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Top 3 things you like and dislike?

I've seen alot of good reviews about the honor 8. what are the top 3 things you like about it and the least 3 things you like about it (or things you feel could be improved/fixed?)

simonbigwave said:
I've seen alot of good reviews about the honor 8. what are the top 3 things you like about it and the least 3 things you like about it (or things you feel could be improved/fixed?)
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-I am really enjoying the over feel of the device, I can safetly say it is a sold build and anyone who do not mind the 5'2 inch, will be impress.
-I also like the smart key feature, the fact that I can access my 3 most apps with just a flick / stroke/ long hold of the finger print button is great...
-Which bring me to my next like, I love that finger print scanner...they placed so many functionality into the small lil round button it is amazon. Not to mention it is very...very ...very fast. fastest I have seen, love the fact can scroll with it.
-Did I mention IR blaster?
-Phone is always cool, does not heat up as quickly as other phones get with the same usage.
-I really hate their brightness control, as it is too aggressive. I feel they got too caught up with wanting good battery life, they just butcher that all together. I can be sitting and my phone will turn dark out of no where because the software choose to turn my brightness setting to the lowest possible there is. Overall, it is too aggressive and they need to fix it...if I have to download a third party brightness controller to have my phone behaving...I have a problem. Initially I thought it was my phone but I seen some reviews of it.
-The DPI is too big, and messes with the display of the notification...I have seen the negativity of that only with my map so far. You know how with android the map can be placed on your notification? On the honor 8 it is cut off allowing you to see like 2/3 of the notification. It is simply an eye sore...so they need to fix their software and make everything well rounded.
- The software is just a weebit iphoneish...but it is something that I can live with. Would I want it change? sure...can I live with it without complaining? Definently.

simonbigwave said:
I've seen alot of good reviews about the honor 8. what are the top 3 things you like about it and the least 3 things you like about it (or things you feel could be improved/fixed?)
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What I like: 1- the build 2- the fingerprint scanner/button/ 3- camera
What I don't like: 1- UI 2- no OIS

awesome design and well 5.2 inch display and an outstanding camera,
the only disappointment is emui:crying:

Just got it so this is after 1 day of not so much use.
- I hate I can't wake and unlock the phone from the front when I put down the phone on the table. I need to pick it up and scan my finger first?
I guess I could press the power button and type in my password, which is not so easy with the default keyboard and just takes too long.
Why the hell can't I use fingerprint and pattern?
- Why was facebook on my phone?
- I'm not a fan of putting a case around my phone. Used the clear case I got from vmall. It's okay I guess.
+ I really like the fingerprint scanner and button!
+ Swipe down on smart button for expanding notification shade.
+ Way better phone than my previous (Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 ) in pretty much everything.

Fp being placed on the back isn't always convenient, and for the pattern with FP it's due to EMUI

PalakMi said:
Fp being placed on the back isn't always convenient, and for the pattern with FP it's due to EMUI
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FP at the back is convenient for me. Apart from convenience, in design perspective I like the placement for FP at back rather than the front FP occupying space like Moto, Sam and OP.

vsriram92 said:
FP at the back is convenient for me. Apart from convenience, in design perspective I like the placement for FP at back rather than the front FP occupying space like Moto, Sam and OP.
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The only inconvenience in back placed fp is when the phone is on the table and you want to unlock it.

venom007 said:
awesome design and well 5.2 inch display and an outstanding camera,
the only disappointment is emui:crying:
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Doesn't emui remind u of iPhone? It kind of reminds me of Android alpha. Lol

Tmobilefan906 said:
Doesn't emui remind u of iPhone? It kind of reminds me of Android alpha. Lol
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it reminds me of ios, all the huawei system app is like a copy of ios.
i had some hope they would change it in emui 5, buy no luck, its more ios'ish based on the leaks.

venom007 said:
it reminds me of ios, all the huawei system app is like a copy of ios.
i had some hope they would change it in emui 5, buy no luck, its more ios'ish based on the leaks.
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Do u cook?

Tmobilefan906 said:
Do u cook?
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what the????

venom007 said:
what the????
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Cook Roms dude. Lol.

Tmobilefan906 said:
Cook Roms dude. Lol.
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nop, am not into it
am just a theme designer

venom007 said:
nop, am not into it
am just a theme designer
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Cool ...question then...where can I get some themes for cm 13 engine? I don't have play installed. I don't do play services. Thanks.

Tmobilefan906 said:
Cool ...question then...where can I get some themes for cm 13 engine? I don't have play installed. I don't do play services. Thanks.
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search here in xda,
am not into theme maiking for cm theme engine.
i do theming for emui only

venom007 said:
search here in xda,
am not into theme maiking for cm theme engine.
i do theming for emui only
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I have..thanks anyways. All the themes I found are junk. Lol. And not much of a selection. I definitely want to get this device. Especially with good peeps like u on here. Thanks again. I appreciate it.
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venom007 said:
search here in xda,
am not into theme maiking for cm theme engine.
i do theming for emui only
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Yea, I know u don't do themes for cm 13. I was just wondering if u knew of a good spot to find an abundance of them.

Tmobilefan906 said:
I have..thanks anyways. All the themes I found are junk. Lol. And not much of a selection. I definitely want to get this device. Especially with good peeps like u on here. Thanks again. I appreciate it.
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Yea, I know u don't do themes for cm 13. I was just wondering if u knew of a good spot to find an abundance of them.
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there are many sites and even cm13 theme google plus community is available, but all thier download links leeds to play store.

All I do is just typing CM13 in google play store

PalakMi said:
All I do is just typing CM13 in google play store
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I don't do Google play. Too much battery drainage. Hehe. Thanks guys.

Is Omnirecents (Nougat) this laggy on our phones?

I sorely miss SlimRecents (Marshmallow version) and was so happy to see that Omnirecents has changed to a horizontal sidebar view now for nougat, but the downside is that it's been laggy on Dirty Unicorns and now with Screw'd Android Nougat ROMs. Even on a fresh install. Screw'd ANdroid has Slimrecents for Nougat but it no longer works the way it did on Marshmallow where it would always keep the foreground app in view and pressing hte recents button will just show and hide the recents list. Now on Nougat, it cycles between the foreground and previous app
Omnirecents seems to have a litle lag from pressing the recents button, to the background drawing first, then the windows showing up. Granted it's faster than the stock recents behavior, but it's no where near as fast as SlimRecents (marshmallow).
Here's how laggy Omnirecents is on my Nexus 6P, is it the same for everyone else?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJx9TIKCBFQ

Last time I used it with aicp rom + franco kernel and it was quick, not laggy. Your video shows a grey bar before it clearly appears, that looks a bit strange, do you use any theme???

Even without a theme it has the same lag to it. I've set the background to no transparency and its the same thing.

curious if it's laggy or quick for others?
is that gray bar not supposed to be there? I'm using AICP now (since it's the only nougat ROM that has Slimrecents working correctly), and I tried Omnirecents, but it's still laggy like in the video :/

tracerit said:
curious if it's laggy or quick for others?
is that gray bar not supposed to be there? I'm using AICP now (since it's the only nougat ROM that has Slimrecents working correctly), and I tried Omnirecents, but it's still laggy like in the video :/
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May you flash Omni rom from Android original development, it's a nice and fast rom, even more if you use the Omni launcher. Good and not overbloated features and with oms support, if the recents are still laggy for you on this rom, it's your phone. Then may you should think about wiping your complete phone and do a complete new setup by flashing factory image.

it looks like its laggy the way it is. omnirom devs on google+ said there's nothing wrong with it. and checking this video: https://youtu.be/LVNowZ1beQ8?t=169 shows that it still has the same lag.
here's how quick slimrecents is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltWTcR8hS4 but unfortunately slimrecents isn't implemented correctly on AOSP ROMs.

tracerit said:
it looks like its laggy the way it is. omnirom devs on google+ said there's nothing wrong with it. and checking this video: https://youtu.be/LVNowZ1beQ8?t=169 shows that it still has the same lag.
here's how quick slimrecents is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltWTcR8hS4 but unfortunately slimrecents isn't implemented correctly on AOSP ROMs.
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Not even on slimrom ? Did you flashed it ?

coremania said:
Not even on slimrom ? Did you flashed it ?
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it works correctly on slimroms. but I would like to have more features than what Slimrom offers at this point. I've posted about how slimrecents isn't working correclty on a few of the rom dev's google+ pages and started a thread here on xda, but no one seems to care lol. guess i'll stick wtih AICP which works fine or find a way to tolerate the laggy omnirecents if i ever go to an AOSP ROM.

tracerit said:
it works correctly on slimroms. but I would like to have more features than what Slimrom offers at this point. I've posted about how slimrecents isn't working correclty on a few of the rom dev's google+ pages and started a thread here on xda, but no one seems to care lol. guess i'll stick wtih AICP which works fine or find a way to tolerate the laggy omnirecents if i ever go to an AOSP ROM.
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May with some time it gets better, last thing you could try is tipsy os, it's based on slim if I remember right. Cheers

tracerit said:
curious if it's laggy or quick for others?
is that gray bar not supposed to be there? I'm using AICP now (since it's the only nougat ROM that has Slimrecents working correctly), and I tried Omnirecents, but it's still laggy like in the video :/
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ABC Rom has it. ?
As for Omniswitch, yeah. It's nowhere near as good as Slim Recents, but it definitely lags a lot over time.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Curiousn00b said:
ABC Rom has it.
As for Omniswitch, yeah. It's nowhere near as good as Slim Recents, but it definitely lags a lot over time.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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ABC ROM also isnt' working as intended.

Is there a ROM with stock fingerprint navigation gestures?

So, I'm currently thinking on switching from stock to a custom ROM, and this is one of the biggest questions for me right now.
I have got used to the fingerprint navigation gestures and I think they're great, so I would like to know if you people know of a ROM that has this feature or if there is at least an app that can replicate them in the exact same way.
Thanks in advance.
PS: I'm also looking for suggestions of which ROM to switch to, I'm just looking for something stable enough, with great features, but closest to stock as possible. All suggestions except Lineage OS are welcome. Thanks again.

jahirfiquitiva said:
So, I'm currently thinking on switching from stock to a custom ROM, and this is one of the biggest questions for me right now.
I have got used to the fingerprint navigation gestures and I think they're great, so I would like to know if you people know of a ROM that has this feature or if there is at least an app that can replicate them in the exact same way.
Thanks in advance.
PS: I'm also looking for suggestions of which ROM to switch to, I'm just looking for something stable enough, with great features, but closest to stock as possible. All suggestions except Lineage OS are welcome. Thanks again.
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Switch to AOKP ROM. It has that FP Gesture. And Everyother rom has that feature.

Shardul_LEO said:
Switch to AOKP ROM. It has that FP Gesture. And Everyother rom has that feature.
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So you're saying all roms have the feature, but AOKP is the best (or the suggestion you would give to me) ?
What are the things you think are better on AOKP than on Stock, or how would you compare them?
Btw, would you mind uploading or sharing some pictures of AOKP? Like settings, SystemUI tuner, demo mode, additional settings for the rom, notifications panel, etc... ??
I checked the rom thread but the pictures there are basically useless for me. Thanks in advance.

jahirfiquitiva said:
So, I'm currently thinking on switching from stock to a custom ROM, and this is one of the biggest questions for me right now.
I have got used to the fingerprint navigation gestures and I think they're great, so I would like to know if you people know of a ROM that has this feature or if there is at least an app that can replicate them in the exact same way.
Thanks in advance.
PS: I'm also looking for suggestions of which ROM to switch to, I'm just looking for something stable enough, with great features, but closest to stock as possible. All suggestions except Lineage OS are welcome. Thanks again.
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Lineage OS is great, it has fingerprint gestures, Motorola actions (twist, chop etc.) and plenty of other features to enhance your G5 P.

Shardul_LEO said:
Switch to AOKP ROM. It has that FP Gesture. And Everyother rom has that feature.
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I decided to give it a try. It has some inconsistencies and their configuration app looks really bad. I went with AOSPExtended, and currently loving it.
Azimuth0r said:
Lineage OS is great, it has fingerprint gestures, Motorola actions (twist, chop etc.) and plenty of other features to enhance your G5 P.
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Lineage OS has inconsistent colors in settings, I have requested them to fix it too many times, and they just ignore the issue when all they have to do is change a line of code. I'm not ever going to use Lineage OS again.

Try Validus Rom

System Wide Round UI

You may be already know what i am asking it can be seen on Havoc and AeX Roms. Is there a way to make the UI have rounded corners on ROM?

alwynjoshy said:
You may be already know what i am asking it can be seen on Havoc and AeX Roms. Is there a way to make the UI have rounded corners on ROM?
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cornerfly or any of those apps

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Look for adaptive icons in settings, if that isn't available use Nova, it has adaptive icons
Round
Square
Rounded square
Etc
You can also modify the look with icon shapes in Nova settings

Syberclone said:
Look for adaptive icons in settings, if that isn't available use Nova, it has adaptive icons
Round
Square
Rounded square
Etc
You can also modify the look with icon shapes in Nova settings
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You said is different, check the attachment you will know

I never said to use roundify, I was talking about settings in the ROM or Nova

Syberclone said:
I never said to use roundify, I was talking about settings in the ROM or Nova
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I do believe the original poster was asking about rounded corners throughout the UI, not icon shapes. Though I may have missed what was in his deleted post. Besides apps like Roundify, some substratum themes do okay with rounding corners also. I suppose he could try those, too.
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, Dark ROM, LlamaSweet 0.5 Kernel, Multiboot, XDA Legacy

Oh, I see.
I did misread the post, I apologise.
I wasn't thinking about rounded UI corners

marcdw said:
I do believe the original poster was asking about rounded corners throughout the UI, not icon shapes. Though I may have missed what was in his deleted post. Besides apps like Roundify, some substratum themes do okay with rounding corners also. I suppose he could try those, too.
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, Dark ROM, LlamaSweet 0.5 Kernel, Multiboot, XDA Legacy
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Does substratum cause battery drain or slow perfomans

alwynjoshy said:
Does substratum cause battery drain or slow perfomans
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No, I don't think it does. Not enough to matter anyway. Of course ultra bling type themes might not help much. I'd rather have a little drain than blinding white apps.
Moto G5S Plus XT1806, OmniROM, microG (NoGapps), MultiROM, XDA Legacy

lmao,the world today is retarded.Overpopulated with brain limited idiots. Not even a proper englsh question

Predatorhaze said:
lmao,the world today is retarded.Overpopulated with brain limited idiots. Not even a proper englsh question
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That my sir, wasn't necessary.

Predatorhaze said:
lmao,the world today is retarded.Overpopulated with brain limited idiots. Not even a proper englsh question
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Thank goodness we have you to sort things out

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Brightness issues on custom ROMs

Hey guys, the one thing I liked about the stock ROM was that I could make the screen really dark and really bright. It's much more limited on the AOSP ROMs I've tried. Is there any ROM that gives me more control over brightness?

its the way they designed android pie which is stupid af. also tested it on my friends android one device its the same as the custom roms on lavender.

aron11195 said:
its the way they designed android pie which is stupid af. also tested it on my friends android one device its the same as the custom roms on lavender.
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Wait, but stock Xiaomi ROM for this device is also Pie!

Lauriso said:
Wait, but stock Xiaomi ROM for this device is also Pie!
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yup but its a heavily skinned pie. just like any other oem os. most custom rom devs prefer closer stock android experience.

Lauriso said:
Wait, but stock Xiaomi ROM for this device is also Pie!
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Yeah, but Xiaomi actually fixes the bull**** google does to Android, that's why it takes longer for us to get android updates.

aron11195 said:
yup but its a heavily skinned pie. just like any other oem os. most custom rom devs prefer closer stock android experience.
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But brightness levels have nothing to do with skinning, no? If Xiaomi could change it, so could any other dev maybe?
My other two gripes with MIUI are the stupid notification behaviour and lack of colored music notifications + album art as background (yes that's important!) ?.

is there a fix?

Lauriso said:
But brightness levels have nothing to do with skinning, no? If Xiaomi could change it, so could any other dev maybe?
My other two gripes with MIUI are the stupid notification behaviour and lack of colored music notifications + album art as background (yes that's important!) .
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I feel the album art as background too, but i prefer to stay on MIUI for better stability overall, plus i got really used to the MIUI skin so i don't feel like changing.

Gonime said:
I feel the album art as background too, but i prefer to stay on MIUI for better stability overall, plus i got really used to the MIUI skin so i don't feel like changing.
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But how about notification behavior? I totally hated that because I want all my unread notifs to always stay in the notif bar + lockscreen.

Also, what is the best place to suggest / discuss implementing changes to MIUI? The official forums seem either dead or I get generic replies and little views.

Lauriso said:
Also, what is the best place to suggest / discuss implementing changes to MIUI? The official forums seem either dead or I get generic replies and little views.
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I believe you'd have to enter the closed beta program to do that, the inscription is not always open though, you'd have to check mi community for more info.

Thanks.
While we're talking - does anyone else have the issue where 4G doesn't reconnect after calls? Sometimes it does after a longer while, but it's much quicker to enable/disable airplane more to get it to reconnect. I actually remember having a similar issue while on the stock ROM too.