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Hey All!
So my Nexus 4 took a big spill the other day that put it out of commission and i had to go to T-Mobile to get another phone. Last month i looked into the phones that were on the market (because my friend lost hers and i was helping her pick out a phone) and the choices we came down to were Nexus 6, Galaxy S5, and LG G3. Well She ended up finding her old phone but from that research i knew which one i wanted to get. I really like the nexus series but 6 inches is a deal-breaker for me, my biggest complaint about this LG G3 is that its too big...
In any case, i have had the phone for about one day but i can't stand the LG ROM on it. It feels slow (even with 3GB of RAM in this thing!) and I really don't like all the bloat ware the Tmobile put on my phone.
I like the stock android experience and want to find one that comes pretty close to it (although extra features are always a plus). Here is what I prioritize in my phone (starting with highest priority and going down:
-Stable, First and foremost i cannot stand a crash, i hate hate hate it. I need the ROM to work just as well (if not better) than the stock android ROMs on the nexus line
-Working Hardware, i take a bunch of pictures and am constantly using mobile data (4G LTE) so i need all these to work well
-Battery Life, I play games a lot on my phone during the day when waiting around for the bus or whatever, i like to have my battery last as long as possible so i don't need to break out a portable charger.
-Responsive, i don't need to have a ton of crazy amazing features, but i do want it to be responsive, nothing peeves me more than having input lag when texting someone.
-Customizability, i really do enjoy the fact that i can change the home buttons on that appear on the bottom of the screen on the LG G3 ROM, its a nice touch to be able to tap a button to get your notifications to pull down (especially on such a large phone), so customizability of small features like that go along way with me, small things like being able to see the day next to time i really love.
-Lastly i like to have my phone flat on my desk a lot and with the button on the back the best way to turn it on is the double tap, so if possible (but not necessary) i would like to retain that feature.
Some ROMs i have been looking at and read reviews but cant really decide which to try are Cyanogen Mod 12, Illusion, and PurpleDrake.
Based on my user profile (what is most important to me) which ROMs (can be one of the ones i listed or whatever one you think works best) would you recommend.
Also is flashing a custom kernel very popular on the LG G3? I know it was on the nexus 4 but is it also beneficial on this device?
Last, is there a good instruction on xda for rooting and unlocking the bootloader (and possibly flashing a custom recovery) for the LG G3 D851 (The specific one i have)?
Your best bet is to get a stock-based ROM then install Xposed + some modules to customize it to your liking. A really good stock ROM is CloudyG3. It will give you all the stock features like IR remote, good camera app, double tap to wake, WiFi calling etc. I recommend getting a 3rd party launcher that allows you to set gestures. I use Nova Launcher and have "swipe down" open up the notification drawer. CM12 and other AOSP-based ROMs are probably smoother and faster but they will be more prone to crashing and lack stock features (though double tap to wake is in all).
Itaintrite said:
Your best bet is to get a stock-based ROM then install Xposed + some modules to customize it to your liking. A really good stock ROM is CloudyG3. It will give you all the stock features like IR remote, good camera app, double tap to wake, WiFi calling etc. I recommend getting a 3rd party launcher that allows you to set gestures. I use Nova Launcher and have "swipe down" open up the notification drawer. CM12 and other AOSP-based ROMs are probably smoother and faster but they will be more prone to crashing and lack stock features (though double tap to wake is in all).
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Thanks so much for your input! What is xposed? Is is an app that you install after flashing the ROM or is it something like GAPPS which your flash during installation of your ROM? Where can i find more information on what Xposed is and how it provides features?
Why do you say that my best bet is a stock-based ROM over an AOSP one?
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Thanks so much for your input! What is xposed? Is is an app that you install after flashing the ROM or is it something like GAPPS which your flash during installation of your ROM? Where can i find more information on what Xposed is and how it provides features?
Why do you say that my best bet is a stock-based ROM over an AOSP one?
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Basically, Xposed is a framework that allows you to install/remove codes (modules) on-the-fly. Easy to install. More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-faq-issues-t2735540
Stock-based over AOSP because of your preferences lol. They're generally more stable and let you take advantage of ALL of the G3's hardware.
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Basically, Xposed is a framework that allows you to install/remove codes (modules) on-the-fly. Easy to install. More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-faq-issues-t2735540
Stock-based over AOSP because of your preferences lol. They're generally more stable and let you take advantage of ALL of the G3's hardware.
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Do you know any specific problems that AOSP have with the G3 hardware over the Stock? I am really looking to get rid of bloatware and increase responsiveness and battery life. I just get this weird feeling like the stock ROM is slooooooow.
Also does the Xposed framework load down the phone at all? I feel with each module i install it would get progressively slower with all the stuff running in the background. Doesnt seem very lightweight after having the cloudyG3 installed i should have a ton of features (since its stock and not AOSP). seems like it would lag down it even more.
I'm just looking for a stable ROM with a decent set of features (i don't need anything too crazy) that is responsive (i feel with 3GB of RAM i shouldnt have to deal with lag anymore) and has a decent battery life (3000mAh is a lot, even with the large screen). What can you guys recommend based on that simply details?
Itaintrite said:
Your best bet is to get a stock-based ROM then install Xposed + some modules to customize it to your liking. A really good stock ROM is CloudyG3. It will give you all the stock features like IR remote, good camera app, double tap to wake, WiFi calling etc. I recommend getting a 3rd party launcher that allows you to set gestures. I use Nova Launcher and have "swipe down" open up the notification drawer. CM12 and other AOSP-based ROMs are probably smoother and faster but they will be more prone to crashing and lack stock features (though double tap to wake is in all).
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I totally agree. Stock based +xposed over cm any day for stability.
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sharpeyedman said:
I totally agree. Stock based +xposed over cm any day for stability.
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Free mobile app
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What about Battery life? I want to get at least 4-6 hours SOT. Is that possible with stock?
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What about Battery life? I want to get at least 4-6 hours SOT. Is that possible with stock?
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i get about 4 hours sot i run stock and i used titanium backup to remove all the tmobile bloat and changed my startup and shut down logo since i run this on cricket which is now att.
i love att but will only use tmobile phones.
Hello everyone,
I recently bought a Tab S 8.4 and I do have it rooted along with a custom recovery but I'm still running the stock Lollipop Samsung ROM with Touchwiz. Here is my question: If I were to flash a non-Samsung ROM like IronROM or CM12 or anything based on AOSP, what are the Samsung features I would be losing?
Here's what I can tell so far:
Fingerprint Reader
Multi-Window
Touchwiz Overlay
Hancom Office Software
S-Voice? Unsure
Peel Smart Remote? Unsure
Toolbox
Quick Connect
Will I lose Power Saving and Ultra Saving Modes? Unsure
Guest mode/Private mode
Knox? Unsure what this does
Thank you.
Bumping this in case anyone has any insight they could share with me, thank you.
IronROM is a Touchwiz 5.0.2 ROM, not AOSP. Since you have custom recovery isntalled, you should try flashing AOSP ROMs to experience the difference yourself. Perhaps you'll become a flashaholic like many of us :victory: . A Marshmallow ROM is available. I tried several TW and AOSP ROMs on various devices, and I decided I prefer TW.
HKSpeed said:
IronROM is a Touchwiz 5.0.2 ROM, not AOSP. Since you have custom recovery isntalled, you should try flashing AOSP ROMs to experience the difference yourself. Perhaps you'll become a flashaholic like many of us :victory: . A Marshmallow ROM is available. I tried several TW and AOSP ROMs on various devices, and I decided I prefer TW.
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Unfortunately, I now consider myself to be a reformed flashaholic I was hoping to avoid flashing several ROMs since it's a time-consuming process.
I did read up on some ROMs and might move over to IronROM since it keeps some of the Samsung features that might be useful. I'll end up deleting/freezing others that I don't want I suppose.
Thanks.
Personally, the only thing that keep me from using an AOSP Rom is Split Window, something that I use a lot.
You should consider if there is some TouchWiz feature that you can't live without, I consider most of it crapware.
Dont forget to run the Wanam LP Xposed module. It adds some customizations to TW.
Thanks all. I think multi-window and fingerprint reader are enough to keep me on the TouchWiz. I'll switch to IronRom and with Xposed that should do the trick, especially if I disable a lot of other Samsung bloat. Thanks again!
One major factor to me is that aosp does not support exfat. In this day and age and the size of media files that's a killer.
Also let's put something straight. TW like any other gui such as sense is just an enhanced interface.
It does provide many useful features. Samsungs problem is its insistence on bogging it down with unnecessary bloat, also knox should be optional.
TW can be just as efficient as aosp or cm.
On the tab A they included very little bloat and it runs very well.
The tab S has quite powerful hardware and should fly, which it does when all the chaff is removed.
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One major factor to me is that aosp does not support exfat. In this day and age and the size of media files that's a killer.
Also let's put something straight. TW like any other gui such as sense is just an enhanced interface.
It does provide many useful features. Samsungs problem is its insistence on bogging it down with unnecessary bloat, also knox should be optional.
TW can be just as efficient as aosp or cm.
On the tab A they included very little bloat and it runs very well.
The tab S has quite powerful hardware and should fly, which it does when all the chaff is removed.
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Oh I had no idea about the lack of exfat support! That settles it then, I'm sticking with TW for sure and will switch to IronROM since it adds a few things and also enables the use of Xposed due to being deodexed etc. I can definitely disable the other bloat I don't need, in fact I have done that already on my current stock 5.0.2 ROM as well.
I am a serial Nexus user and the last 10 or so of my devices have all been Nexus, so TouchWiz is taking some getting used to. It does add some useful features and it's easy enough to get rid of what you don't want/need.
Thanks again everyone, much appreciated.
the7thson said:
Thanks all. I think multi-window and fingerprint reader are enough to keep me on the TouchWiz. I'll switch to IronRom and with Xposed that should do the trick, especially if I disable a lot of other Samsung bloat. Thanks again!
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Cm13 does suport fingerprint sensor and multi Window (not 4 Windows, or mini Windows) but fingerprint isnt working right now.
Peel does work with aosp.
S voice is crap and Google search (even cortana beta) is far better.
Toolbox can be used by using an app called Toolbox (play store it, there are 5 i think)
So, you will only lose (and miss) ultra power saving Mode, because cm13 (even xposed modules have) has Its own saving Mode called doze
Knox is a security Mode to protect your info. (i never use it)
Guest/private Mode, are cm since cm12 and of course on cm 13 too
Soundcamp, the music workstation from Samsung, does not work on AOSP but is OK on IronRom.
BraianV said:
Cm13 does suport fingerprint sensor and multi Window (not 4 Windows, or mini Windows) but fingerprint isnt working right now.
Peel does work with aosp.
S voice is crap and Google search (even cortana beta) is far better.
Toolbox can be used by using an app called Toolbox (play store it, there are 5 i think)
So, you will only lose (and miss) ultra power saving Mode, because cm13 (even xposed modules have) has Its own saving Mode called doze
Knox is a security Mode to protect your info. (i never use it)
Guest/private Mode, are cm since cm12 and of course on cm 13 too
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Finger print will never work for this device on an AOSP ROM. The sensor is a proprietary Samsung device, they will not release the source code for it. Regardless of the native support for fingerprint sensors in MM, it is impossible to build support for the Samsung sensors into an AOSP ROM without the source code.
I have a lot of experience with Linux but despite having similar roots, Linux and Android are certainly very different beasts so I have a pretty noob question...
Would it be technically possible to easily create a ROM based on LG Stock, like Fulmics, but without the LG style and bloat? Basically LG Framework and camera but the rest (settings, dialer, icons, everything else) is pure stock Android.
For doing that You have to port google stock android app to lg g3 or theme the apps you need....i think so
Hi there. Your over-complicating the issue.
The best way to go about this would be to root your phone, freeze bloat-apps (I use system tuner pro to disable the annoying sms that my carrier sends through broadcast channel) and then install nova-launcher or something of the sorts. I now completely switched over to CM.. still on 12.1 though, as 13 is a tad buggy atm.
Not sure on how to go about the settings menus and stuff modification, but maybe someone else has figured that one out.
As for creating an entire rom based on LG's, I'm more worried about the legal constraints than anything else... their software might be android in its core, but it's still proprietary.
Maybe you can learn more if you start helping developers with current ROM's. I've always wanted to but never had the time.
Teoritically It is possible porting LG ui and camera to cm but no one will do it because framework need do much sources otherwise it will fc
Its not even worth the work
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sebatox said:
Teoritically It is possible porting LG ui and camera to cm but no one will do it because framework need do much sources otherwise it will fc
Its not even worth the work
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I was thinking the other way. Taking a stock based ROM like Fulmics have done but stripping out the hideous LG tweaks such as the oversized navigation soft-touch buttons and the ugly status bar icons.
Also replacing LG Dialer, calculator, calendar, email, etc with the normal Android ones.
xposed all the way plus fulmocs 3.5 mm on d850 g4 tweakbox gravity box and android theme engine
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xposed all the way plus fulmocs 3.5 mm on d850 g4 tweakbox gravity box and android theme engine
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Thanks. I wanted to try an avoid xposed if poss because it messes up Snapchat but it may be the unavoidable way to go.
true it sucks too cause when it come to lg. The g2 g3 and id say so on that stock roms are better in my opinion but i dont use a lotta app most people do i dont facebook i dont even really know whT snap chat is lol im old fashioned face book is the devils tool no good will ever come of it.
Stock rom without personalization layer
It would be interesting to have a stock rom and delete completely its layer of personalization (LG UX 3.0) and have pure android without customization. Is there any possibility to delete your personalization layer? In this aspect, the rom wins much fluidity. One of the main disadvantages of using rom like cyanogenmond, is the loss of the quality of the camera (Due to the framework of LG) but its fluidity and performance is extraordinary.
If you would all be so kind as to follow this format:.
(I'm making it it's own post as well so you can easily reply to that one and then edit it to make it your own) :
Original Variant/Carrier:
Current Variant/Carrier:
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can):
Custom or modified kernel:
Additional Features:
Missing / Broken Features:
Overall Likes:
Overall Dislikes:
Custom Modifications:
Theme(s):
Magisk Modules:
Xposed Modules:
Must have Apps:
Must have accessory:
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I'm most likely undereducated here but I have never seen reason to try/use a custom ROM. The great folks here on XDA are always quick to publish the latest tweaks and updates, so I feel like my device is as good as it's going to get. But, I'm hoping I'm wrong.
So that is why I am starting this discussion. Maybe your feedback and opinions will get me and any other user lacking ROM knowledge to convert.
Or maybe we will discover some fun difference in Variants and find a way to Port it over to all devices. No matter what, I think it would be useful to see what everyone is running on their device on a typical day. It may even help other development just to see what the average user is using.
Original Variant/Carrier:
Current Variant/Carrier:
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can):
Custom or modified kernel:
Additional Features:
Missing / Broken Features:
Overall Likes:
Overall Dislikes:
Custom Modifications:
Theme(s):
Magisk Modules:
Xposed Modules:
Must have Apps:
Must have accessory:
Reserved. Will eventually list most popular info gathered from users
Original Variant/Carrier:
LS998 - Sprint
Current Variant/Carrier:
LS99827a (flashed from zip created by JohnFawkes) - Sprint
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can):
No custom ROM.
Custom or modified kernel:
Not gonna lie, I don't really understand these so I don't mess with them.
Additional Features:
Volte is enabled in this build. VoWifi. Newest security patch.
Missing / Broken Features:
This build replaced Sprints old version of Voice over LTE with current VOLTE
Overall Likes:
Great stock build. Props to JohnFawkes (I think I read before he doesn't like being tagged in none relevant posts which is why I'm not)
Overall Dislikes:
Just the things LG trys to hide.
Custom Modifications:
Google Dialer, FM radio w/ Recording functionality, updated LGIncallUI to allow call recording. Resize all apps. Quick Setting count changed to 9. (I'm forgetting some and will edit later)
Theme(s):
Twilight, Pixel Experience Dark
Magisk Modules:
Anxious V30, App Systemizer, XMLpak, Google dialer framework, Magisk Manager for Recovery, Rboard Themes, Greenify for magisk.
Xposed Modules:
None
Must have Apps:
Shortcut Master, Preference Manager. Mixxplorer, XDA Labs, Bouncer, SD Maid, SetEdit, Appops, Terminal Emulator, Titanium BackUp, SMS backup and Restore, Cetusplay, Graphy, ApK Updater
Must have accessory:
Generic flip cover case
Zero Lemon extended battery. I use this a few times per week and is great for just keeping it on while your batter recharges and then switching back to a more manageable sized device.
Lgtone headset: not Hifi quadac but does use DTS 3d sound.
Couple of Wireless charging base
Original Variant/Carrier: 930DS Taiwan
Current Variant/Carrier: 930DS HongKong 21w Oreo
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): Stock
Additional Features:
Missing / Broken Features:
Overall Likes: Look, battery life, quite smooth with the 21W build
Overall Dislikes: Camera/app is so so (most disappointed)
Custom Modifications:
Advanced Kernel Tweaks, Nova Launcher, Fluid NG (best gesture navigation)
Theme(s): Light stock
Magisk Modules:
Ainur Sauron, Audio Compatibility Patch, Audio Modification Library, Universal GMS Doze, Viper4Audio FX
Xposed Modules: None
Must have Apps:
Forcedoze, AdAway, Poweramp, Youtube Vanced, ES File Explorer (old version), Gboard, Fluid NG, Nova Launcher
Must have accessory:
Ringke Hardcase, Audio Technica M50X.
No screen protector, haven't found one that actually works, so in the past 6 months have been naked
Use phone mostly for music, reading and shares trading
Desired profile - runs smooth, scrolls smooth, responsive when it is awake, and deep sleep when it is off.
No AOD used
Original Variant/Carrier: H933 (Canadian Unlocked)
Current Variant/Carrier: US998 / DIGICEL ??
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): Stock 20g
Additional Features:
Missing / Broken Features:Stuck on one LTE band and have not been able to fix
Overall Likes: Phone is sleek an beautiful/ that wide angle tho!
Overall Dislikes: power button should be seperated from fingerprint but I've gotten accustomed
Custom Modifications:Google Dialer,updated LGIncallUI
Theme(s): LG UX 7, One UI Round
Magisk Modules:Anxious V30
Xposed Modules: None
Must have Apps:ES file Explorer,Youtube Vanced,Youtube Downloader,Paypal
Must have accessory:Would love screen protector but accessories for this phone are non existent here, A Case, Micro Usb to Usb C Adapters
Original Variant/Carrier: H930DS
Current Variant/Carrier: H930DS
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): Stock Oreo 21w
Additional Features:
Missing / Broken Features:
Overall Likes: Feel of body (Reason behind being naked thus far). AMOLED Screen. (Coming from a G5). Performance so far - smooth.
Overall Dislikes: Screen bleeding. Battery (I got a used one. It's better than my previous phone so it's not that bad. Keep in mind I had 2 batteries with my previous phone. So it's better than those combined. Am listing the battery in this section because other guys seem to have really good 2-3 day batteries.)
Custom Modifications: Google dialer, DTS 3D, Fluid NG, Nova launcher, Custom Icon pack
Theme(s): Pixel 2
Magisk Modules: ACC, V4A, Google Dialer Framework, Sony Music
Xposed Modules: N/A
Must have Apps: Youtube Vanced, Lucky Patcher, Adaway, Videoder, Bittorrent, SolidExplorer.
Must have accessory: High Impedance Headphones (Don't have any. Just rocking Jaybird x2s).
Will update as I find cool stuff
Original Variant/Carrier: H931
Current Variant/Carrier: H931
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): Liquid Remix (2019-03-08)
Additional Features: Too many to list compared to stock
Missing / Broken Features: None
Overall Likes: Buttery smooth, and has a ton of customization over stock LG with Liquid.
Overall Dislikes: Battery life is not quite as good as stock. Service can be patchy some times.
Custom Modifications: Custom Kernel
Theme(s): Black (stock?)
Magisk Modules: YouTube Vanced, Twemoji, Greenify
Xposed Modules: None
Must have Apps: EXKernel Manager
Must have accessory: A case and screen protector
So far we only have one person using a custom ROM. I'm surprised, I thought everyone used one them except me.
Any users or non users have opinions on why or why you don't use ROMs?
Anyone using custom Kernels?
Like ROMs, Kernels are another popular mod I personally don't use, but people seem pretty into modifying them/upgrading them, so I'm going to add that field to the original posts now as its prob worth a discussion too...
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So far we only have one person using a custom ROM. I'm surprised, I thought everyone used one them except me.
Any users or non users have opinions on why or why you don't use ROMs?
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Custom ROMs currently do not have LG's DTS 3D Stereo -- but mostly because with my current job, I can't risk stuff like this:
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This rom works great!!!! There's only one problem... I can't get incoming calls and incoming texts (for the most part)... Some texts come in at around a 40 second delay. Is this a normal bug or something no one has ever heard before?
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Just a random comment pulled off bottom of a ROM thread before replying to this question. On my previous phone (Moto Quark) I ran stable custom ROMs all the time -- especially Resurrection Remix. For 3 years never ran stock, once we got custom ROMs.
I even kept a thread going with all the Moto Quark (Droid Turbo/Moto Turbo/Moto Maxx) custom ROMs available-- because we were spread over two different XDA forums. (Sort of like how the LG V30S has its own XDA forum for no reason?) But both Quark forums were active, but all CM/Lineage ROMs were compatible with all variants). Over there, I was the ROM expert. . I flashed ROMs all the time on my and my wife's phones.
But on this V30+, I'm running rooted stock firmware with Magisk mods, Xposed modules and build prop edits.
Also, I like the Quad DAC and I LOVE the new DTS 3D Stereo, which custom ROMs don't have yet (DTS is what I'm talking about)... to my knowledge.
That's no disrespect to any of the custom devs in this forum. It's just personally, I just can't risk my phone not working with my current job -- and rooted stock firmware with mods gives me what I need. You asked, so I answered.
Current Variant/Carrier: H930ds/Airtel
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): Aosp extended
Custom or modified kernel: -
Additional Features:change custom animations of everything, change recents menu, statusbar customizations..
Missing / Broken Features: cts profile not passed, have to do that manually to make gpay work.
Overall Likes: smoother than stock, somehow screen looks better on aosp than stock.less stutters compared to stock
Overall Dislikes: battery life is a little worse than stock, miss our camera, a few apps work stuttery like tinder, low speaker volume!!!
Custom Modifications:
Theme(s): -
Magisk Modules: Magisk hide props, anxious v30 module,rboard themes
Xposed Modules: -
Must have Apps: UAPP
Note- one of the best in terms of features , most loved features are the launcher which let's u do a lot !! And u can get those extra steps of volume which is there on stock when u turn on HiFi !! Other roms are missing those..
JonnyTrulove said:
So far we only have one person using a custom ROM. I'm surprised, I thought everyone used one them except me.
Any users or non users have opinions on why or why you don't use ROMs?
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I use VS996 stock rooted because it gives me everything I need. Sure, it's not Pie, but who cares? I don't get the obsession with getting the latest OS level, because you can usually get all those features via apps if you really want them... particularly if you're rooted. Yes, I know some lower-level things are not there... but it's not that big of a deal.
Longer rant - this is why I can't buy the "fragmentation" complaint from iOS people. On iOS you HAVE to upgrade the OS to get many newer features, because that's how Apple does it. In Android, you can get most (if not all) of those features with just apps... the OS is not a factor. For example, Siri came out and immediately was not available on the previous gen phone... because it required a special chip or some other such nonsense. Meanwhile, Google Now (predecessor to Assistant) was available to previous OSes without issue...
Anyway, beyond that, I also stick to stock because I get VOLTE on VS996 with my Verizon MVNO (Total Wireless)... other ROMs haven't figured out Verizon's VOLTE from what I read.
And, as ChazzMatt said, he needs a working phone, as do I... I don't have time to troubleshoot or deal with lack of voice, lack of calls, etc.
I did do a lot of ROMming in the past on my Galaxy S3 and previous phones, but it was always a challenge keeping it running. Tweaks were a constant game, and it just was a lot more work than I cared to do. With stock rooted, things work well, and the plethora of app solutions for minor features (or even Magisk/root mods) make pretty much everything available... so I don't bother anymore. My previous Droid Turbo phone is still working on stock rooted, and works pretty well (heavy things chew out the battery, and the battery is 4 years old... but if I can run it for 4 years, that's a good deal). Heck, my Galaxy S3s are still used occasionally as video cameras to monitor our cats...
I ask you, why bother with a ROM? What's missing?
No offense to our ROM makers... they are doing an awesome job. Frankly, without them and their experimentation, we wouldn't have the options we have anyway. This level of experimentation is important, and I'm glad it exists... it's just not for me...
@ChazzMatt I'm glad you jumped in here. I was really curious to hear what you were running since you're so active in the V30 dev boards and have contributed so much to the community.
Honestly I'd probably have a bricked device if not for you and a couple other devs on here.
If you find a ROM down the road that works for you, please let me know as I'm kinda in the same boat you are when it comes to needing a stable everyday driver.
Thanks for adding your two cents.
Stock rom has the amazing camera and it's features , more steps in volume control !! Now with ozop animations it's even more fun to play with..
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Custom roms- more fluid and better animations , less lag ,can't get this on stock ...
For me the screen looks better somehow in custom ones, maybe the caliberation..
Glad the dac still works.. Google camera can make up for clicking pics.. gonna miss the video capabilities..
There are always minor issues like fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work, few app crashes.. on the upside most apps work better smoother on custom roms since it's stock based
It definitely demands a try.. really thank all the developers , I request those who are leaving to come back,your demands will be met ?..
I've decided to use custom roms as daily drivers and stock only when I go out on vacations for the camera capabilities.. now that switching is much simpler with migrate , it's all possible and less cumbersome..
Bupreno said:
Stock rom has the amazing camera and it's features , more steps in volume control !! Now with ozop animations it's even more fun to play with..
Vs
Custom roms- more fluid and better animations , less lag ,can't get this on stock ...
For me the screen looks better somehow in custom ones, maybe the caliberation..
Glad the dac still works.. Google camera can make up for clicking pics.. gonna miss the video capabilities..
There are always minor issues like fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work, few app crashes.. on the upside most apps work better smoother on custom roms since it's stock based
It definitely demands a try.. really thank all the developers , I request those who are leaving to come back,your demands will be met [emoji16]..
I've decided to use custom roms as daily drivers and stock only when I go out on vacations for the camera capabilities.. now that switching is much simpler with migrate , it's all possible and less cumbersome..
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I'm still new to this phone. What's this 'ozop animation'?
Sent from my LG-US998 using Tapatalk
Its a zip flashable in twrp used to change system animations, pretty dope..
Works flawlessly.. But there's a possibility of soft bricking your phone.. Mine went down twice.. Maybe cos i reflashed it to change the animations without first uninstalling it.
Superior OS
model- H930ds, airtel sim,india.
Rom- Superior OS with the kernel mentioned in the forum!
Goodies-many customizations- look at the screenshots below.
Note- I think with the kernel the speaker volume has increased!! Battery is average with greenify, more or less like stock oreo. The dev maintaining the rom is pretty active and helpful!
bad- problem with the navbar, back button only works if i tap it twice so i had to use built in one plus gestures. When i have my earphones on and i text a message on whatsapp , magically the volume suddenly increases as if the Dac is on at full power!! i have to unplug and replug them to save my ears. The same happens if a song is paused and theres a phone call, volume of thats gonna one day damage my ear drums pretty bad..
Suggestions- same as my previous rom review. AND USE THIS GCAM- https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gca...jGE8qLGOpTKkcxN_7B0juXg1J6Msg7MRNITNEOhYqsFzg
been my daily driver for a week now.
so far so good..
Original Variant/Carrier: China Frankensteined V300L on a VS996
Current Variant/Carrier: V300S
Name of Custom ROM (link if you can): None. Rooted stock.
Custom or modified kernel: None. Yet.
Additional Features: None yet.
Missing / Broken Features: No more OTA update from LG
Overall Likes: The ultra wide. Sole reason I got LG phones. And this fone keeps it at a good 120 instead of the newer Gs & Vs 107.
Being a photographer, I don't understand the bokeh craze. EVERYTHING should be in a photo not just a person or some random object. Wide angle changes everything when it comes to mobile photography. Telephoto.. psshhh.. We got feet for a reason.
Overall Dislikes: No IR!!! Damn you LG!
Custom Modifications: Magisk root. More to come.
Theme(s): Coming soon.
Magisk Modules: Coming soon.
Xposed Modules: Never really bothered with xposed aside from using it to join the PoGo craze a years back
Must have Apps: ES File pro to get around the phone, Titanium Backup to debloat.
Must have accessory: Soon to arrive wireless charging dock and a silicone case for the back. Don't think I'll bother with SPs. My G5 lasted a good 3 years without one and is still scratch free.
I've not had the time to fiddle with phone too much. Just got it like yesterday and flashed it the same night after finding out it was already frankensteined. Might as well no?
Original Variant/Carrier: HK H930DS
Current Variant/Carrier: H930
ROM: Stock OPEN EU 21w
Custom or modified kernel: none
Additional Features: Magisk, stock DTS, stock additional weather animations
Missing / Broken Features: IR blaster, LG UI (yes it's a broken feature !), faulty headphone jack after 5 months, stock amoled dark theme
Overall Likes: Almost everything. Smooth, sufficient battery life, great screen, perfect size, no notch, wide angle, quad DAC, DTS (even it's not as cool as the universal port), SD card availability, 128GB internal storage, small useful features... I enjoy using my v30 every day !
Overall Dislikes: why no IR blaster ? And the button dance to get to recovery is perfectly silly. I would like to use custom ROMs (old Redmi note 3 user here, MIUI ditched directly after bootloader unlock and stock used from nougat to pie) but it still lacks too much stock features for me (hi-res/loud recording, stock camera, overall stability)
Custom Modifications: LG stock apps aren't as satisfying as Google's, so I froze most of them and use Google dialer, messages etc. Lastest lawnchair alpha installed and used too.
Theme(s): Swift black theme, pretty satisfying combined with the lg g7 black theme found on playstore. I just deactivated the System UI part, it keeps white notifications but it's ok. I couldn't change of system accent so I matched it with the swift black app.
Magisk Modules: ADB & fastboot, busybox, FDroid privileged, Google Dialer Framework, MagiskHide props config, safety patch, universal GMS doze, YouTube Vanced... And more to come : LKT or NFS-Injector or fde.ai (still needs to identify which one is the best and if it's really useful), ainur sauron + jamesdsp + aml (I always have problems with audio mods setup with this phone)
Xposed Modules: none
Must have Apps: MiX, PowerAmp, SD Maid, Link2SD, Greenify aaaaand XDA Labs
Must have accessory: a 128GB SD card for tons of music !!!
Coming next: I have to fix my damn headphone jack. Ihope scratching it from the inside will be enough... Otherwise I'd have to call EU warranty on a HK imported model, which isn't exactly a good idea. A custom toggle in quick settings for location (high/low accuracy) would also be nice. I would also like to write down in one place in this forum all the 'differences' between all the v30 variants and state clearly for all new users which one is compatible with the other.
I tried searching this forum before asking, so forgive me if someone has already asked this before. I want opinions from users who tried both AOSP and MIUI based ROMs. I wanted to know which is more stable/feature rich and better. If you hate or are strongly against MIUI and hence will never use it that is fine, but I am more interested in those who don't have such a negative opinion of MIUI and I want an honest and fair comparison of the two types of ROMs.
I am currently on ArrowOS and it is pretty decent. However, it does have some minor bugs and inconveniences. The main one is that the default Google phone app has issues with incoming calls - I cannot hear the other person on incoming calls until I activate speakerphone. Also, I believe some features are missing in AOSP based ROMs such as Dolby audio, and some other niche features. Also, it is quite unfortunate that AOSP based ROMs cannot take full advantage of the cameras and are limited to 12 Megapixels only and some camera features are missing.
Now, I wanted to know if I can have full camera functionality in MIUI based ROMs? Does it also have the same kind of incoming call bug? And lastly, can I still install GCam on MIUI based ROMs and get the best of both worlds, that is use MIUI camera app and GCam as well? Your advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
I'm gonna copy>paste my answer from another thread:
This answer probably is going to sound harsh, but it is truth (at least for me hahaha).
I've tried literally every custom rom from here (and also a few ones that are baked outside XDA, i.e. HOS, the Android 12 build, etc) and yeah, not even one custom rom gets near the stability, compatibility and battery life of MIUI.
I don't like MIUI at all, but the battery consuption and stability is the best to be used as a daily driver. I hate when I want to do something on my daily basis and then I fail to do it because I'm using a custom rom, for example: bluetooth issues when connecting the phone with my car, video calls having audio issues, low volume on calls, etc) or just taking a photo.
MIUI covers all those little points, and at the end of the day, is the only rom that fullfill all my needs. I personally use eu (the weekly release), as it is just an optimized version of MIUI, but yeah, I still dream on the day that a custom rom gets to the same level of stability and compatibility as MIUI. I TRULY love pixel like roms, but I just don't wan't to sacrifice stability or just simply downgrade the cam quality just for that.
And if I really need to chose a custom rom, I'll pick Lineage, it's the best custom rom out there, has awesome battery life, extra features and the rom/mantainers are not just going to stop developing the weekly nightlies just because they get tired of it. On second place there is HOS, the only issue with HOS that I had is that the thermals of my phone gets real high when I play games (this does not happen with other roms).
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Here's the thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/best-custom-rom.4275947/page-6
Kimbaroth said:
I'm gonna copy>paste my answer from another thread:
This answer probably is going to sound harsh, but it is truth (at least for me hahaha).
I've tried literally every custom rom from here (and also a few ones that are baked outside XDA, i.e. HOS, the Android 12 build, etc) and yeah, not even one custom rom gets near the stability, compatibility and battery life of MIUI.
I don't like MIUI at all, but the battery consuption and stability is the best to be used as a daily driver. I hate when I want to do something on my daily basis and then I fail to do it because I'm using a custom rom, for example: bluetooth issues when connecting the phone with my car, video calls having audio issues, low volume on calls, etc) or just taking a photo.
MIUI covers all those little points, and at the end of the day, is the only rom that fullfill all my needs. I personally use eu (the weekly release), as it is just an optimized version of MIUI, but yeah, I still dream on the day that a custom rom gets to the same level of stability and compatibility as MIUI. I TRULY love pixel like roms, but I just don't wan't to sacrifice stability or just simply downgrade the cam quality just for that.
And if I really need to chose a custom rom, I'll pick Lineage, it's the best custom rom out there, has awesome battery life, extra features and the rom/mantainers are not just going to stop developing the weekly nightlies just because they get tired of it. On second place there is HOS, the only issue with HOS that I had is that the thermals of my phone gets real high when I play games (this does not happen with other roms).
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Here's the thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/best-custom-rom.4275947/page-6
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Thanks for the reply! Yes I read your post on that other thread as well and it was a very good post. I feel that your observation is accurate. MIUI based ROMs seem to give us the most stability and feature set. Unfortunately AOSP ROMs have things lacking that MIUI ROMs have by default like the Camera. I think this is making me inclined to install a MIUI ROM I guess.
A quick follow up question: Can I install GCam on the Xiaomi.eu ROM? The only feature I want from GCam is the "photosphere" mode.
litetaker said:
A quick follow up question: Can I install GCam on the Xiaomi.eu ROM? The only feature I want from GCam is the "photosphere" mode.
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You can try that by yourself, there are a lot of gcam variants, better download a couple of them and try one by one: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
litetaker said:
I tried searching this forum before asking, so forgive me if someone has already asked this before. I want opinions from users who tried both AOSP and MIUI based ROMs. I wanted to know which is more stable/feature rich and better. If you hate or are strongly against MIUI and hence will never use it that is fine, but I am more interested in those who don't have such a negative opinion of MIUI and I want an honest and fair comparison of the two types of ROMs.
I am currently on ArrowOS and it is pretty decent. However, it does have some minor bugs and inconveniences. The main one is that the default Google phone app has issues with incoming calls - I cannot hear the other person on incoming calls until I activate speakerphone. Also, I believe some features are missing in AOSP based ROMs such as Dolby audio, and some other niche features. Also, it is quite unfortunate that AOSP based ROMs cannot take full advantage of the cameras and are limited to 12 Megapixels only and some camera features are missing.
Now, I wanted to know if I can have full camera functionality in MIUI based ROMs? Does it also have the same kind of incoming call bug? And lastly, can I still install GCam on MIUI based ROMs and get the best of both worlds, that is use MIUI camera app and GCam as well? Your advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
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Overall, I'd also rather have Vanilla Android.
But I do like Xiaomi's added permission-manager, which restricts Apps further, Dolby Atmos (Much better than Moto Dolby, and Razer Dolby in AOSP ROMs), and the MIUI Camera App.
Yes, you can use Gcam on MIUI as well. The ports have gotten good.
Recommended Stable Google Camera Port Versions
A list of suggested / recommended and known to be stable Google Camera apks.
www.celsoazevedo.com
BSG GCam APKs - Google Camera Port
Modified Google Camera app by BSG.
www.celsoazevedo.com
Arnova8G2 GCam APKs - Google Camera Port
Modified Google Camera app by Arnova8G2.
www.celsoazevedo.com
Arnova8G2 (Beta) GCam APKs - Google Camera Port
Modified Google Camera app by Arnova8G2 (Beta).
www.celsoazevedo.com
Calling works normal on MIUI. Call Recording too.
litetaker said:
I tried searching this forum before asking, so forgive me if someone has already asked this before. I want opinions from users who tried both AOSP and MIUI based ROMs. I wanted to know which is more stable/feature rich and better. If you hate or are strongly against MIUI and hence will never use it that is fine, but I am more interested in those who don't have such a negative opinion of MIUI and I want an honest and fair comparison of the two types of ROMs.
I am currently on ArrowOS and it is pretty decent. However, it does have some minor bugs and inconveniences. The main one is that the default Google phone app has issues with incoming calls - I cannot hear the other person on incoming calls until I activate speakerphone. Also, I believe some features are missing in AOSP based ROMs such as Dolby audio, and some other niche features. Also, it is quite unfortunate that AOSP based ROMs cannot take full advantage of the cameras and are limited to 12 Megapixels only and some camera features are missing.
Now, I wanted to know if I can have full camera functionality in MIUI based ROMs? Does it also have the same kind of incoming call bug? And lastly, can I still install GCam on MIUI based ROMs and get the best of both worlds, that is use MIUI camera app and GCam as well? Your advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
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i've used most of custom roms and just like the user above, I switched back to miui (weekly xiaomi eu). I found some annoying issues in every single rom, like random reboots while using LTE, and high idle batery drain.
Aosp roms are more clean and smooth, but they lack of the stability of Miui and some features like the MEMC, dobly, game mode, etc.
So, in the mean time I will stay on miui
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i've used most of custom roms and just like the user above, I switched back to miui (weekly xiaomi eu). I found many issues in every single rom, like random reboots while using LTE, and high idle batery drain.
Aosp roms are more clean and smooth, but they lack of the stability of Miui and some features like the MEMC, dobly, game mode, etc.
So, in the mean time I will stay on miui
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I'm also on Xiaomi.eu Weekly. I've seen your question here on XDA about the random reboots, but I don't know a solution to your problem.
I've only stayed on a single AOSP ROM for max. 2 days before switching to other AOSP ROMs, but I only experienced 1 crash during Android Setup, I think.
I only used 4G/LTE internet, no calls as far as I know.
I tried many aosp custom roms and went back to stock Miui. High end phones have extra features like Dolby atmos which improves sound quality a lot and no custom rom sounds as good as Miui, and some very useful built in features like timing AOD which is very convenient,... I feel like Aosp custom roms would be better for mid range phone like Redmi notes, Poco F3 is powerful enough to be smooth even in Miui
Hey,
I just switched to MiuiMiX, most things are great. But there are some things that are missing, and I hope you can help me .
First, the most important thing, navigation gestures with third party launcher. Is there an efficient way to make gestures works with third party launcher (I use Niagara Launcher, and it worked great with AOSP ROMs), I tried many things, but none worked or in a bad way, annoying to use the stock launcher while I paid for Niagara launcher which is perfect for me. The other problems aren't really caused by MIUI, or I just need some adaptation, or else...
Otherwise, what do you recommend for MIUI based ROM ?
I don't care a whole lot for the Xiaomi Miui based roms to clunky to bloated and slow compared to lets say Arrow is clean fast and battery life is much better , even Xiaomi.eu version is bloated in my opinion, themes , miui music app and video and the the built in Avast scanner all crap! but to each his own .
jefffrom said:
I don't care a whole lot for the Xiaomi Miui based roms to clunky to bloated and slow compared to lets say Arrow is clean fast and battery life is much better , even Xiaomi.eu version is bloated in my opinion, themes , miui music app and video and the the built in Avast scanner all crap! but to each his own .
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That is a fair point but overall I still find MIUI to be the better ROM than AOSP ROMs.
I agree that MIUI has more bloat and a lot more pre-installed system apps. But I don't think it is slow at all. It is absolutely snappy and just as fast as AOSP ROMs. Battery life, I personally do not see any significant difference between the two. In fact I probably experienced more idle battery drain on ArrowOS and sometimes the phone was unable to go into deep sleep mode on ArrowOS.
But the main reason I prefer MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP even though my previous phone was a Pixel 2 and I really appreciate clean stock Android is because a lot of features are lost when I go to AOSP ROMs that I cannot justify it! Why use a ROM that takes away a lot of the features that came with the phone? I paid for all those features and I would like to use them.
For me camera is very very important and I was undewhelmed by GCam. I really wanted the proper functionality of stock MIUI camera. And the good news is I can install GCam on MIUI ROMs too to get the best of both worlds!
For me, the following is a small selection of features that are better on MIUI ROMs than AOSP:
Better Camera; there is no sound issue with incoming calls (was a problem on ArrowOS), better screen recorder features with floating controls, better screen casting functionality, useful built-in apps like voice recorder, notes, compass, weather app, also the calculator app and clock app are better and more feature rich than Google's equivalents
You can force dark mode on apps, which is really useful for those apps that don't have dark mode or make dark mode a paid feature
Dolby Atmos, MEMC, floating windows, one handed mode and other useful features not in AOSP ROMs
I personally prefer the layout of the notification panel in MIUI more than Stock Android. In fact, I liked Samsung One UI's implementation of the notification panel more than Google's stock implementation. Brightness slider is at the bottom to be more easily accessible, the settings icon is on the top so I do not have to expand the quick toggles to get that icon unlike in Stock Android.
And honestly, once I have the phone all setup it looks great! Nowadays Android skins are relatively mild unlike the heavy handed UIs like TouchWiz and HTC Sense of the past. Even the latest MIUI looks fairly mild and after everything is setup there is not a lot of difference compared to Stock Android in appearance. In fact it looks a bit better than the very spartan Stock Android look. Even the Settings app is nicer with the bigger icons and fonts. So I am quite happy with the Xiaomi.eu ROM.
I hope this comparison of MIUI ROM vs AOSP interface is useful to others if they want to get an overview of what you get from MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP.
litetaker said:
That is a fair point but overall I still find MIUI to be the better ROM than AOSP ROMs.
I agree that MIUI has more bloat and a lot more pre-installed system apps. But I don't think it is slow at all. It is absolutely snappy and just as fast as AOSP ROMs. Battery life, I personally do not see any significant difference between the two. In fact I probably experienced more idle battery drain on ArrowOS and sometimes the phone was unable to go into deep sleep mode on ArrowOS.
But the main reason I prefer MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP even though my previous phone was a Pixel 2 and I really appreciate clean stock Android is because a lot of features are lost when I go to AOSP ROMs that I cannot justify it! Why use a ROM that takes away a lot of the features that came with the phone? I paid for all those features and I would like to use them.
For me camera is very very important and I was undewhelmed by GCam. I really wanted the proper functionality of stock MIUI camera. And the good news is I can install GCam on MIUI ROMs too to get the best of both worlds!
For me, the following is a small selection of features that are better on MIUI ROMs than AOSP:
Better Camera; there is no sound issue with incoming calls (was a problem on ArrowOS), better screen recorder features with floating controls, better screen casting functionality, useful built-in apps like voice recorder, notes, compass, weather app, also the calculator app and clock app are better and more feature rich than Google's equivalents
You can force dark mode on apps, which is really useful for those apps that don't have dark mode or make dark mode a paid feature
Dolby Atmos, MEMC, floating windows, one handed mode and other useful features not in AOSP ROMs
I personally prefer the layout of the notification panel in MIUI more than Stock Android. In fact, I liked Samsung One UI's implementation of the notification panel more than Google's stock implementation. Brightness slider is at the bottom to be more easily accessible, the settings icon is on the top so I do not have to expand the quick toggles to get that icon unlike in Stock Android.
And honestly, once I have the phone all setup it looks great! Nowadays Android skins are relatively mild unlike the heavy handed UIs like TouchWiz and HTC Sense of the past. Even the latest MIUI looks fairly mild and after everything is setup there is not a lot of difference compared to Stock Android in appearance. In fact it looks a bit better than the very spartan Stock Android look. Even the Settings app is a nicer with the bigger icons and fonts. So I am quite happy with the Xiaomi.eu ROM.
I hope this comparison of MIUI ROM vs AOSP interface is useful to others if they want to get an overview of what you get from MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP.
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Nice, I'm have some lags with MiuiMiX... And MIUI is still very limited with some things... It's a choice to make AOSP and MIUI have advantages and disadvantages..
litetaker said:
That is a fair point but overall I still find MIUI to be the better ROM than AOSP ROMs.
I agree that MIUI has more bloat and a lot more pre-installed system apps. But I don't think it is slow at all. It is absolutely snappy and just as fast as AOSP ROMs. Battery life, I personally do not see any significant difference between the two. In fact I probably experienced more idle battery drain on ArrowOS and sometimes the phone was unable to go into deep sleep mode on ArrowOS.
But the main reason I prefer MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP even though my previous phone was a Pixel 2 and I really appreciate clean stock Android is because a lot of features are lost when I go to AOSP ROMs that I cannot justify it! Why use a ROM that takes away a lot of the features that came with the phone? I paid for all those features and I would like to use them.
For me camera is very very important and I was undewhelmed by GCam. I really wanted the proper functionality of stock MIUI camera. And the good news is I can install GCam on MIUI ROMs too to get the best of both worlds!
For me, the following is a small selection of features that are better on MIUI ROMs than AOSP:
Better Camera; there is no sound issue with incoming calls (was a problem on ArrowOS), better screen recorder features with floating controls, better screen casting functionality, useful built-in apps like voice recorder, notes, compass, weather app, also the calculator app and clock app are better and more feature rich than Google's equivalents
You can force dark mode on apps, which is really useful for those apps that don't have dark mode or make dark mode a paid feature
Dolby Atmos, MEMC, floating windows, one handed mode and other useful features not in AOSP ROMs
I personally prefer the layout of the notification panel in MIUI more than Stock Android. In fact, I liked Samsung One UI's implementation of the notification panel more than Google's stock implementation. Brightness slider is at the bottom to be more easily accessible, the settings icon is on the top so I do not have to expand the quick toggles to get that icon unlike in Stock Android.
And honestly, once I have the phone all setup it looks great! Nowadays Android skins are relatively mild unlike the heavy handed UIs like TouchWiz and HTC Sense of the past. Even the latest MIUI looks fairly mild and after everything is setup there is not a lot of difference compared to Stock Android in appearance. In fact it looks a bit better than the very spartan Stock Android look. Even the Settings app is nicer with the bigger icons and fonts. So I am quite happy with the Xiaomi.eu ROM.
I hope this comparison of MIUI ROM vs AOSP interface is useful to others if they want to get an overview of what you get from MIUI ROMs compared to AOSP.
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some very valid points my friend but you got to ask yourself do the positives outweigh the negatives ? I will agree miss the stock camera and Atmos but dam everything else just works better..I just can't deal with the bloat of the stock rom.
jefffrom said:
some very valid points my friend but you got to ask yourself do the positives outweigh the negatives ? I will agree miss the stock camera and Atmos but dam everything else just works better..I just can't deal with the bloat of the stock rom.
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I have hidden away the bloat completely. I don't see any major negatives with this ROM so far.
In my opinion, if you want to save some time then don't think about flashing custom ROM in the initial days of purchase. Just stick with preloaded stock ROM so that you can enjoy the fancy features which lure you into buying that phone. Flashing is an addiction after some time and there are tons of ROMs which get regular updates that will keep busy in flashing ROMs. I think the thumb rule should be to wait until 1 year (typical warranty period and end of regular update cycle from OEM) before flashing any custom ROMs. After that, you will definitely enjoy ASOP ROMs.
I always go away from miui due to security and privacy concerns + the bloated applications and the ads. I have found ARROWOS and HOS to be working the best on PocoF3, keep in mind miui has higher antutu scores because it has a specific profile for bench-marking called "nolimit"
Noe367 said:
Hey,
I just switched to MiuiMiX, most things are great. But there are some things that are missing, and I hope you can help me .
First, the most important thing, navigation gestures with third party launcher. Is there an efficient way to make gestures works with third party launcher (I use Niagara Launcher, and it worked great with AOSP ROMs), I tried many things, but none worked or in a bad way, annoying to use the stock launcher while I paid for Niagara launcher which is perfect for me. The other problems aren't really caused by MIUI, or I just need some adaptation, or else...
Otherwise, what do you recommend for MIUI based ROM ?
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There is a guide thread open on how to use gestures with any launcher, you need magisk, and Nav Remover Module
ketanmore said:
In my opinion, if you want to save some time then don't think about flashing custom ROM in the initial days of purchase. Just stick with preloaded stock ROM so that you can enjoy the fancy features which lure you into buying that phone. Flashing is an addiction after some time and there are tons of ROMs which get regular updates that will keep busy in flashing ROMs. I think the thumb rule should be to wait until 1 year (typical warranty period and end of regular update cycle from OEM) before flashing any custom ROMs. After that, you will definitely enjoy ASOP ROMs.
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Many Roms have semi automated updates. Arrow for example has 1 button to check for an update and then pops another to install the available update. That's it, everything is done in the background, you can use your phone as usual. Restart whenever it's convenient for you and you are done. Just like in stock MIUI
Zimmster said:
Many Roms have semi automated updates. Arrow for example has 1 button to check for an update and then pops another to install the available update. That's it, everything is done in the background, you can use your phone as usual. Restart whenever it's convenient for you and you are done. Just like in stock MIUI
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Is it straightforward to install updates for ArrowOS with Magisk root? Or will it block updates or something?