Hi,
I just bought a second-hand S7E from eBay with 6.0 still on it. The software update knocking on the door is Nougat 7.0 but I first want to ask some S7E veterans whether it's a safe move, especially in terms of overall performance and battery life. The S7E has been on 7.0 for a while now and I guess some bug fixes came after the initial update.
I already know I'll stay clear of the Oreo update which seems to be buggy for now, but is the upgrade to Nougat justified or does any of you regret it?
Thanks for the advice !
You MUST update at least to Nougat. MM is out of the world nowadays
Have all the Nougat bugs been ironed out? In other words, if I upgrade all the way to the latest Nougat update before Oreo, are things stable and is battery life good?
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benitorios said:
Have all the Nougat bugs been ironed out? In other words, if I upgrade all the way to the latest Nougat update before Oreo, are things stable and is battery life good?
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Ofcourse man you should update to oreo btu firmware from sammmobile it is the best and stable than nougat. It has good battery life then nougat but gaming is slightly choppy on oreo which can be fixed by enabling performance mode when ever you want to play a game. Nougat is kinda of old school now.
Oreo was pulled from server due to some random bootloops and several other problems related to ui
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Hey guys
I want to ask you a few things, i have installed a 6.0.1 custom rom on my J500M, too nice but yesterday a picked up the J5 of a friend and it has 5.1.1 and it was "faster" that my installed custom rom.
The question is that what do you prefer
5.1.1 or 6.0.1??
Wich is faster??
What do you thing
I have J500FN. It doesn't have MM update and I won't use MM even if it would have because I don't need to change from 5.1.1.
If features from latest version can be achieved on previous one, then I don't see a point in upgrading as long as you're good with the actual version.
Performance of phone can be downgraded by using crap apps like Facebook, Messenger and so on. Also, Xposed can make the phone slow.
Latest android version doesn't mean always better.
My opinion.
Tnks, i´ll downgrade too lollipop, i decided because MM isn´t the best friend of tocuhwiz, i prefer lollipop touchwiz rom
I upgraded my J500H to 6.0.1. And after few days of use I downgraded back to 5.1.1. There isn't much new things in 6.0.1 and I felt that my device is faster in 5.1.1. So prefer 5.1.1 & again this is my personal view others may disagree with me.
Marshmallow has heating problem ...so I had to downgrade to lollipop after using it ...but I am sure that battery life of marshmallow is way better than lollipop
no heating issue whatsoever , great battery life . security updates to keep malware away. what else could you wish for
Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't wanna flash a J500F firmware in my J500FN, lol. I just asked if with latest firmware for J500FN I couldn't downgrade to Lollipop again. If the problem occured only to J500H users I think that's fine, I'll flash latest marshmallow firmware then. Thanks buddy, check your PM one moment!
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Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I'm currently on MM and on the latest firmware situation didn't change, RAM problems are still there and I flashed latest firmware of my country. I think i'll stay a bit here, when I'll downgrade I'll let you know if I'll be able to do that
MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I go up and down from LP - MM regularly and have never had any problems. I'm on the J500FN
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I am on stock Nougat 7.0 February security patch. I am wondering, Will the Oreo ROMs 64 or 32 bit will improve the performance and battery life?
Stock Nougst ROM has been better and more stable than all Nougat custom ROMs. I am wondering if stock is still the better option or if Oreo custom ROMs will bring a better performance? Anyone who's gone from stock Nougat to Oreo let me know your experience, thank you.
In terms of battery backup, performance and especially stability you won't find any better than stock firmware. As long as there are security updates for stock, I see no reason to switch. This is of course only my personal opinion.
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I am on stock Nougat 7.0 February security patch. I am wondering, Will the Oreo ROMs 64 or 32 bit will improve the performance and battery life?
Stock Nougst ROM has been better and more stable than all Nougat custom ROMs. I am wondering if stock is still the better option or if Oreo custom ROMs will bring a better performance? Anyone who's gone from stock Nougat to Oreo let me know your experience, thank you.
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Just read a similar discussion here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/coming-circle-t3739850 it will answer your questions
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Just read a similar discussion here https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/coming-circle-t3739850 it will answer your questions
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I read that question, but since January there has been many improvements and updates to the Oreo custom ROMs. Many bugs have been fixed and I didn't know if it had become close to stable as stock.
Hello there. I have this phone since last year, and it's a nice model. Not the best because, first, my battery life has been drained a few since I've bought it (I can't reach a day with battery). Obviously, no words after the camera design, after 6 months with no falls and a nice caring, the camera started scratching. Well the thing is that I'm in doubt about changing my system to a ROM. I've done this before, but when I've installed the firmware again and updated by OTA, the phone bricked down. So I'm a little scared of doing this again. I've already learned that one time that you come from a ROM to a Firmware, you can't update by OTA. That's not the only reason. I'm waiting Oreo for too long in my phone (Motorola/Lenovo said that it will come out for our phones) so I don't know if I'll wait, or try, for example, the Resurrection Remix Oreo.
I want to know some things before doing anything of that: Can it increase the battery life? Can it get a better performance? (comparing it with the original)
Thanks.
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Hello there. I have this phone since last year, and it's a nice model. Not the best because, first, my battery life has been drained a few since I've bought it (I can't reach a day with battery). Obviously, no words after the camera design, after 6 months with no falls and a nice caring, the camera started scratching. Well the thing is that I'm in doubt about changing my system to a ROM. I've done this before, but when I've installed the firmware again and updated by OTA, the phone bricked down. So I'm a little scared of doing this again. I've already learned that one time that you come from a ROM to a Firmware, you can't update by OTA. That's not the only reason. I'm waiting Oreo for too long in my phone (Motorola/Lenovo said that it will come out for our phones) so I don't know if I'll wait, or try, for example, the Resurrection Remix Oreo.
I want to know some things before doing anything of that: Can it increase the battery life? Can it get a better performance? (comparing it with the original)
Thanks.
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Well the stock rom is by far the best balanced among all roms. But you must decide for your own if you need special features or something else the stock rom won't give you.
Here are some of the treads covering your questions and will help you with your decision, especially thread 4:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/help/best-rom-moto-g4-plus-t3703836
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/help/rom-using-t3691454
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/rom-benchmarks-t3575807
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/coming-circle-t3739850
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...reme-battery-life-moto-g4-plusathene-t3740307
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/8-hrs-massive-sot-rr-o-32bit-loony-t3802164
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/6-hrs-sot-1-12-year-battery-rr-oreo-64-t3791193
All current oreo roms for athene are in beta stage, none of them is stable. This is because of the lack of necessary drivers and blobs of oreo for athene which will be in the first official stock oreo release from Lenovorola.
About battery and performance, honestly no oreo custom rom can beat latest rooted stock nougat firmware. You can test the latest oreo 8.1 build (both 32-bit and 64-bit) roms and help developers by providing log cat but my suggestion is to stick to stock 7.0 for now as daily driver.
Root 7.0, use a custom kernel of your choice, tweak your rom using a kernel manager of your choice, and you'll get more than one day of battery life (if optimized) and best performance out of your hardware by overclocking and changing cpu and gpu governers.
Currently on stock 5.1.1. Would upgrading to 6.0.1 improve my battery without affecting performance?
I notice in the past, jumping from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 would decrease my storage space cuz lollipop takes more space.
Are you guys happier on 6 or 5?
I would
imeem said:
Currently on stock 5.1.1. Would upgrading to 6.0.1 improve my battery without affecting performance?
I notice in the past, jumping from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 would decrease my storage space cuz lollipop takes more space.
Are you guys happier on 6 or 5?
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Downgrade to 4.4.4
If your IR blaster is working do not under any circumstance update.
My ir blaster was gone after an update long ago.
Same here, everything works great
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6.0.1 is the last and worst update Samsung pushed out on the Note 4 because the SOT on the stock firmware be 3 hours max. But, it is worth the upgrade, because one developer on the Exynos thread, @ananjaser1211 is working on two upcoming ROMs: LineageOS 8.1.0 and Daedalus Note 8 Port ROM 7.1.1 with Samsung Experience 8.5, and you need Marshmallow to get those to work. And surely they will give life to our rotten Exynos Note 4 by getting Nougat and Oreo that Google didn't allow Samsung to push, giving us better battery life, and more features that the beloved Note 4 never gets to receive.
For more info about those two mentioned ROMs, click here to see the latest update.
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idk based on what u have said, i shouldn't upgrade then.
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Downgrade to 4.4.4
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i would! but i heard since COJ5, downgrading is blocked...?