Video: Android 4.4 KitKat running on Nexus 4 - Nexus 4 General

I did a quick hands-on video for this port on my Nexus 4. Everything works (Update: except compass) great with no hiccups or lag. I'm using it as my daily driver, so, if you have any concerns, check the video below to see the performance.
http://youtu.be/HkOgBhzWNHY

Also my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbAKkXW8OfY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

tnQ for this video..
i flashed this rom.. but i think it's not so good for daily usage.. good for fun and experiencing Kit Kat..
but it's not as smooth as 4.3 rom.. (of course it's a port and it's initial version).. there's some stuttering..

Looking good. Thanks for videos!

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AntiBillOS said:
Also my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbAKkXW8OfY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Why does your launcher still looks like in 4.3?

Dark Fear said:
tnQ for this video..
i flashed this rom.. but i think it's not so good for daily usage.. good for fun and experiencing Kit Kat..
but it's not as smooth as 4.3 rom.. (of course it's a port and it's initial version).. there's some stuttering..
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The version I use works very good, at least for me. I've heard that there are different ports and some of them are laggy. Check the thread I'm linking to in the OP. You might have flashed a different one

leinpfad said:
Why does your launcher still looks like in 4.3?
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Coz this it AOSP build so this without new Google launcher.

whoisrikk said:
The version I use works very good, at least for me. I've heard that there are different ports and some of them are laggy. Check the thread I'm linking to in the OP. You might have flashed a different one
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yes.. i flashed that..
it's very good.. but i'm strict and i think it's not as smooth as 4.3..
waiting for official 4.4 and 4.4 custom roms..

Dark Fear said:
yes.. i flashed that..
it's very good.. but i'm strict and i think it's not as smooth as 4.3..
waiting for official 4.4 and 4.4 custom roms..
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I completely agree with you. Ports are amazing, but I am looking forward to official release.

Nice, I really like how they removed the black bar from the nav buttons.

biscuitownz said:
Nice, I really like how they removed the black bar from the nav buttons.
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yep, it really improves the experience even though i got used to PA's Slim Pie in Fullscreen mode.

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[ROM] Liquid Nexusbread v.1.85 (please use the new thread for further comments)

hi,
first of all, i want to say that i am not the developer or related by any means to this rom.
I just accidently came across this rom and wanted to share the link to u guys.
Updates-
12.05.2011- v1.85 available through Rom manager.
06.05.2011- Liquid nexusbread ver 1.8
http://liquidsmoothroms.com/node/1
Been running this rom for several days and it's working flawlessly! Love all the options for changing color in the status/dropdown bar, etc. Not sure if these were implemented in CM7.0.2 or not. This rom is really nice, I happened across it on ROM Manager. Lot's of cool features/options and very fast.
I am downloading the rom as we speak. This is very exciting news!
EDIT: This is not the Liquid Metal Tom although I automatically assumed it was. This rom is very fast and the stock browser works almost flawlessly with flash content compared to other roms I've tried. I have my phone overclocked at 1440 Max with the performance governor and I am very impressed at how stable it is. The phone hasn't crashed yet! This might honestly be my daily driver.
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I went to high school with the dev of this rom and it was originally made for my nexus s... until I swapped for a G2x. If you get a chance, send him some donations. He's unemployed and could use the support.
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Is this based on CM7 too?
dancedreamfly said:
Is this based on CM7 too?
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Has all the goodies of CM7 and more.
This is a really awesome rom. All of CM7 stuff, plus more. Definitely lots of good stuff here!
why is this posted in a droid/verizon forum? it also seems awful tiny for a rom that supposed to offer as much as cm7.....it's nearly half the size
Pics please
Can anyone post some pics?
Is this better than CM?
damngood98 said:
why is this posted in a droid/verizon forum? it also seems awful tiny for a rom that supposed to offer as much as cm7.....it's nearly half the size
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The dev had a Droid x and now has a thunderbolt. He made the rom for me but by the time he finished I exchanged my nexus s for a g2x. He's been doing roms for a long time now. Since the og Droid.
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just got done with the CHANGES & CREDITS now i m gonna install it
I tried this a while ago. And it seemed nice. But it only had english as language. As i remember the download was only 57mb, so maybe the dev could ad the languages again. So this could be used.
THANKs
another GREAT ROM for Nexus S
Will this rom receive any updates in the future?
Sweet. Will have to try this out ... when I get my phone back from Samsung
irishrally said:
Sweet. Will have to try this out ... when I get my phone back from Samsung
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Ohhh.keep us posted about it.I am curious to know if they could solve the problem or if they just changed the MB.
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This ROM has proven itself far superior to any i've used earlier. Its fluid fast with a exceptional battery life and so many options to mod the ROM.
The rom has been removed from Liquidsmoothroms.com. Maybe theres an update coming.
there are NO gapps included, just a heads up. I believe it said the latest gapps were installed
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The rom has been removed from Liquidsmoothroms.com. Maybe theres an update coming.
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no its not, its still there 1.65 is still THERE for download

[Q] Cyanogen rom with good camera quality and battery life

Hey everyone.
I've tried slim bean and another cyanogen rom, but the problem was the camera quality was really bad, but battery life was , tbh, great, about 30% higher than stock rom, which I am with now..
Does anyone know a good cm rom with good camera quality ?
Also, I dislike the cm UI, is there any cm rom with LG UI ? I know there are some for samsung for example that have touchwiz, does it also exist for our phone?
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nmbbf said:
Hey everyone.
I've tried slim bean and another cyanogen rom, but the problem was the camera quality was really bad, but battery life was , tbh, great, about 30% higher than stock rom, which I am with now..
Does anyone know a good cm rom with good camera quality ?
Also, I dislike the cm UI, is there any cm rom with LG UI ? I know there are some for samsung for example that have touchwiz, does it also exist for our phone?
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Do yourself a rom and share it
PS: Estou na tanga ó mano
PedroMedeiros said:
Do yourself a rom and share it
PS: Estou na tanga ó mano
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I'm serious, I actually need one, stock is good for that kind of stuff, but I need something durable and functional
nmbbf said:
Hey everyone.
I've tried slim bean and another cyanogen rom, but the problem was the camera quality was really bad, but battery life was , tbh, great, about 30% higher than stock rom, which I am with now..
Does anyone know a good cm rom with good camera quality ?
Also, I dislike the cm UI, is there any cm rom with LG UI ? I know there are some for samsung for example that have touchwiz, does it also exist for our phone?
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There is LG Launcher and Galaxy S4 Launcher and Xperia Z1 Launcher for CM 10.1, and Camera Quality is not bad. Download Camera Hack for CM 10.1 and install LGs Offical Stock 20a Camera ported from iodak. Wow you must search very careful (attention "sarcasm")
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GalaxyVolvoZ said:
There is LG Launcher and Galaxy S4 Launcher and Xperia Z1 Launcher for CM 10.1, and Camera Quality is not bad. Download Camera Hack for CM 10.1 and install LGs Offical Stock 20a Camera ported from iodak. Wow you must search very careful (attention "sarcasm")
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Even though you were being sarcastic, thanks for the answer, I think I'm really going that way, even though MHL is a **** on CM , due to the always-portrait bug
nmbbf said:
Hey everyone.
I've tried slim bean and another cyanogen rom, but the problem was the camera quality was really bad, but battery life was , tbh, great, about 30% higher than stock rom, which I am with now..
Does anyone know a good cm rom with good camera quality ?
Also, I dislike the cm UI, is there any cm rom with LG UI ? I know there are some for samsung for example that have touchwiz, does it also exist for our phone?
Cumps
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and me ive tried all possible custom roms just for fun because i love the work everyone does and i have one thing to say. we cant change the hardware whatever we do. the camera quality yes its bad. but thats the lg optimus 4x. maybe its time for a new phone
kessaras said:
and me ive tried all possible custom roms just for fun because i love the work everyone does and i have one thing to say. we cant change the hardware whatever we do. the camera quality yes its bad. but thats the lg optimus 4x. maybe its time for a new phone
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But with stock ROM is really good I think
nmbbf said:
But with stock ROM is really good I think
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agreed on stock the mod does nice job. but really , i think we need a new phone soon hahaha. but before we get the new we must "burn" the old one . overclock it, change kernel , change rom, maximize its everything. then when its useless its time for new phone
kessaras said:
agreed on stock the mod does nice job. but really , i think we need a new phone soon hahaha. but before we get the new we must "burn" the old one . overclock it, change kernel , change rom, maximize its everything. then when its useless its time for new phone
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I want it to last a lot first, and my goal is to make it 5 hours screen on time, but finding it a tough job
nmbbf said:
I want it to last a lot first, and my goal is to make it 5 hours screen on time, but finding it a tough job
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only way 5h is possible is with watching videos. normal use, no chance
Flying_Bear said:
only way 5h is possible is with watching videos. normal use, no chance
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My record was 4h30 with a whole day of use in texting and twitting over wi-fi
nmbbf said:
My record was 4h30 with a whole day of use in texting and twitting over wi-fi
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thats superb result. i havent made it past 3h30m with semi-normal use. good job
Flying_Bear said:
thats superb result. i havent made it past 3h30m with semi-normal use. good job
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It was with slim bean , but my average is about 3h30 minutes, which is a low value unfortunately, but can't see what tweaks apart from underclocking can I do
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only way 5h is possible is with watching videos. normal use, no chance
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I haven't had that much on screen time with normal use.
normal use: messaging, some calls and little gaming (5 min at most)
how did u have that much on screen time? what was ur rom and kernel?
m.heydari2016 said:
I haven't had that much on screen time with normal use.
normal use: messaging, some calls and little gaming (5 min at most)
how did u have that much on screen time? what was ur rom and kernel?
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Slim bean 4.3 with it's own kernel, some apps greenified and used for texting and some tweeting over wi-fi /3g

What's the big deal about 4.4 anyway

So now that I finally got it working, it just looks like they changed some interface elements. Which I personally don't think look as nice as in 4.3 (those rounded popups that notify you of, say, when a program is granted root, look awful, as do the icons in the pulldowns now; like they went in the direction of MS and tried to make things more monotone). Is there something I'm missing here? I mean I know on the back end a lot of APIs had changes and additions so I can see it being mandatory for certain programs, but beyond that....better battery? sleeker interface? even more buttery smooth? I mean the user experience....
i haven't received the update yet
jb0ne said:
So now that I finally got it working, it just looks like they changed some interface elements. Which I personally don't think look as nice as in 4.3 (those rounded popups that notify you of, say, when a program is granted root, look awful, as do the icons in the pulldowns now; like they went in the direction of MS and tried to make things more monotone). Is there something I'm missing here? I mean I know on the back end a lot of APIs had changes and additions so I can see it being mandatory for certain programs, but beyond that....better battery? sleeker interface? even more buttery smooth? I mean the user experience....
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I think it feels a bit smoother than 4.3 for me, I wasn't one of the people who had problems with 4.2.2. I think you're right about the interface changes though, they are subtle but in places they changed to the monotone look but left some of the blue holo stuff in there too like they couldn't make up there mind. Waiting to see how battery goes, certainly doesn't seem any worse so far.
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gsmyth said:
...certainly doesn't seem any worse so far.
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That seems to be what I've been telling myself the last few Android updates... lol
woshiweili said:
That seems to be what I've been telling myself the last few Android updates... lol
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Yep, its not going to magically last for weeks with 10+ hrs of screen time lol but it seems grand. Feel a bit underwhelmed after googles 'kitkat for everyone' talk and then we (n7 2012 users) don't have the ART option or the GEL launcher. I know you can install the apk, I actually use nova which now has the transparent top and bottom bars features but found it confusing after updating from 4.3 and seeing the same launcher!
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At least the Alarm Clock and Google Now issues are fixed.
The stock 4.4 was really bad, graphics lag so much its not usable, I was coming from Purity Rom/Franco kernel. Now that I'm on AOSP 4.4 its much better, at least back to the same as Purity before, not noticeably better but at least not unusable like the stock one. Somewhat disappointing I guess.
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jpm168 said:
The stock 4.4 was really bad, graphics lag so much its not usable, I was coming from Purity Rom/Franco kernel. Now that I'm on AOSP 4.4 its much better, at least back to the same as Purity before, not noticeably better but at least not unusable like the stock one. Somewhat disappointing I guess.
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I was really hopping for the new launcher for my nexus 7 but well i didnt got it. other then that every thing feels like 4.3 with new theme. but every thing is smooth so no problems to report yet.
imo it handles multitasking a lot better
xateeq said:
I was really hopping for the new launcher for my nexus 7 but well i didnt got it. other then that every thing feels like 4.3 with new theme. but every thing is smooth so no problems to report yet.
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You can find the new launcher in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47031599
It's called launcher 3. It's the launcher from the nexus 5 build of 4.4 without Google now and the keyboard popup when you press home. If you want the one with Google now you can extract it from gapps(I extracted it from PA odexed).
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Me personally, am unimpressed. Seems that Google is starting to follow Apple's upgrade methodology... Make people wait a year, put out a "new" OS that just has some updated icons, leave out features on all but the latest devices to get people to upgrade their hardware and call it a day.
Fail.
jpm168 said:
The stock 4.4 was really bad, graphics lag so much its not usable, I was coming from Purity Rom/Franco kernel. Now that I'm on AOSP 4.4 its much better, at least back to the same as Purity before, not noticeably better but at least not unusable like the stock one. Somewhat disappointing I guess.
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I'm running rooted stock 4.4. I have no problem with "graphics lag" or any other issues.
xateeq said:
I was really hopping for the new launcher for my nexus 7 but well i didnt got it. other then that every thing feels like 4.3 with new theme. but every thing is smooth so no problems to report yet.
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just lou said:
I'm running rooted stock 4.4. I have no problem with "graphics lag" or any other issues.
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New user here. I thought it was just me. Games are so laggy it's terrible. What ROM and kernel should I user to fix this!? Thanks on advance.
SquireSCA said:
Me personally, am unimpressed. Seems that Google is starting to follow Apple's upgrade methodology... Make people wait a year, put out a "new" OS that just has some updated icons, leave out features on all but the latest devices to get people to upgrade their hardware and call it a day.
Fail.
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And it is people like you who don't have the slightest clue. Google doesn't make money from selling nexus devices.
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 4
it's supposed to have better memory management and smoother amongst other things, I've yet to install it as I really like SlimROM 4.3
I like the cloud printing. Its nice to be able to print stuff straight off my phone or tablet and have it sitting on the printer when i get home.
I'm running stock rooted. Only lag I notice is when pressing home to exit the app drawer. Scrolling is smooth, etc.
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xateeq said:
I was really hopping for the new launcher for my nexus 7 but well i didnt got it. other then that every thing feels like 4.3 with new theme. but every thing is smooth so no problems to report yet.
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My thread (in my signature) has both APKs you need to install to get the full launcher - with Gooogle Now and everything. The keyboard bug has also been fixed.
gsmyth said:
I think it feels a bit smoother than 4.3...
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It feels laggy compared to my Lumia :/
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4.4 Kitkat rom?

Can someone please tell me if there is a rom with android 4.4 kitkat that has the camera and stuff working
I have looked heaps and havent found anything
Thanks in advance
SpawnCube said:
Can someone please tell me if there is a rom with android 4.4 kitkat that has the camera and stuff working
I have looked heaps and havent found anything
Thanks in advance
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Did you look even once through the Original Android Development forum?
We've got CM11, SlimKat, Beanstalk and AOKP.
I know that at least in CM11 and SlimKat everything works, even though you
have to disable HW Overlays for some things.
But you could have easily found that by yourself in a few minutes.
kingOfTheLab said:
Did you look even once through the Original Android Development forum?
We've got CM11, SlimKat, Beanstalk and AOKP.
I know that at least in CM11 and SlimKat everything works, even though you
have to disable HW Overlays for some things.
But you could have easily found that by yourself in a few minutes.
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Ahh sorry i'm kinda new to this...
Whats HW overlays?
I recommend just reading the appropriate threads in the Orig. Dev. Section.
Anyway, I don't know too much about that myself, all I know is that it needs
to be disabled for stuff like VLC to work.
kingOfTheLab said:
I recommend just reading the appropriate threads in the Orig. Dev. Section.
Anyway, I don't know too much about that myself, all I know is that it needs
to be disabled for stuff like VLC to work.
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Oh ok thankyou
kingOfTheLab said:
I recommend just reading the appropriate threads in the Orig. Dev. Section.
Anyway, I don't know too much about that myself, all I know is that it needs
to be disabled for stuff like VLC to work.
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Good to know, thanx.
SpawnCube said:
Can someone please tell me if there is a rom with android 4.4 kitkat that has the camera and stuff working
I have looked heaps and havent found anything
Thanks in advance
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In terms of an actual ROM made by Sony, then No we're only on 4.3.
In terms of AOSP and the like then yea there are a few as some users have already mentioned, 4.4 from Sony should be out soon I would say, there are phones that have it on there which are in development so i can see a leak on it's way quite soon.
dladz said:
In terms of AOSP and the like then yea there are a few as some users have already mentioned, 4.4 from Sony should be out soon I would say, there are phones that have it on there which are in development so i can see a leak on it's way quite soon.
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Soon you mean September? (just kidding)
eclyptos said:
Soon you mean September? (just kidding)
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Dude don't curse it, you never know.
dladz said:
Dude don't curse it, you never know.
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In February we should get the new FW for Z1 so maybe it comes with 4.4. I wish that but is like waiting for Santa Claus.
eclyptos said:
In February we should get the new FW for Z1 so maybe it comes with 4.4. I wish that but is like waiting for Santa Claus.
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4.3 needs a bit of tweaking to be honest, i've noticed my phone gets warmer and it dies quicker when compared to 4.2.2. 4.4 has been rock solid at least on my HTC One, so hopefully the Z1 will follow suit.
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4.3 needs a bit of tweaking to be honest, i've noticed my phone gets warmer and it dies quicker when compared to 4.2.2. 4.4 has been rock solid at least on my HTC One, so hopefully the Z1 will follow suit.
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Yeah thats same with mine
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Yeah thats same with mine
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Same for a lot of people mate, you do get the odd person who says "Noooooo, I haven't got a single issue 4.3 has been the best ever ever ever"
Well that's great for them but in all fairness i've not done anything different than I did before so it is the OS.
Kitkat has had a fair amount of work put into it, i'd like Sony to take their time with this release and get it perfect, waiting for thing to be patched and optimized is a pain.

[Q] Best Camera for AOSP ROMs?

As we all know, the AOSP camera and even the Google Camera take horrible pictures on the LG G2 running CM11. I was wanting to hear opinions on what people are finding to be the best solution for a better camera on AOSP ROMs, whether it be the stock LG G2 camera in some form or something else. I've seen a lot of apk's and zip's floating around in the past with mixed reviews. This solution seems to have current active users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540030
Just wanted to hear people's test results with various solutions. Much appreciated!
The camera is the only thing holding me back from AOSP. I can't do without xdabbeb camera mod.
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Fuse8499 said:
The camera is the only thing holding me back from AOSP. I can't do without xdabbeb camera mod.
And that's only available for stock ROMs right?
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bsg273 said:
Fuse8499 said:
The camera is the only thing holding me back from AOSP. I can't do without xdabbeb camera mod.
And that's only available for stock ROMs right?
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Yup only stock based roms.
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bsg273 said:
Fuse8499 said:
The camera is the only thing holding me back from AOSP. I can't do without xdabbeb camera mod.
And that's only available for stock ROMs right?
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I'd love to see something similar on AOSP. His camera mod is that good that it's become a deal breaker for me. I won't use any ROM that doesn't support xdabbeb's camera mod. I'm currently using his ROM. He's got the mod baked right into the ROM. I do miss that AOSP goodness though. What do you recommend for a really stable ROM? I may set one up and make a Nandroid so I can switch back and forth. My biggest pet peeve about Stock ROMS is the lack of Quick Unlock. It's the little things, haha.
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Fuse8499 said:
bsg273 said:
I'd love to see something similar on AOSP. His camera mod is that good that it's become a deal breaker for me. I won't use any ROM that doesn't support xdabbeb's camera mod. I'm currently using his ROM. He's got the mod baked right into the ROM. I do miss that AOSP goodness though. What do you recommend for a really stable ROM? I may set one up and make a Nandroid so I can switch back and forth. My biggest pet peeve about Stock ROMS is the lack of Quick Unlock. It's the little things, haha.
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Haha yeah I have to say that the LG ROM's lockscreen drove me up a wall very quickly, and the CM11 lockscreen options have been a huge relief. It's such a shame you kinda have to choose between a stellar camera and the buttery smoothness of AOSP. LG's whole UI is like nails on a chalkboard for me. No matter how much I tried to cover it up with launchers, Google Keyboard, lockscreen customization, etc. it always seemed to be like putting lipstick on a pig.
That being said, I recently updated my CM11 nightlies from 4/11 to 5/10 and the stability difference is night and day. 4/11 had several SoDs per day among other random hickups. 5/10 has been steady as a rock. I should also note that I initially flashed 5/11, and the incallui process just would just crash so that was a bit of an issue to say the least, but 5/10 has been great. I'm fairly certain these nightlies require the 12b radios though so just be mindful of that if you've updated to the 24a radios.
I've also read great things about the stability of JackpotCalvin's CM11 based on the 4.4.2 OTA over here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702958
But the flashing process is pretty intense, so I think I'll just wait until CM officially releases a build based on the 4.4.2 OTA.
Let me know if you end up trying any of the CM11 ROMs!
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