a new rom? grass is always greener - OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers

Hi all,
Have been using the 1+5 since launch day, bought this beast at midnight on launch day and since then it's just amazed me....but I've been stuck picking a ROM due to the encryption decryption worry, I'm currently decrypted on xXx
What ROM are you using and why?
Not looking for the best, just for the points of why one over another.
Cheers.

Hi!
dladz said:
What do the other ROMs offer over OOS? If anything? Easier theming?
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Different ROMs are build above different sources -- OOS, AOSP, LineageOS... -- and contain various modifications -- theming options, kernel tweaking, features ported from other devices, ability to streamline the system experience, stellar stability or release-early-release-often, etc. Every ROM is different, though at some point they offer more of less similar features -- eck, it's all Android at the core! Still, they represent what their devs feel is important for a joyful experience. Read the first post of a topic, you should have a general idea of what you get.

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Hi!
Different ROMs are build above different sources -- OOS, AOSP, LineageOS... -- and contain various modifications -- theming options, kernel tweaking, features ported from other devices, ability to streamline the system experience, stellar stability or release-early-release-often, etc. Every ROM is different, though at some point they offer more of less similar features -- eck, it's all Android at the core! Still, they represent what their devs feel is important for a joyful experience. Read the first post of a topic, you should have a general idea of what you get.
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Thanks, maybe I didn't explain it enough, what I meant was what do you use and prefer and why?
What features sell you the ROM of your choice over others.
I think you can see by the amount of phones I've had that I've seen quite a few.
What are you using at the moment and why?
Benefit over OOS?

I've always been in love with Codename Phoenix, and I still am. I flashed everything there is out there, and every kernel. My conclusion: either OOS, or Phoenix. All the others either have some bugs or annoying problems. I choose Phoenix over OOS because it is just as smooth if not even smoother & faster while providing much more features than OOS. Also, 2 stable builds a month. That's much faster updates than OOS.

Mash1ro said:
I've always been in love with Codename Phoenix, and I still am. I flashed everything there is out there, and every kernel. My conclusion: either OOS, or Phoenix. All the others either have some bugs or annoying problems. I choose Phoenix over OOS because it is just as smooth if not even smoother & faster while providing much more features than OOS. Also, 2 stable builds a month. That's much faster updates than OOS.
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Nice one I'll give that a crack.

dladz said:
Nice one I'll give that a crack.
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The guy deleted all of the G+ and xda threads, because he hated the drama. All he wanted to do at the end of the day is just share the builds he makes with his friends and his loyal users, so he only just has a telegram where he posts fully stable builds around two times per month. MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
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Mash1ro said:
The guy deleted all of the G+ and xda threads, because he hated the drama. All he wanted to do at the end of the day is just share the builds he makes with his friends and his loyal users, so he only just has a telegram where he posts fully stable builds around two times per month. MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
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The rom also has OOS cam working. The ROM itself is closed source, but it's stellar, so I am sure there's a reason behind him making it closed source. I bet he is some ex developer of some other mainstream rom who really knows his stuff.

The rom that give Codename Phoenix a head to head competition is AOSIP, I have used both and settled down on latter.

DevilRockr said:
The rom that give Codename Phoenix a head to head competition is AOSIP, I have used both and settled down on latter.
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Aye i was looking at that one, again though it aims towards encrypted devices, I'm currently decrypted and have fallen foul of the memory becoming unreadable and thus losing data before, that noverity is that all you flash after the rom?
ROM / Gapps / Noverity
In that order right?

Mash1ro said:
The guy deleted all of the G+ and xda threads, because he hated the drama. All he wanted to do at the end of the day is just share the builds he makes with his friends and his loyal users, so he only just has a telegram where he posts fully stable builds around two times per month. MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED
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The rom also has OOS cam working. The ROM itself is closed source, but it's stellar, so I am sure there's a reason behind him making it closed source. I bet he is some ex developer of some other mainstream rom who really knows his stuff.
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Sounds superb, i'll give that a shot, nice one for that mate. :good:

dladz said:
Aye i was looking at that one, again though it aims towards encrypted devices, I'm currently decrypted and have fallen foul of the memory becoming unreadable and thus losing data before, that noverity is that all you flash after the rom?
ROM / Gapps / Noverity
In that order right?
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I am decrypted as well, yes order is correct just flashing magisk after the rom makes sure that you will stay decrypted.

DevilRockr said:
I am decrypted as well, yes order is correct just flashing magisk after the rom makes sure that you will stay decrypted.
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Ok cool, cheers pal.
Will look into it this week sometime. :good:

I went with AICP, firmware 5.1 at this point is needed with it. Modded Gcam working, modded oneplus cam also working. Alot of features, uses LOS and others for base. if your a flashaholic like myself they have nightlies close to every night even. If you want a custom kernel most of the LOS compatble ones (EX, Flash, Franco) work. Battery life is great, and I like the feature set. Eneough tweaking I dont need substratum to have the look I want. Using Magisk 14.4 beta for root. solid eneough to be a daily driver for sure. Bluetooth works perfect for me as well, no wifi issues.

Still using Pure Fusion 7.1.2, as it's aosp-based yet has oos camera fully working(with portrait and slow-mo).

dladz said:
Ok cool, cheers pal.
Will look into it this week sometime. :good:
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So I am going to do this later...I am on XXX 10.5 right now, Oreo.
I am unencrypted...
To put Phoenix on my OP5 and not lose data...
In TWRP:
1. Wipe everything but internal storage...
2. Flash Phoenix
3. Flash GAPPS
4. Flash Magisk
Done?

lunafag said:
Still using Pure Fusion 7.1.2, as it's aosp-based yet has oos camera fully working(with portrait and slow-mo).
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Super stable for me, with magic batterylife. Do U run the beta-version or the stable? I am on #TeamBeta

Gustav Karlsson said:
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Super stable for me, with magic batterylife. Do U run the beta-version or the stable? I am on #TeamBeta
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Beta as well. It had only one problem for me - stock alarm app is broken so I pulled it from another ROM.

thevirgonian said:
So I am going to do this later...I am on XXX 10.5 right now, Oreo.
I am unencrypted...
To put Phoenix on my OP5 and not lose data...
In TWRP:
1. Wipe everything but internal storage...
2. Flash Phoenix
3. Flash GAPPS
4. Flash Magisk
Done?
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Have to say I'm more than curious about this ROM now, it is also Friday so I have the weekend to spend, no excuse for me now, I'll be doing the same pal.
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lunafag said:
Beta as well. It had only one problem for me - stock alarm app is broken so I pulled it from another ROM.
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Not a worry for me that, I've got a Lumie that gets brighter in the morning and tweets at me, wakes me up better than a normal alarm.

How's theming on pure fusion? Been having some issues with my preferred theme lately, in fact so many themes these days don't work.
Google just wants to be lighter and lighter, how they haven't got a dark side I'll never know.
Besides robbing everyone's data

Just like OP, i'm running xXx oos based rom since the beginning, and i'm pretty happy with it.
I'm interested in trying some custom roms, but i've read almost everywhere that custom roms can't get close to camera quality of OOS, is this still true ?
I don't mind flashing any magisk camera mod module if that could help :good:

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Too many roms, which one should I choose ? Which one is the best ?

I browse XDA everyday and these days there are so many new custom roms for OPX. I'm so confused choosing the one to be flash on my OPX (E1001). So I would like to make a vote so that everyone can share their experience about custom roms choosing. For me, After tried several roms I'm now back to OxygenOS since it's stable. Bluspark kernel gives me a smooth UX and fine performace in gaming. I got 27-29 fps playing Hearthstone on my phone.
Try them, read the forums and decide for yourself. Best rom threads aren't allowed on xda.
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I browse XDA everyday and these days there are so many new custom roms for OPX. I'm so confused choosing the one to be flash on my OPX (E1001). So I would like to make a vote so that everyone can share their experience about custom roms choosing. For me, After tried several roms I'm now back to OxygenOS since it's stable. Bluspark kernel gives me a smooth UX and fine performace in gaming. I got 27-29 fps playing Hearthstone on my phone.
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Try purity rom. You'll find it on purity community on g+. For me it's perfect. Not a single bug
adity said:
Try them, read the forums and decide for yourself. Best rom threads aren't allowed on xda.
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Yup. That's the best way. Just try em all. I don't even have a favorite. Some are better in different ways. Right now I am running Oxygen though. It's the only ROM supported by the Boeffla kernel right now
I means I just want to find a rom which has good battery and bug free for daily use.
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Yup. That's the best way. Just try em all. I don't even have a favorite. Some are better in different ways. Right now I am running Oxygen though. It's the only ROM supported by the Boeffla kernel right now
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Bro you can use boeffela kernel on h2os also I have flashed boeffela 7 for oneplus x OOS on h2os and it is running smoothly no lags at all and on benchmark it is giving a score of 68k to 69k by doing some customization by boeffela config app
I totally understand this poll.
Following OnePlus X development thread for some time now, it is quite difficult to choose one of the ROM.
For those saying that we need to try them ... I tried most of them and can't figure out why using one compare to the other ...
Most of them are CM based or include exactly the same feature.
I remembered using TeamEOS ROM and this, was completely different (in my point of view). Some extra goodies included but all from them, with some differences (gestures instead of navbar).
I don't want to be rude dev, but except AOSParadox, all are quite similar for "normal" users (not developpers I mean) and when using one, you tried all of them ...
dani.galla said:
Try purity rom. You'll find it on purity community on g+. For me it's perfect. Not a single bug
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Best marshmallow rom imo.
RedNas74 said:
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Best marshmallow rom imo.
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What is so different than all other CM based rom?
too many similar roms, it's quite annoying actually. would of liked some custom Oxy OS roms etc and H2OS debloated roms
all these cm13 roms are the same just rebadged
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What is so different than all other CM based rom?
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The biggest thing for me, that there are no bugs. No wifi bug, no invalid number bug, build in superuser works, so no need for supersu etc.
For me it's bug free,
RedNas74 said:
The biggest thing for me, that there are no bugs. No wifi bug, no invalid number bug, build in superuser works, so no need for supersu etc.
For me it's bug free,
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Just tried after seeing post here. I tried to change tile order ... systemui crashes
mousse04 said:
Just tried after seeing post here. I tried to change tile order ... systemui crashes
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Just tried it myself. No crashes here. I'm running with bluspark kernel 104 BTW.
I tried some custom ROMs but battery life is nothing like OxyOS..
I found screen on time 5.5-6 hr in oxy os & it's great...
So I am Desperately Seeking
Is there any Custom OS based on OxyOS/H2OS ?
yeah i would like a h2os lite version but not holding my breath for it. h2os with boeffla kernel flies. 71k antutu score.
also this vote will only show how many users r using their preferred rom. it will not show the best rom.
mousse04 said:
Just tried after seeing post here. I tried to change tile order ... systemui crashes
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No crashes also for me. Try clean flash (wipe data, system, cache). Not a single bug in one week
dani.galla said:
Try purity rom. You'll find it on purity community on g+. For me it's perfect. Not a single bug
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same here
sifatrhmn said:
I tried some custom ROMs but battery life is nothing like OxyOS..
I found screen on time 5.5-6 hr in oxy os & it's great...
So I am Desperately Seeking
Is there any Custom OS based on OxyOS/H2OS ?
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I am working on a custom oos rom. Will release when its ready (think about two weeks from now). And I'm still pending on permission from a few developers to use their source.
winesh said:
I am working on a custom oos rom. Will release when its ready (think about two weeks from now). And I'm still pending on permission from a few developers to use their source.
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That's the very good news....
Custom H2OS may be better ..
Any way ???
So for me it's either ashwins cm13 or purity. But what all custom ROMs currently lack is encryption.
That is one thing (I know it is hard to implement) I really would like to see in the next builds as it is for me an essential feature when you are using a custom recovery and an unlocked bootloader. I hope there will be some focus on it within the next weeks.
The only option for now is: stay on stock

Cyanogenmod: why are there no stable release?

I'd like to use CM12.1 (marshmallow) but I realize there still are no stable release? Why? Is it not good enough yet?
I've had a pretty bad experience with CM on my old Galaxy S4 so I'm a little afraid to remove the stock recovery and ROM from my Moto X Play. I want to make sure that it's bug free (or as buggy as stock) and suitable for day use. In other words I want to flash it and know it's fully reliable. Given the fact that there are only nightly releases, are they reliable enough for this?
Thanks
Prosis said:
I'd like to use CM12.1 (marshmallow) but I realize there still are no stable release? Why? Is it not good enough yet?
I've had a pretty bad experience with CM on my old Galaxy S4 so I'm a little afraid to remove the stock recovery and ROM from my Moto X Play. I want to make sure that it's bug free (or as buggy as stock) and suitable for day use. In other words I want to flash it and know it's fully reliable. Given the fact that there are only nightly releases, are they reliable enough for this?
Thanks
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I can't vouch for the latest releases, as my xplay has been broken for like 3 months now, but being a nightly doesn't inherently make it unstable. Stable builds are usually relabeled nightlies. I say give it a shot. You can always go back to stock if you don't like it, unless you're speaking about voiding warranty
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I can't vouch for the latest releases, as my xplay has been broken for like 3 months now, but being a nightly doesn't inherently make it unstable. Stable builds are usually relabeled nightlies. I say give it a shot. You can always go back to stock if you don't like it, unless you're speaking about voiding warranty
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Oh! I thought nightlies were unstable releases. So before yours broke, you had a good experience? No problem with camera or other stuff?
It's not really a question of warranty but rather just not having any issues when I need it to work. For instance, with my Galaxy S4, the camera kept crashing while I was out with my kids so I lost time trying to make it work when I wanted to take a picture. That's the kind of thing I wouldn't want happening just because I got another ROM.
Indeed I did (have a good experience). If you're every unsure of a nightly, head to the thread. You'll usually find one or several people commenting if it's no good.
dictionary said:
Indeed I did. If you're every unsure of a nightly, head to the thread. You'll usually find one or several people commenting if it's no good.
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Yeah I had a look (I just realized I was talking about CM13 not 12.1) but given there are now 205 pages I thought I'd ask about the nightly situation in a different thread.
I think I may try it and restore it from the ROM available in the forum.
Oh and I keep wondering, given Motorola never actually released the ROM, how can someone make it available?
I m using nightly for like 3 months ......and I can say nightly is far better than stock if you are looking for customization and speed. I recently tried to go back to stock 6.0.1 but that experience is so "LAGGY" that I again return back to CM.I can say that CM nightly build working best for me with my requirements(like gaming and also photography and editing and HEAVY Customization and many more ) . and about custom recovery,it's a must have tool I suggest as with that I can return back to my previous builds. SO i recommend to go for NEW CM build,but in the end it's upto you.
and if u r still fearing about NIGHTLIES then flash the custom recovery(twrp) and then make backup of whole stock system and then do whatever U want to.
Btw this is the wrong forum to discuss things
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anks095 said:
I m using nightly for like 3 months ......and I can say nightly is far better than stock if you are looking for customization and speed. I recently tried to go back to stock 6.0.1 but that experience is so "LAGGY" that I again return back to CM.I can say that CM nightly build working best for me with my requirements(like gaming and also photography and editing and HEAVY Customization and many more ) . and about custom recovery,it's a must have tool I suggest as with that I can return back to my previous builds. SO i recommend to go for NEW CM build,but in the end it's upto you.
and if u r still fearing about NIGHTLIES then flash the custom recovery(twrp) and then make backup of whole stock system and then do whatever U want to.
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Oh nice idea. I think That's what I'm gonna do, thanks!
Benjamin_L said:
Btw this is the wrong forum to discuss things
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Is it? I apologize then. Even if I want to talk about CM I should use the General Help forum?
Prosis said:
Oh nice idea. I think That's what I'm gonna do, thanks!
Is it? I apologize then. Even if I want to talk about CM I should use the General Help forum?
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Original development is for devs posting their work usually

What's the best Oreo ROM today?

By best I mean, lesser bugs. No scrolling stutter, good battery back up and etc.
I have tried Oreo ROMs before the official Oxygen Oreo comes out, now that it has been out for about a month (?). I think Oreo custom ROM has also improved. I just want your input guys. Thanks!
Also, don't include OxygenOS-based ROMs. So either AOSP or LineageOS-based.
BlackScreenOS
I've tried liquid remix, aicp, omnirom, aosip and the last come resurrection remix... Well i found that the last one is the better.. Long battery life, no lag, the rom is smooth and have all kind of personalizations
BUT i can't understand why i'm in completely mood with Oos 5.0.2 it's simply perfect imo... And i've been always the first to install a custom rom on my device
Now that substratum is working i think oos has nothing to envy at the other roms, rather it has face unlock oos cam etc... and it's for sure the smoothest rom on this phone
I haven't found one yet that fits your description. Tried DU, Screwed, Aquarios, Phoenix, Omni, Liquid Remix, AOKP and CrDroid. All have bugs, are less than smooth or both.
Best is subjective, but if you go with Codename Phoenix you won't regret!
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Best is subjective, but if you go with Codename Phoenix you won't regret!
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There are a lot of touch latency problems with last week's build and CNP became significantly less smooth as well. A lot of CNP enthusists starting experimenting with other ROMs as a result, myself included.
Yousvel said:
Best is subjective, but if you go with Codename Phoenix you won't regret!
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+1 Exactly
I will try the latest RR Official out yesterday, but for me the best OOS is xXx and the best Custom AOSP is Phoenix
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There are a lot of touch latency problems with last week's build and CNP became significantly less smooth as well. A lot of CNP enthusists starting experimenting with other ROMs as a result, myself included.
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I don't have your problems, maybe you have some apps/tweak cause this issues or simply Xposed / Module
The problem with DU is that the maintainer for this device decided to stop releasing RC builds after number two because *he has enough feedback" while other phones are getting updated DU builds. Unless you compile the source code yourself you are stuck with an outdated version of DU that is missing many of the ROMs features. I was a big fan of DU before buying an OP5 but on this phone it has never been anything but a substandard ROM. The Nougat version was buggy garbage and based on the attitude with the RC builds Oreo for the OP5 probably won't be any better.
I've only tried RR roms, lots of problems (maybe it's my fault, bad flash or idk) so I'm back to stock. I don't know why but since Oreo I can't go on custom rom, feels like they're more laggy.
cam on non OOS based roms are not very good imo. in oos (or xXx in my case) cam is perfect
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cam on non OOS based roms are not very good imo. in oos (or xXx in my case) cam is perfect
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OOS cam is fully working on Codename Phoenix
Yousvel said:
OOS cam is fully working on Codename Phoenix
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how?
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how?
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How can I explain you brother? I am not the dev. But I am a user of this rom and all I can assure you is that it's fully working (Portrait mode, pro mode etc...). How, I don't know. But all I know is this: There is a great dev behind this great rom which is Codename Phoenix. His name is @siankatabg! He is one of the best devs I have ever known.
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How can I explain you brother? I am not the dev. But I am a user of this rom and all I can assure you is that it's fully working (Portrait mode, pro mode etc...). How, I don't know. But all I know is this: There is a great dev behind this great rom which is Codename Phoenix. His name is @siankatabg! He is one of the best devs I have ever known.
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I think the other user was asking how you did it, how you installed OOS Camera on the ROM, does it come with OOS camera already? I'm in doubt too, and I'm using Omni ( with OOS camera from magisk mod) and I'm thinking of changing to CnP to check if it is really that good, I know you used both, what do you think?
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I think the other user was asking how you did it, how you installed OOS Camera on the ROM, does it come with OOS camera already? I'm in doubt too, and I'm using Omni ( with OOS camera from magisk mod) and I'm thinking of changing to CnP to check if it is really that good, I know you used both, what do you think?
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When it comes to camera, Phoenix is the go! As I says OOS Cam is fully working. It's not pre-installed. Just download the latest apk from apk mirror and install it. There's a delay when starting up the camera, you will just need to wait a little bit,then everything works perfect. Even clearer picture than on OOS itself.
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How can I explain you brother? I am not the dev. But I am a user of this rom and all I can assure you is that it's fully working (Portrait mode, pro mode etc...). How, I don't know. But all I know is this: There is a great dev behind this great rom which is Codename Phoenix. His name is @siankatabg! He is one of the best devs I have ever known.
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I never tried oos cam from apk mirror, just gcam mod and its working fine
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When it comes to camera, Phoenix is the go! As I says OOS Cam is fully working. It's not pre-installed. Just download the latest apk from apk mirror and install it. There's a delay when starting up the camera, you will just need to wait a little bit,then everything works perfect. Even clearer picture than on OOS itself.
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Just installed CnP! Do you know how to put the clock on center? using k-klock with any oreo option resulted on System Ui crash.
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When it comes to camera, Phoenix is the go! As I says OOS Cam is fully working. It's not pre-installed. Just download the latest apk from apk mirror and install it. There's a delay when starting up the camera, you will just need to wait a little bit,then everything works perfect. Even clearer picture than on OOS itself.
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Could u provide the link?

ROM recommendations for new owner

Can the experts here recommend some good third party ROMs for the EP? I'm coming over from Nexus 6p and Dirty Unicorns rom. Also does this phone have a TWRP port as I cant find one on the official website?
Unofficial TWRP is available.
Look for it in Q&A and Guides Section - Rooting thread.
Recovery and boot partition is same on this phone, so you won't permanent TWRP. It will be overwritten when you flash ROM or Kernel.
As far as ROMs go, I would suggest to stick to stock Oreo, or try the latest P Beta.
I am running P Beta since June update and it has been solid for me.
Especially July build is amazing.
If you want to try custom ROM, try AICP or AOSiP. There is Invitrix ROM too. Not sure if the dev shares it here on XDA.
If you use Tidal, don't flash the P beta.. you'll ruin your headphones, or worse, your ears. There's an issue with volume control.
For custom ROMs, the dev for AICP is going beast mode on updates and tweaks... It'll spoil you, and it's butter smooth.
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Unofficial TWRP is available.
Look for it in Q&A and Guides Section - Rooting thread.
Recovery and boot partition is same on this phone, so you won't permanent TWRP. It will be overwritten when you flash ROM or Kernel.
As far as ROMs go, I would suggest to stick to stock Oreo, or try the latest P Beta.
I am running P Beta since June update and it has been solid for me.
Especially July build is amazing.
If you want to try custom ROM, try AICP or AOSiP. There is Invitrix ROM too. Not sure if the dev shares it here on XDA.
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If you use Tidal, don't flash the P beta.. you'll ruin your headphones, or worse, your ears. There's an issue with volume control.
For custom ROMs, the dev for AICP is going beast mode on updates and tweaks... It'll spoil you, and it's butter smooth.
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thank you for your replies. What about CarbonROM? Any idea if thats any good ?
P beta is pretty solid? I have the same question as OP. I’m coming from a pixel 2xl. Picked up another EP for that sick prime day deal. I had one when it first came out and didn’t have a good experience with Tmobile. How’s the battery life with the July build for P?
ranasrule said:
thank you for your replies. What about CarbonROM? Any idea if thats any good ?
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Nope. Never tried Carbon.
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P beta is pretty solid? I have the same question as OP. I’m coming from a pixel 2xl. Picked up another EP for that sick prime day deal. I had one when it first came out and didn’t have a good experience with Tmobile. How’s the battery life with the July build for P?
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I can't comment on TMobile experience I am not from Muriccaa...
Battery has been amazing. I get more than 6 hours SOT everyday on LTE with my usage.
Your experience vary depending upon your usage..

GSI ports for Axon 7

Hey everyone
Im wondering if anyone has had the chance to try out any of these ports on their Axon 7. Here is the thread with the issues and instructions on flashing and other files to use:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...velopment/pie-erfan-gsi-ports-t3906486/page21
Here is the page with the GSI ports:
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/gsi/
Im eager to try 2 of them but there doesnt seem to be a lot of info with the Axon there and many are reporting issues with other phones. Has anyone here tried any of these and had success?
most users with other phones reports issues.
a month ago i tried 2 but none of them booted,im not gonna try again
You should've opened this in the Q&A section.
There's a thread already discussing Pie roms here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/summary-best-pie-roms-to-try-to-moment-t3841784
shpitz461 said:
You should've opened this in the Q&A section.
There's a thread already discussing Pie roms here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/summary-best-pie-roms-to-try-to-moment-t3841784
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Those are custom ROMs though. The link is about direct ports from different manufacturers like Samsung UI, Zen UI, Oxygen UI and MIUI. Someone was trying to create bootable GSIs from direct ports of those OSs. I only saw one Axon 7 owner there that tried and now Im looking to see if any other users have tried as well.
Oh, I see.
this is the best ROM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...bled-device-development/gsi-havoc-os-t3930030
xboxbr said:
this is the best ROM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...bled-device-development/gsi-havoc-os-t3930030
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Out of curiosity, Do you personally have any issues with the current build of HavocOS?
I saw that someone might have a Flashlight Problem, do you?
If you use your device a lot, how long is your average Screen-on-Time while on Havoc?
I'm wondering because I am still on the old RR-O 5/11/18 Kranoner build (still pretty stable, but bad SoT) and am itching to jump to Pie, but want a stable experience.
I just don't have the time to experiment with each recent GSI to see what does and doesn't work.
I remember in the other Pie GSI thread, there was a post many months ago about PixelDust having close to 7h SoT, Do you know if there are any other stable GSI's that work on Axon 7 that have this kind of SoT?
Thanks!
Hutch MD said:
Out of curiosity, Do you personally have any issues with the current build of HavocOS?
I saw that someone might have a Flashlight Problem, do you?
If you use your device a lot, how long is your average Screen-on-Time while on Havoc?
I'm wondering because I am still on the old RR-O 5/11/18 Kranoner build (still pretty stable, but bad SoT) and am itching to jump to Pie, but want a stable experience.
I just don't have the time to experiment with each recent GSI to see what does and doesn't work.
I remember in the other Pie GSI thread, there was a post many months ago about PixelDust having close to 7h SoT, Do you know if there are any other stable GSI's that work on Axon 7 that have this kind of SoT?
Thanks!
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Most GSIs have pretty much the same SOT, it depends mostly on the state of your battery (i.e. if it is more than a year old you won't get that kind of SOT) and also on your vendor (Speedy 6.2 is the best right now) and kernel (Baddar RC1.1)
You may get 7h SOT if you use it VERY lightly, but I'd say it's closer to 6h with a new battery
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Most GSIs have pretty much the same SOT, it depends mostly on the state of your battery (i.e. if it is more than a year old you won't get that kind of SOT) and also on your vendor (Speedy 6.2 is the best right now) and kernel (Baddar RC1.1)
You may get 7h SOT if you use it VERY lightly, but I'd say it's closer to 6h with a new battery
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What is your current ROM/GSI that you use for the Axon 7? What would you recommend for overall stability and daily-driver?
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What is your current ROM/GSI that you use for the Axon 7? What would you recommend for overall stability and daily-driver?
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Liquid, AEX, Havoc, Omni, maybe Bootleggers...
I'm using AEX but don't really use the axon as daily driver since the screen is completely dead. The system is still completely stable though, via scrcpy
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Most GSIs have pretty much the same SOT, it depends mostly on the state of your battery (i.e. if it is more than a year old you won't get that kind of SOT) and also on your vendor (Speedy 6.2 is the best right now
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Where can I get Speedy vendor?
I can't find anything by that name.
I'm also running AEX but it's quite unstable.
If anyone needs a link to Speedy stuff, here it is:
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=292945
apokolok said:
Where can I get Speedy vendor?
I can't find anything by that name.
I'm also running AEX but it's quite unstable.
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It's unstable because of the (non-Speedy) vendor you're using
BTW you'll have to clean flash in order to change the vendor
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It's unstable because of the (non-Speedy) vendor you're using
BTW you'll have to clean flash in order to change the vendor
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Hm... I did flash Speedy vendor and Baddar Kernel.
That lead to major graphical issues, so I wiped data.
That helped, it's running better now but still not perfect. Status bar / quick access freezes sometimes.
Do I need to wipe again and flash in another order?
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Hm... I did flash Speedy vendor and Baddar Kernel.
That lead to major graphical issues, so I wiped data.
That helped, it's running better now but still not perfect. Status bar / quick access freezes sometimes.
Do I need to wipe again and flash in another order?
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You need to CLEAN FLASH. which means wipe system, data, caches, then flash the vendor, then the ROM, then GApps and Magisk, then the NFC fix (The first one by Kountry is the only one that works for me) and then reboot
install speedy 6.2, havok 2.6 and gapps. that ROM is rock solid. don't need to install custom kernel or NFC patch
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install speedy 6.2, havok 2.6 and gapps. that ROM is rock solid. don't need to install custom kernel or NFC patch
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But you do. The NFC stuff is not related to the ROM, it's the vendor, and all seem to require it. And not installing a custom kernel (i.e. Baddar, because it's the only updated one) means you're stuck with Speedy's kernel, which is not bad but is not as good as Baddar
After some time waiting for the GSI roms to appear, I was surprised and disheartened to still see folks having problems with their Axon 7. I thought the introduction of Treble support would allow everyone access to many ROM updates but instead it seems like there's work involved to tailor each GSI for their particular phone.
I thought it was Google's intention to have these GSI's flashed to any phone supporting Treble without much developer involvement. Did I assume too much?
MethodMan said:
After some time waiting for the GSI roms to appear, I was surprised and disheartened to still see folks having problems with their Axon 7. I thought the introduction of Treble support would allow everyone access to many ROM updates but instead it seems like there's work involved to tailor each GSI for their particular phone.
I thought it was Google's intention to have these GSI's flashed to any phone supporting Treble without much developer involvement. Did I assume too much?
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kind of. We don't have a vendor made specifically for the phone, since treble didn't even exist when this phone came out. People have been making them over time.
But again, what's the problem? NFC/hotspot? You are supposed to flash the patch after the first boot. V4A not working? Only a few have that.
V4A works for me, I have havoc 2.4, Vendor_Project_Treble_Axon7-by+Kranoner, and I install V4A with magisk 19.3 , and I also use "NFC_Hotspot-Universal.zip"

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