unfortunately UA is too unstable for daily use because of the new linux kernel.
For daily use I recommended https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7/development/rom-android-7-aosp-grouper-t3467514/
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Ok thanks. When did you try this as I have had a look and there are a lot of commits to the UA kernel so it looks like they are trying to fix bugs

i'm using the miui for the nexus 7 works perfect, awesome batterie standby time .. and almost zero lags

solved said:
i'm using the miui for the nexus 7 works perfect, awesome batterie standby time .. and almost zero lags
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Thanks, but sadly the nexus 7 passed away a few days ago (a minor crack in the LCD that must have been there a while just opened up randomly and the LCD died)

ThePiGuy said:
Thanks, but sadly the nexus 7 passed away a few days ago (a minor crack in the LCD that must have been there a while just opened up randomly and the LCD died)
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ouch :crying:

Slimroms official 4.4.4 is the best one I've tried.

Edmontonchef said:
Slimroms official 4.4.4 is the best one I've tried.
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Thanks unfortunately my N7 died a few months ago now :crying: as a hairline crack opened up in the screen and killed the lcd

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Cyanogenmod 11 Snapshot M1 Released

Since I did not see a thread for the us nor do I see a development thread I thought I would let you guys know that M1 is released for us.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=flo&type=snapshot
Happy flashing!
Tried the 6-12 nightly and find that the USB-OTG is not working.
Cares said:
Since I did not see a thread for the us nor do I see a development thread I thought I would let you guys know that M1 is released for us.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=flo&type=snapshot
Happy flashing!
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I cannot download the recommended GApps from CM wiki for some reason. Would someone mind posting the 11/19 GApps please?
Thanks all,
D
DatDude123 said:
I cannot download the recommended GApps from CM wiki for some reason. Would someone mind posting the 11/19 GApps please?
Thanks all,
D
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Yea it didn't work for me either. I just Googled and used http://d-h.st/mDt
Still i i don't find a reason to jump from stock to CM. Google updates are ahead right now, rom is smooth fast and stable, cm is not feature complete yet.
Spyr0s said:
Still i i don't find a reason to jump from stock to CM. Google updates are ahead right now, rom is smooth fast and stable, cm is not feature complete yet.
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Just personal preference. CM offers minor tweaks that are not available in Stock for some reason. Why don't they have a battery % is beyond my understanding.
Cares said:
Yea it didn't work for me either. I just Googled and used http://d-h.st/mDt
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Thanks dude. I was scared to use others but if you had success, screw it.
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Just personal preference. CM offers minor tweaks that are not available in Stock for some reason. Why don't they have a battery % is beyond my understanding.
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battery % is very small reason to jump right now, im fine with battery % under quick settings. I don't find it useful when you have a 4.000mAh battery but that's just a personal preference as you said.
Spyr0s said:
battery % is very small reason to jump right now, im fine with battery % under quick settings. I don't find it useful when you have a 4.000mAh battery but that's just a personal preference as you said.
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Here are some other things I appreciate in CM versus stock:
Custom tiles with touch and hold functionality
Expanded desktop
Configurable LED notifications
Advanced Power Menu
New Lock Screen options
Built in updater for nightlies
Flashed it on my N7 and N4 and it's stable. I noticed one minor but, it didn't restore my WiFi and wallpaper and start auto downloading apps after I logged in. Someone said that's because of the 0 day PA gapps I used. I've used the same one before and didn't have the issue so I'm not sure who's at fault here.
Haven't noticed any other bugs. No random reboots/app crashes, phone breaking bugs. I love it for all the tiny features. Hold vol buttons to forward, quick toggles, reboot menu etc.
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Still i i don't find a reason to jump from stock to CM. Google updates are ahead right now, rom is smooth fast and stable, cm is not feature complete yet.
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+1
Stock is more stable, and all custom kernels work
Ooc, is ART working in CM?
Nexus 7 LTE
Stock rooted KOT49E
Faux Kernel
In Google+ someone said ART works.
Cares said:
Here are some other things I appreciate in CM versus stock:
Custom tiles with touch and hold functionality
Expanded desktop
Configurable LED notifications
Advanced Power Menu
New Lock Screen options
Built in updater for nightlies
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You can get most of that by using xposed and still run stock with nexus updates. I understand running cm on a device that does not get updates like a nexus.
Raverbunny said:
+1
Stock is more stable, and all custom kernels work
Ooc, is ART working in CM?
Nexus 7 LTE
Stock rooted KOT49E
Faux Kernel
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Yeah, but waiting for Google to bug fix anything can take weeks if not months, with CM it can get done within hours/days.
I am using this and and seems great. Haven't had any issues at all other than the exact same MX Player issues that I was having on stock.
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Yeah, but waiting for Google to bug fix anything can take weeks if not months, with CM it can get done within hours/days.
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As far as i remember CM11 had to be ironed out and not the official rom. In the beggining video playback was broken, then notification bar was flickering then wifi didn't work for some. Look at CM thread in other forums, 137 pages for CM11 in i9100 forum and only 12 pages in Nexus 7 forums. When people starts to feel bored with stock then they will jump to CM11 until PA comes out and then everybody will jump to PA:silly:
Camera app takes 5sec to open,
LoVeRice said:
Camera app takes 5sec to open,
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Same here, camera opens slow.
USB-OTG doesn't seem to be working too.
Currently using the 19-12 build.
bland.life said:
Same here, camera opens slow.
USB-OTG doesn't seem to be working too.
Currently using the 19-12 build.
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Yeah I've had all sorts of issues with otg
UPDATE
I Fixed, my otg issue. I flashed elementalx and made sure I didn't have the fast USB charging feature enabled. That seemed to do the trick for me. I hope others will have the same success.
-Wizzle
I also wondered why there wasn't an Official thread. I am running the 12/30 nightly now.. seems pretty good. I am still trying out all of the functions. I also just bought the tablet today.
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=flo
Also using 12/08 gapps from Invisiblek's site..
http://www.invisiblek.org/gapps/
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LRX21R Improvements

I managed to install LRX21R update. Factory image Q first.
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
reijndert said:
I managed to install LRX21R
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
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i disable chrome and use chrome beta on all my devices. doesn't seem to get very warm for me
Is battery life better with Chrome Beta?
I tried to side load the ota and it errors at package.zip. copied it over to twrp and when I try to flash it it says it's meant for a flounder while I have a volantis device. I unlocked the boot loader, used CFroot, and flashed twrp after using the factory images for the previous release.
IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
ky3bmu4 said:
IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
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Enjoy what ever tablet you decide to get. :good:
Ramrod421 said:
Enjoy what ever tablet you decide to get. :good:
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Since I forgot my Nexus 10 in plane last december I owned the following tablets: samsung tab pro 8.4, samsung tab s 8.4, xiaomi mipad and now the nexus 9. Hatebto say it but this is the year I am extremely dissapointed with the absence of any progress on Android tablets.
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Since I forgot my Nexus 10 in plane last december I owned the following tablets: samsung tab pro 8.4, samsung tab s 8.4, xiaomi mipad and now the nexus 9. Hatebto say it but this is the year I am extremely dissapointed with the absence of any progress on Android tablets.
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http://www.androidcentral.com/nokia-n1-249-android-tablet-comes-lollipop-out-box
ky3bmu4 said:
IMO this the same as Q build but for folks like me and many others who could not install becase old recovey. I dont see many changes yet - browsing still drains like 1% every two minutes making this tablet piece of useless electronics.
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I'm going to assume you haven't investigated what is causing your wakelocks. because that is abnormal drain time for any device. you are on lollipop, running old KitKat and donut software most likely . there are a number of free LP compatible wake lock analyzing options out there. solve your problems (in turn, help others with same issue), or consider going back to a pager.
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I see no wake locs.
While screen off, it goes to deepsleep.
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reijndert said:
I managed to install LRX21R update. Factory image Q first.
Any differences from Q?
I still experience warming up while browsing in chrome.
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I got R loaded up and re-reooted. I just opened up 8 tabs in chrome and clicked on links in all of them. The N9 is not as hot as it use to be. I'm still going to play around with it and monitor, but so far so good over here.
Just got a 17MB update from Q to R. I'm getting a lot of Wi-Fi dropouts.
accordex said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/nokia-n1-249-android-tablet-comes-lollipop-out-box
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Interesting device but depends how the atom will work, screen, battery, etc
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Migamix said:
I'm going to assume you haven't investigated what is causing your wakelocks. because that is abnormal drain time for any device. you are on lollipop, running old KitKat and donut software most likely . there are a number of free LP compatible wake lock analyzing options out there. solve your problems (in turn, help others with same issue), or consider going back to a pager.
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Yeah I'm aware of such software and using it on my 1+1. However I wanted to at least try to use my Nexus 9 as "normal user" would do for the first time. Browsing still drains ridiculous amount of battery however I confirm that it is now much better on R build. And heating is much less.
Ps never owned a pager
any improvement on screen flicking?
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I got tired of waiting for Google to issue a working OTA for those of us stuck on LRX21L so I flashed the LRX21R factory image. I'm very happy with it and am glad I took plunge. Noticeable improvements on smoothness. Device still gets hots at times but its improved IMO.
FYI.. I tried following googles instruction for flashing the image. It didn't work.. It crapped out on the SYSTEM.IMG.
Manually flashing each of the IMG files went fine though and all is now working great.
Lastly,
I'd like to point out the the device restore feature worked much better than I had hoped. It even managed to keep app data settings on a couple of apps (that don't have sign in accounts).
Does Google Now from lock screen work for you after some time?
borchgrevink said:
Does Google Now from lock screen work for you after some time?
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Just flashed R and TWRP this morning. OK Google works from anywhere for me.
prdog1 said:
Just flashed R and TWRP this morning. OK Google works from anywhere for me.
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Try it from home screen. Then try it while off.
Sent from my Nexus 7
ram130 said:
Try it from home screen. Then try it while off.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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Did. It works with black screen, lockscreen, homescreen, within apps, everywhere. You have it turned on in GNow settings?
Got the R update today. Seems good so far. :good:

New touchscreen firmware!

Hi all,
as stated in the past days by oneplus, a new touch firmware has been released and will be in cluded in 5/15 cm12.1 nightly. this should (i hope so) resolve all the remaining touch issues that affects many opo
Here is the coomit: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/98287/
05/18: The touch firmware has been reverted to the old one because of battery drain caused by dt2w
sub.
Looks like working very good. Flashing Nightly and screen is more responsible ever sinde the failure occured. waitung für Lord Boefla or slimkat to include it
Tested and feeling much better
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Tested and feeling much better
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can you please test if two finger on the same X axys are now registered correctly? my opo is through the RMA process so i can't test
Certainly seems to be working for me. Typing fine, and x-axis multitouch is working great.
effry said:
can you please test if two finger on the same X axys are now registered correctly? my opo is through the RMA process so i can't test
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Yes, working fine for me.....
The question now is.... will be forever?
multi touch on mine phone on x axis is still jerking from time to time
sometimes it works normally, detects 2 fingers, then on the other hand detects one or none
will see how it will perform through the day, but since i made a clean flash, i doubt that it will be better...
I have the grounding issue with my ONE. No problems with higher temperatures though.
I flashes Franco Kernel r43 boot.img on my stock cm12s. Fo rme the issues are gone.
x-axis touching is working good. Swiping texts is finally possible again!
Thanks to synaptics!!
I will probably switch to cm12.1 nightlies again when I have some spare time left.
Any way this could be a flashable zip for all ROMs or is this something that is baked into the ROM/Kernel?
JJHunterx said:
Any way this could be a flashable zip for all ROMs or is this something that is baked into the ROM/Kernel?
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You can flash Franco's kernel below if you are on CM12s/CM12 (5.0.2). Or the alternative is to flash the 5/15 nightly (5.1) or wait for it to be rolled out OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60747459&postcount=8989
gsmyth said:
You can flash Franco's kernel below if you are on CM12s/CM12 (5.0.2). Or the alternative is to flash the 5/15 nightly (5.1) or wait for it to be rolled out OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60747459&postcount=8989
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No chance for CM11s? I'm just not a fan of 5.x right now.
JJHunterx said:
No chance for CM11s? I'm just not a fan of 5.x right now.
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I think you may be in luck! If you take the plunge let us know how you find it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60755103&postcount=4637
gsmyth said:
I think you may be in luck! If you take the plunge let us know how you find it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60755103&postcount=4637
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Nice! Thanks for the link. Flashing now.
I had only mild touchscreen issues so I'll see if it gets rid of them.
I've never had touch issues thus far, but I am a bit disappointed at the fix. Although I do notice a better touch response, the fix isn't a fix and is a workaround. PPPreferences has a huge battery drain (com.qualcomm.display) which basically, like I've seen written somewhere, means they're just keeping an app open to recalibrate the screen constantly.
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I've never had touch issues thus far, but I am a bit disappointed at the fix. Although I do notice a better touch response, the fix isn't a fix and is a workaround. PPPreferences has a huge battery drain (com.qualcomm.display) which basically, like I've seen written somewhere, means they're just keeping an app open to recalibrate the screen constantly.
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Not for me. Nothing changed in terms of battery usage with today's nightly. Also it isn't even listed under Apps in the battery screen on my device.
This app is only used for post processing (Live Display) and has nothing to do with the new firmware.
I was suffering from pretty bad heat related issues, all gone now.
I just flashed Boeffla-Kernel for CM11s. I can definitely tell a difference. There was one app that I could make it jump when swiping up or down and holding it toward the bottom-middle of the screen, no longer have that issue. I also constantly had trouble with it "clicking" things when all I wanted to do was scroll up or down on something. Have not had that issue since flashing.
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Not for me. Nothing changed in terms of battery usage with today's nightly. Also it isn't even listed under Apps in the battery screen on my device.
This app is only used for post processing (Live Display) and has nothing to do with the new firmware.
I was suffering from pretty bad heat related issues, all gone now.
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Hmm that's pretty interesting then, but I don't seem to be the only one reporting a difference in the CPU time of something which includes the Qualcomm services. We'll see with more usage though.
Do you need root to install?
nokmond said:
Do you need root to install?
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Yes, until it gets pushed officially, as you need to either flash a custom kernel or the latest nightly.

PUBG Mobile on essential

Has anyone else here played this game on the essential phone? I have a couple of strange glitches. I initially thought they were associated to my original faulty device, but after receiving my warranty replacement that is not faulty the same issues still persist on PUBG Mobile. So I am assuming it's something with this phone in general.
First glitch is some artifacting during the loading screen on the notch end of the phone. I am assuming this is because of the screen resizing to accommodate for the notch. It seems like it starts to attempt to resize the screen a few times in a row every once in a while resulting in what looks like some screen glitching. I've noticed this in other apps while using them too like chrome and OfferUp. Looks like every once in a while the app suddenly attempts to resize back to full screen mode for a split second, then immediately shrinks back down again to cut out the notch area.
Other issue is while using both fingers on the screen at the same time. Moving while aiming for instance it will spin my character around a little bit.
Doesn't display any of this behavior on any other phones I've ever had. I already contacted the publisher of the game but Wondering if anyone else has these issues and knows a workaround.
Android P fixes all of the touch related bugs. Game is running flawlessly on my phone
crixley said:
Android P fixes all of the touch related bugs. Game is running flawlessly on my phone
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I'm on P also, but I still get the glitch that I got in Oreo
Thomas Cloutier said:
I'm on P also, but I still get the glitch that I got in Oreo
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Strange, I don't at all. I full wiped and flashed from fastboot though. Did you ota?
So you still have the graphical glitches?
How do I get P?
Also is it possible to force games and other apps to utilize the full screen pace around the notch? As much as I don't like apple I do notice in YouTube videos that it does fully utilize the notch area on the iPhone X.
Alright nevermind found the settings in developer options from YouTube video to force all apps to use the notch area.
crixley said:
Strange, I don't at all. I full wiped and flashed from fastboot though. Did you ota?
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I flashed the ota through adb, did not factory reset though. I think the issue is involving the multi touch that was broken in and 8.1, and I don't think Google has fixed the issue
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I flashed the ota through adb, did not factory reset though. I think the issue is involving the multi touch that was broken in and 8.1, and I don't think Google has fixed the issue
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Yes they have. Lol I'm using it fine right now.
crixley said:
Yes they have. Lol I'm using it fine right now.
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Well I'm still having issues with mine
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Well I'm still having issues with mine
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Like I said before, I flashed the full fastboot file, not just the ota. It is fixed completely. You could try that.
Yes! God, I thought I was the only one with the multi touch issue..but I'm too lazy and stupid to get P so I suppose I'm out of luck.
There's a fix for the multi touch glitch bug. It's a magisk module called "Pixel 8.1 multi-touch fix".
Let me warn you, DO NOT install it if you are on the stock essential ROM, because it will fail to boot. It is only safe on AOSP based ROMs. I can only vouch for myself that it works flawlessly with lineage. If you are on stock ROM you'll have to wait until essential releases a fix.
I just read up on it a little. Apparently it's an issue with all phones running 8.1.0 Oreo witch I did not know. My original essential PH1 was faulty, kept crashing and rebooting so I thought this was part of the faulty device.
Looks like they plan to release a fix in June security update.
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I just read up on it a little. Apparently it's an issue with all phones running 8.1.0 Oreo witch I did not know. My original essential PH1 was faulty, kept crashing and rebooting so I thought this was part of the faulty device.
Looks like they plan to release a fix in June security update.
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So then are you on Android 9 aka P or not?
No. Just going to wait until they release the fix for 8.1.0
i thought the pixel now has the fix from the May patch... maybe our June update will fix this? How is P ? stable enough for daily driver.. cause i like my chicken dinner!!
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Incredible... P preview makes this phone amazing.. touch response is way better.. pubg is soooo much more playable.. no more touch issues or screen jumping around.. got me some chicken just a few minutes ago
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stinger4321 said:
Incredible... P preview makes this phone amazing.. touch response is way better.. pubg is soooo much more playable.. no more touch issues or screen jumping around.. got me some chicken just a few minutes ago
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The difference is insane right? Night and day. Even if there were any bugs, which I haven't noticed any, I still wouldn't be able to go back I don't think.
Way smoother, all touch bugs fixed, better battery life... What's not to like?
crixley said:
The difference is insane right? Night and day. Even if there were any bugs, which I haven't noticed any, I still wouldn't be able to go back I don't think.
Way smoother, all touch bugs fixed, better battery life... What's not to like?
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Yep.. only bug I have seen is that wifi isn't on when phone is restarted..
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crixley said:
The difference is insane right? Night and day. Even if there were any bugs, which I haven't noticed any, I still wouldn't be able to go back I don't think.
Way smoother, all touch bugs fixed, better battery life... What's not to like?
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Yep, everything is great for a dev preview. I fixed my PUBG, by just uninstalling, then reinstalling the game. Runs flawlessly

Paranoid Android

Hi guys, the Paranoid Android ROM is available for our device, does anyone know if there is already a thread or a maintener? Has anyone already tried it?
Thanks
KackBarton said:
Hi guys, the Paranoid Android ROM is available for our device, does anyone know if there is already a thread or a maintener? Has anyone already tried it?
Thanks
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https://paranoidandroid.co/downloads/lavender
Abood98 said:
https://paranoidandroid.co/downloads/lavender
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Thanks man, I know that, my question is different.
DELETED
I've tried it for two days, it's actually good but it has some minor bugs like the vibration strength too low (for system keys or the keyboard) and the screen rotation always enabled on the lock screen and recents panel, details that will bothers you after a while (at least in my case), but overall it's a good ROM.
PA is super smooth when comparing to other ROM, I can notice it when rotate the phone
Using PA about 2 weeks. So smooth. No problem with rotation. Playing PUBG and Mobile Legend is fine. Batery also fine.
Same here.
Using 1 week now.
Extreme smooth.
Good battery.
Gcams working.
FBE and old cam.
Just very few customisations.
Bummer there is no xda thread.
Only telegram group.

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