what ROM + kernel do you use? - Moto G5 Questions & Answers

This forum is very confusing, not like my old phones forums.
I just wanted to ask what ROM and kernel combo you all use and what you've found the best. Just asking for opinions and a chat. Don't kill me

I'm on LineageOS 15.1 with Alize Kernel. Very nice and smooth with good battery life and since it's 64bit I can use the Google Camera port with HDR+ which massively improves the usability of the camera for me!

RaddingtonBear said:
I'm on LineageOS 15.1 with Alize Kernel. Very nice and smooth with good battery life and since it's 64bit I can use the Google Camera port with HDR+ which massively improves the usability of the camera for me!
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How you can use the HDR+ on Los 15.1?

Antonio's Wonka said:
How you can use the HDR+ on Los 15.1?
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Details are in the LOS 15.1 thread. Read through the replies from the 21st of December, everything you'll need to get it working is there!

I'm using the stock debloated and rooted ROM, I prefer stock because it has better quality calls and because of the battery, it's just amazing, with linage is 14.1 I could even last a full day with a lot of use. But with stock I've been in a small trip with friends and most of the time we were with the Bluetooth and GPS on, battery lasted all day long, and over night it just use 2% of battery. Also you can install Xposed, so you have almost the same customization as Linage OS. The only thing that bother me is that I can not make run my favorite sound mod, Dolby ATMOS.
I'll wait until a stock debloated and rooted 8.0 or 8.1 ROM appears or gets developed.
It's always fun in XDA, thanks for the great times I've had in this forum.

I'm also using the stock debloated ROM but unrooted. I don't have a need for root really. But this ROM is amazing.
I had the phone for around 8-9 months before I could be bothered going to the trouble of unlocking bootloader and such. Will never look back, I have so much more free internal storage and phone is a lot faster!

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Oxygen OS vs Cynaogen 13 OFFICIAL

What are real benefits of moving from OxygenOS to Cynaogen ?
I'm pretty happy with OxygenOS, but I'm wondering if I'm not missing something.
Is battery life better ? Overall performance of OP3 is great, does CM13 provide even better performance than Oxygen ?
My battery is better on CM, and CM is more customization, I just wish a stable build would be out and no more nightlys.
ritchiedrama said:
My battery is better on CM, and CM is more customization, I just wish a stable build would be out and no more nightlys.
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Does dash charge work and sRGB mode ? And the battery life is like much better or barely noticeable better ?
maqo0 said:
Does dash charge work and sRGB mode ? And the battery life is like much better or barely noticeable better ?
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Dash charge works, srgb mode I think works I don't use it so no idea.
Battery life I did two tests, one on OOS, same apps, etc etc, settings. One on CM13.
I played 720p movies, on mx player, same brightness. I got 1 hour 30 extra playtime with CM than I did OOS.
Not the best test, but yeah.
LEDs work correctly on this unlike OxygenOS which just warps through rainbow colours for some odd reason. sRGB I toggle though a kernel app on CM
Camera on CM isn't as good as stock. Progress is being made on CM and there's a OOS camera app port project. As soon as the camera is good enough I'll switch to CM
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maqo0 said:
What are real benefits of moving from OxygenOS to Cynaogen ?
I'm pretty happy with OxygenOS, but I'm wondering if I'm not missing something.
Is battery life better ? Overall performance of OP3 is great, does CM13 provide even better performance than Oxygen ?
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I would go with Stock if i were you because it is far more stable than Cyanogenmod 13.0
If you want more customization then install Xposed and Gravitybox
For me the battery is better on Oxygen OS and it's very stable than CM13. Not sure if CM13 has pocket mode? The one thing Oxygen OS doesn't have is themes which works great on CM13.
Does CM13 have the full stock DND functionality? How does it work with the slider?
Cm sucks go for aosp
how about features of Camera in CM is that same as Oxygen OS?
TheLoverMan said:
Cm sucks go for aosp
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Could you tell me why? Is it in general or just with OP3?
Just in general mate
dyg3 said:
Could you tell me why? Is it in general or just with OP3?
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on cm based roms wifi is really weak, camera not so good compared to oos. also, got some problems with gps. it's software issue, rma replaced motherboard to brand new.
I tried CM13 for one day. It killed my battery. It was a 20% difference. The CM OS was #1 in battery usage. It was unacceptable to me, and that is with Greenify running on both.
I LOVE the built-in permissions of CM so I don't need XPrivacy.
But I'm not giving up the battery life of OOS.
Your experience may be different but I don't have a compelling reason not to stay stock.
Using a different kernel may help with CM for me, but I'd don't feel like I need it that badly.
For me, battery life is almost the same on OOS vs. cm nightly, and the camera is a bit better on OOS.. There's only one thing why i use OOS, and that is the app opening speed. Much faster than CM, even if odexed.

What's your daily driver?

For the past couple of months, I'm just Rom hopping from one to another. I can't figure out the one perfect Rom. And, I'm kind of tired, really. So, I want to stick with one Rom for now.Seriously guys, What's your daily driver? I really(desperately) want your opinion.
I did a lot of ROM hopping, too. After all, my favorites are (in that order):
1. LineageOS 14.1 by dianlujitao
2. Resurrection Remix 7.1.1 official by sud.vastav
3. Experience ROM v10.1 by jamal2367
Currently I (have to) run Experience ROM, since I cannot connect to 4G networks on CM/Lineage based ROMs for whatever reason (weird, because OOS based works fine, still would prefer to return to Lineage).
Hope that helps.
Cheers
My only issue with non stock roms is Camera. How's Camera quality on lineageOS? I've tried resurrection remix and camera quality was ok. Paranoid Android has a great camera, but, has some minor bugs (deal breaker for me)
Did LineageOS something new compared with CM in terms of stability and performance?
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Since back in october when I bought this phone I`ve been tested like almost all roms (CM, RR, Paranoid, AOKP, Omni, etc) - like 90% of them and in the final I stayed up on FreedomOS 1.7 (3.2.8 OOS based) with ElementalX MM kernel and AKT scripts. I get as a daily basis at least 5 hrs sot (if I have enough time to use the phone that much ) or at least 24hrs with no charge, or more with almost 2 hrs calls, 2-3 hrs sot, sync on, mobile data on/wifi on and location on (battery saving). The main things that this to help is to be around my hometown since its mandatory that carrier signal to be good for that battery use. In a week-end went in a mountain zone with some friends and because phone had a bad signal (also had mobile data turned on) I got abt 17 hrs battery with like almost 2 hrs sot. I won`t move to Android N yet, because all that it brings, at least so far, isn`t that huge improvement compared with MM.
Another thing that kept me on stock was (and still is) the photo quality and the GPS performance since I`m using navigation alot(waze) when I`m driving around in my area.
Edit: I use the phone with both dual sims online btw.
Yeah, same here. All this roms are cool, but, camera quality is just not there yet. And that is a big deal breaker for me. I try every new rom in a hope that it would be comparable to oos (I know oneplus has tightly integrated their camera's with system that it is difficult to extract into apk, but, god it would be awesome)
apk ports aren`t the thing to get camera performance. It`s the kernel that makes that work. Else you`ll get only a more processed image, and processing images can`t be made to work in all taking pictures conditions.
Oh I see. So, if the Oneplus releases the kernel sources, why is the camera quality still an issue?
Stock OOS 4.0.2 with Unlocked Bootloader, TWRP and SuperSU, also running latest ElementalX Kernel, so far its a good combination, also unbloated the Stock OOS with a Script from the Community, battery life could be better but its okay.
freedomOS MM with ElementalX. I'd love to try over ROMs but for whatever reason all the ones I have tried don't let me use the hardware home button...
Experience rom since its oos based. Used freedom in MM but both roms are similar
After testing dozens of roms i finally decided to stick with Experience rom v10.1.
Combined with latest kernel r7 franco build wich provides zero idle battery drain and using akt fusion performance profile,i have best performance with zero lags and great battery times(6+sot).Definitely recomend for daily driver.The reason i stick with oos roms is for the camera wich i want to get every time the true potential
Open Beta 11 & so on, now with blu_spark.
FreedomOS since i got my phone, love the ROM. Kernel is bluspark
Interesting. I've to give a try to akt scripts now.
I also tried a lot of ROMS... OOS 4.0, LOS14.1, CM13... and the best one for me is:
sultan's CM13 with SuperSU, Xposed and ForceDoze
This is IMHO the smoothest and most bugfree ROM. I'm using it since 1 month now, and I'm always getting 7-8h SOT (Wifi, BT, 4G, GPS, auto-brightness, everything turned always on). On light usage battery lasts for 3 days with 5-6h SOT. I also never experienced random reboots like on OOS or other ROMs.
I really wished to use Nougat, but this ROM is just better than Nougat. Also thanks to Android N-Ify I'm not missing anything from Nougat.
latest Open Beta is my DD
no point in adding specific version numbers - major versions only IMO
Slim is super smooth and has insane battery life.
What about camera quality?
FreeDom stable, not ce-cb, it's my favorite. Experience, it's good too.
LineageOS by Flo071

Good, stable and bat. friendly ROM

Hi all,
Yes, we all know. Every month somebody is answer this question.
But also every week/month there is a new rom, custom build etc. etc.
So my question friends.
With rom is stable, smooth and bat. friendly?
Or what do you guys have? Thanks
RR Official + ElementalX + AKT
or ExperienceOS + Xceed
Pheonix aex is the best so far for me
YourTheBest said:
Hi all,
Yes, we all know. Every month somebody is answer this question.
But also every week/month there is a new rom, custom build etc. etc.
So my question friends.
With rom is stable, smooth and bat. friendly?
Or what do you guys have? Thanks
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Freedom OS 2.8, bluspark kernel. wih 4g heavy usage, giving me 4-5hrs SOT constantly. and in wifi/light usage , 7-8hrs SOT always. Loving the current setup.
Pheonix AEX by itself... has a great kernel and easily gotten 9+ SoT in the last two battery cycles. Has all the customization you'll ever need built in and has the best OOS camera port. Just give it a try, it wont disappoint.
YourTheBest said:
Hi all,
Yes, we all know. Every month somebody is answer this question.
But also every week/month there is a new rom, custom build etc. etc.
So my question friends.
With rom is stable, smooth and bat. friendly?
Or what do you guys have? Thanks
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VertexOS! Is has Voxpopuli and EAS. It's simple and runs really really smooth... One of the Smoothest roms out there with decent battery life!
Phoenix AEX
Phoenix AEX probably
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Pheonix aex is the best
I'm running the unofficial Pure Nexus ROM with its included Sultan kernel. It's good in my opinion.
Use unofficial Pure Nexus ROM with its included Sultan kernel. It's good ROm, stable ,bat. friendly
Thanks guys. I will try Vertex Now, I have EAX Phoenix, but it's a bit laggy...
I gonna try Pure Nexus when it's stable enough. (I see posts about lags).
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Thanks guys. I will try Vertex Now, I have EAX Phoenix, but it's a bit laggy...
I gonna try Pure Nexus when it's stable enough. (I see posts about lags).
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laggy? Are you phreacking jocking? Everything can be said about Phoenix AEX. Except that!
23anand23 said:
Freedom OS 2.8, bluspark kernel. wih 4g heavy usage, giving me 4-5hrs SOT constantly. and in wifi/light usage , 7-8hrs SOT always. Loving the current setup.
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What settings do you have on bluspark every time I flash it it just burns the battery
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bigo72 said:
laggy? Are you phreacking jocking? Everything can be said about Phoenix AEX. Except that!
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No bro, no jocking.
Lagging with using Chrome, 3 or 4 tabs. With reading email (GMail app).
And keyboard...
Stock
corando98 said:
What settings do you have on bluspark every time I flash it it just burns the battery
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Well, reduced small cluster max freq by one step. Rest all as it is. Agressive doze is OFF. Somehow feels that keeping it ON drains more. /Contradicting/
Tried naptime initially, but with and without it, the duration is more or less the same.
I am also looking for a great ROM.
Is official Resurrection Remix the "best"? It has all features of the other ROMs?? Good battery life and stable??
Official kernel?
Or are there better ROMs or kernels and if yes, which are the advantages?
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I personally don't know, why to use a Oxygen OS based ROM? I think, it has no features and not much customization and nothing great? Or am I wrong?
xXx no limits rom with bluspark kernel is a beast. Camera is my priority especially video recording and no other rom could suffice that. Very stable ofcourse.
Rom has inbuilt performance tweaks and is super snappy. Ofcouse I tried plenty other roms especially for camera, sulan's rom phoenix aex rom and many more , they manage to take good photos almost as good as OOS but none of them could match video recording smoothness of OOS especially in 1080p 60fps. Tried and tested a lot. And with my usage I easily get around 6 to 7 hours of sot with excellent performance.
nikhilsnigam said:
xXx no limits rom with bluspark kernel is a beast. Camera is my priority especially video recording and no other rom could suffice that. Very stable ofcourse.
Rom has inbuilt performance tweaks and is super snappy. Ofcouse I tried plenty other roms especially for camera, sulan's rom phoenix aex rom and many more , they manage to take good photos almost as good as OOS but none of them could match video recording smoothness of OOS especially in 1080p 60fps. Tried and tested a lot. And with my usage I easily get around 6 to 7 hours of sot with excellent performance.
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But Oxygen OS based ROMs don't have many features, I suppose.
I am trying Resurrection Remix at the moment and it seems to be excellent.:good::good:

[Q] Battery friendly?

Hi
I have newly rooted G5 Cedric, I was happily using the stock rom with xposed and gravity box, which gave me pretty solid battery performance. But I missed a few tweaks and mods so I flashed the last release of RR, which is a 7.1 rom. I haven't gone to Oreo as I am using 32bit version twrp, and quite happy keeping that.
Problem is since installing RR, battery life is considerably worse than the stock rom, so I guess I will have to go back to that. Can anyone suggest a rom which looks and feels as nice as RR but can offer a more stock sounding performance when it comes to battery?
I have rom suggestions threads as much as anyone, so I apologise for that
Got to say since I switched to 64bit lineage I've not even thought about battery. Never use to last before even with battery friendly kernel optimization. Not setup any optimization since I upgrade to the latest 64bit lineageos and had a good run, screenshot of my phone just before replying to this.

What's the best ROM available right now? (as of 29th Feb 2020)

So, there's plenty of ROM options available to us currently. I've been hesitating massively on trying any of them due to being a bit burned by previous experiences with some not so great ROMs on other phones I've had previously. So tell me, in your opinion, what's the best ROM available right now? I'm looking for things that have the good battery life, a mostly lag-free experience, the less bugs the better, etc. The best overall ROM in general, basically. If you're using a custom kernal too instead of stock or the one that comes with the ROM, please mention it in a reply along with what you voted for.
Thanks!
I currently use POSP v3.1+8. This ROM is great if you want a proper taste of Android Q. I am using the stock kernel that comes with the ROM and opengapps pico package. I've never had any problems so far, but that's mainly because I don't use social media apps like Instagram. The software has its bugs and the battery life isn't great yet, but the Dev is working diligently to squish the bugs and that's what makes it for me. Best battery life and stability you can have is on Stock right now, especially if you debloat the ROM using shell, battery life is superb. I just can't stand Pie's ugly interface. MIUI ROM is sooo amazing, except for some little performance issues, especially on recents screen. MIUI ROM effectively transforms your Mi A2 Lite into a Redmi 6 Pro. But I've had a lot of privacy concerns over it. ROM's not open-source and Google + Xiaomi apps come preinstalled. If you respect your privacy MIUI is not the ROM for you. Pixel Experience on the other hand was a total mess. A lot of bugs + bad battery life. I haven't tried the other ROMs mentioned, but Stock Oreo is the way, if you want amazing stability, proper Gcam + incredible battery life. I literally could not drain the battery on Oreo. If you like the UI of them, stock ROMs are the way to go for stability. I'm using POSP because I just want the new features that Xiaomi should've provided us a loooong time ago.
Where is the LineageOS 16 Rom?
counti said:
Where is the LineageOS 16 Rom?
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I only included ones that I knew were still being updated by the developer; as far as I'm aware, the dev of the Lineage 16 ROM hasn't updated it in quite a while now. Additionally, I can't include everything
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Where is the LineageOS 16 Rom?
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Lineage OS seems death on Mi A2 Lite, yea I'm found builds but not updated too long.. idk why, Lineage OS it's one from best
I'm currently using this rom, in my opinion the best rom, even if without updates maybe I'll switch back to POSP later, but the battery consumption (idle) has to get even better.
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I only included ones that I knew were still being updated by the developer; as far as I'm aware, the dev of the Lineage 16 ROM hasn't updated it in quite a while now. Additionally, I can't include everything
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Heyo Lacia here!
Do you have telegram by any chance since i released some stuff on there for POSP and if you want to use POSP i heavily recommend flashing the chunchunmaru!_r3.1 kernel too. Too improve SOT and Idle drain and fix some smaller bugs like DT2W and Data usage not working
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counti said:
I'm currently using this rom, in my opinion the best rom, even if without updates maybe I'll switch back to POSP later, but the battery consumption (idle) has to get even better.
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Did you try using Chunchunmaru!_r3.1 ?
No, I will stay with LineageOS for now and wait a few more weeks until POSP is really mature
No Pixel Experience 100% stable for A2 Lite?
I came from a Note 5 with Pixel Experience and Gcam 100% working, but my display broke so I buy a A2 Lite, but the scene looks slightly poor for me
Wich is the best 100% stable rom and Gcam (if exists)?
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No Pixel Experience 100% stable for A2 Lite?
I came from a Note 5 with Pixel Experience and Gcam 100% working, but my display broke so I buy a A2 Lite, but the scene looks slightly poor for me
Wich is the best 100% stable rom and Gcam (if exists)?
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Theres no 100% stable rom. I mean atm all of them have some minor bugs and gcam often freeze and reboot the phone. At least this was my experience with roms and gcam... Every time I try roms I just get fed up with (mostly gcam being slow and buggy) so I'm going back to stock after a couple of weeks.
Anyways try posp with the recommended kernel. Also you can find gcam at the themes forum here on xda.
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Theres no 100% stable rom. I mean atm all of them have some minor bugs and gcam often freeze and reboot the phone. At least this was my experience with roms and gcam... Every time I try roms I just get fed up with (mostly gcam being slow and buggy) so I'm going back to stock after a couple of weeks.
Anyways try posp with the recommended kernel. Also you can find gcam at the themes forum here on xda.
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Thanks. I'm reading a lot of bad reports about the Android 10 stock rom, is this true? ?Maybe is better I continue in 9?
And at last, we didn't really have a stable GCAM? This is like a punch in the face for me
Thanks a lot.
Lineage OS 16. This phone would be awesome if it had proper Lineage support.
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Thanks. I'm reading a lot of bad reports about the Android 10 stock rom, is this true? ?Maybe is better I continue in 9?
And at last, we didn't really have a stable GCAM? This is like a punch in the face for me
Thanks a lot.
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Don't expect a stable build of 10 from Xiaomi soon. We had a Gcam configured for A2 Lite by hass31 but it doesn't work properly on stock Pie and it will NOT work on 10. Other than that I'm currently using the gcam in the apps and themes forum with the provided xml. It works wonders but video doesn't work. I've noticed that video recording on stock vs gcam doesn't make much of a difference.
Try HybridOS but high battery drain is still issue

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