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[Q] Most stable, bug free 4.2.2 rom?

As of right now there are many roms being worked on. I'm currently running AOSPizza which is fast and stable.
My question is, what 4.2.2. rom seems the to the most stable and bug free? (Working data, camera+camcorder, GPS, etc.)
It is very hard to keep track when the roms are constantly being updated.
Thanks in advance!

KayxGee1 said:
As of right now there are many roms being worked on. I'm currently running AOSPizza which is fast and stable.
My question is, what 4.2.2. rom seems the to the most stable and bug free? (Working data, camera+camcorder, GPS, etc.)
It is very hard to keep track when the roms are constantly being updated.
Thanks in advance!
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They all run differently for different people. Not sure why. Might be Gapps, previous fastbooted stock rom, or *insert reason here*. You just have to try them all and see what you like. PAC, Carbon, and CM10.1 are updated daily, so they can differ from one release to the next....so my best advice is to pick one you like the features of and stay with it, find a stable-for-you version, and try the nightlies with a nandroid on hand if you need it.

I've tried a few, and I am back on stock now. All of the 4.2.2 roms have bugs that I can't live with (battery and bluetooth.)
I have heard there are some worth keeping, but for me it is too much work to keep flashing roms all the time.

adamr240 said:
I've tried a few, and I am back on stock now. All of the 4.2.2 roms have bugs that I can't live with (battery and bluetooth.)
I have heard there are some worth keeping, but for me it is too much work to keep flashing roms all the time.
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Is there any reason besides bluetooth audio that you choose stock over one of the 4.1 roms?

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Is there any reason besides bluetooth audio that you choose stock over one of the 4.1 roms?
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4.2.2 battery life can be bad. I'm down to 79% with minimal use (checked 3 emails) flashed a rom, been off charger for 9 hours now. One of the biggest battery leeches is Maps -- Yesterday it had 779 wakelock interrupts in a 6 hour period -- means it took my phone out of deep sleep for a second over 100 times every hour. Greenify seems to be helping but I need to do more testing with it. Oh, and disabled Greenify for Maps and had 37 wakelock interrupts in 14 minutes....Sometimes I wonder if its not Maps but the Google Now weather panel making Maps do GPS calls for updated location info for weather. My battery wasn't near as bad till I started using the Now widget over cLock weather panel.

Eruditass said:
Is there any reason besides bluetooth audio that you choose stock over one of the 4.1 roms?
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The pizza rom was great, but didn't allow me to use Google Voice as my voicemail.
The Mexico rom was okay, but it was missing something that i needed.
I quit flashing, it is too much hassle to set up everything.

[guide] best roms/kernels for i9305

Hi all ! I made this thread to share with you my experience with i9305 roms/kernel and to make it easy to users which rom to choose ! I tried almost every rom/kernel for i9305 and here are my feedbacks.I didnt make thus thread to say this rom is good and this one is bad! just to compare depending on stability speed battery life ... on every android version you will find the best rom! Let's start
ROMS
Android Lollipop 5.x
Android Lollipop 5.1.x
AICP 9.0 Rom: I personally think that this is the best 5.1.x rom for i9305!
It s really fast and stable and has a great battery life
Note: RR rom is awesome also but aico is more stable (I got some fcs with RR)
Android 5.0.x
In android 5.0 I ll give to great roms to try
1.CyanogenMod 12 : even it is an unofficial rom but cm12 by winxuser is amazing specially stable build
2.AICP 8.0 : it is unofficial also but a very good rom
Androod KitKat 4.4.4
so in kk 4.4.4 I ll devide it to 3 sections : stock/stock based . Note 4 rom . S5 rom
Stock/stock based
I think Amcha rom is the best stock based 4.4 rom for i9305 ! n4 and s5 trasformers are there
Note 4
N4 Elite lite is the best
S5
S5 elite lite is the best
thanks @MaHo_66
Note: also qasim's note 4 ultimate rom is good but it has some bugs and issues
Alsi The Galaxy Project rom is amazing but it has less features compared to amcha
Kernels
For Lollipop 5.1.x
Agni 2.9.1 is the only one currently
For Lollipop 5.0.x
Boeffla is the best in battery life
Archie is the best in features
For KitKat
Agni kernel is the best
Thanks all

Thanks for your opinions. I planning to make S3 LTE my next phone, and for someone who is just starting here, knowing what others are enjoying the use of is great start for my flashing beginnings. Especially with the huge list of ROMs available. I know these "best ROM" threads are normally looked down upon, but I always value others opinions. Good starting point for S3 LTE noobs.

I've tried quite a few ROMs on my I9305. Only had it a few months.
CM12.1 - very smooth, the smoothest I've tried. GPS takes minutes to fix and not very accurate, data unreliable, many video playback problems, so I reluctantly left it (at BETA 4 stage).
AICP 8 (5.0.2) - quite smooth but I could not get rid of an issue with music dropouts when screen is off, despite trying all the kernels etc. A few extra features like ad blockers which didn't seem to work too well.
CM11 - very smooth (smoother still with ART on). GPS also not very good and data unreliable, but video playback at least is OK. Sleep of death on occasions. Seemed to chop the beginning off sound notifications, so didn't always hear them. Music drops out when cell connectivity changes. More bugs that I've forgotten. This was last month so I doubt it's any better now.
N4 Elite (KK stock based) - very pretty but very laggy. If you disable (root app delete) most of the features it gets better but still laggy. Smooth one minute, laggy the next, as though some process was misbehaving. Worth keeping an eye on in case it gets smoother.
S5 Elite (KK stock based) - a lot of trouble to install for some reason, lots of connectivity issues, completely failed to connect to my office wifi at all (EAP auth). Didn't try it for very long so no idea about GPS etc.
4.4.4 stock - no major problems, a few graphical glitches (may have been Agni kernel), not quite as smooth as 4.3, no reason to use it over 4.3 as we had transparent status bar anyway and Samsung did not enable ART.
4.3 stock - everything works! Data and Wifi are reliable, GPS fixes in seconds and is accurate to 10 feet, no issues or glitches with anything at all. And it's smooth. Not as smooth as CM12.1 but smoother than any KK rom I tried. This is with lots of the Samsung crap turned off/deleted of course.
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I should add that I am using 4.3 at the moment. I like trying the new ROMs but eventually I just want a phone that works properly so I go back to 4.3!

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I have to agree Amcha too is my favourite stock based. Smooth and great with Google launcher.
I have tried all the 5.x ROMs and as a CM fan go CM12 closely followed by AICP both using custom kernel as I need the extra volume being a bit deaf.
But at the moment I'm using the new Miui 6 rom . I have to say thanks to those who work on it - its smooth , very fast, decent battery life, excellent modem in the UK, bug free from what I can see and just works well. It takes a bit of setting up to clear up some of the CN apps etc but definitely my daily for now. I'm sticking with 4.4.4 because I use iPlayer a lot and sadly none of the 5.x's will run on it yet.
Updated to 5.6.6 today
Now has 4 way boot and more toggles ie Sync among other fixes/improvements. OTA appears broken but downloaded from the miui link and flashed in 'normal' way.
*Mega download doesn't seem to work on mobile - just opens Mega app advert for the Playstore .

Glenn2 said:
I've tried quite a few ROMs on my I9305. Only had it a few months.
CM12.1 - very smooth, the smoothest I've tried. GPS takes minutes to fix and not very accurate, data unreliable, many video playback problems, so I reluctantly left it (at BETA 4 stage).
AICP 8 (5.0.2) - quite smooth but I could not get rid of an issue with music dropouts when screen is off, despite trying all the kernels etc. A few extra features like ad blockers which didn't seem to work too well.
CM11 - very smooth (smoother still with ART on). GPS also not very good and data unreliable, but video playback at least is OK. Sleep of death on occasions. Seemed to chop the beginning off sound notifications, so didn't always hear them. Music drops out when cell connectivity changes. More bugs that I've forgotten. This was last month so I doubt it's any better now.
N4 Elite (KK stock based) - very pretty but very laggy. If you disable (root app delete) most of the features it gets better but still laggy. Smooth one minute, laggy the next, as though some process was misbehaving. Worth keeping an eye on in case it gets smoother.
S5 Elite (KK stock based) - a lot of trouble to install for some reason, lots of connectivity issues, completely failed to connect to my office wifi at all (EAP auth). Didn't try it for very long so no idea about GPS etc.
4.4.4 stock - no major problems, a few graphical glitches (may have been Agni kernel), not quite as smooth as 4.3, no reason to use it over 4.3 as we had transparent status bar anyway and Samsung did not enable ART.
4.3 stock - everything works! Data and Wifi are reliable, GPS fixes in seconds and is accurate to 10 feet, no issues or glitches with anything at all. And it's smooth. Not as smooth as CM12.1 but smoother than any KK rom I tried. This is with lots of the Samsung crap turned off/deleted of course.
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I should add that I am using 4.3 at the moment. I like trying the new ROMs but eventually I just want a phone that works properly so I go back to 4.3!
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Could you take screenshot which Samsung crap you turned off for 4.3?

trey32 said:
Could you take screenshot which Samsung crap you turned off for 4.3?
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I don't know I used something called rom cleaner right after I flashed it.
I've now found a better option anyway - Amcha ROM. It's based on stock Samsung 4.4.4 (so everything works) but it is de-bloated from the start, and has plenty of options in the aroma installer for adding extras that you want and removing stuff that you don't. It's also extremely smooth. You get a choice of three UI styles - S3 (stock), S5 and N4. I tried the N4 option but that still has some issues with colours I think (some menus with white text on white). The S5 UI is perfect and has no issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/rom-amcha-rom-kk-simply-cust-t2898961

Glenn2 said:
I don't know I used something called rom cleaner right after I flashed it.
I've now found a better option anyway - Amcha ROM. It's based on stock Samsung 4.4.4 (so everything works) but it is de-bloated from the start, and has plenty of options in the aroma installer for adding extras that you want and removing stuff that you don't. It's also extremely smooth. You get a choice of three UI styles - S3 (stock), S5 and N4. I tried the N4 option but that still has some issues with colours I think (some menus with white text on white). The S5 UI is perfect and has no issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/rom-amcha-rom-kk-simply-cust-t2898961
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You can also mix up the Stock i9305, S5 and Note 4 styles if you wish. I 'experimented' as I kind of prefer the Stock menu style rather than the coloured circles for About, Wifi etc, but like inparticular Note 4 styling. The white on white bug could do with a fix though.

on stock jb my i9305 was always a battery eater.
I tried many roms but all had problems . .
I found r-extreme jb and everything worked nicely for ages, till I got sdcard corruption. . a jb/kernel issue, can't remember now. But kk was maturing, and I wanted better battery life. .
Then I found SlimSaber 4.4.4. The camera just worked, unlike other kk roms that need workarounds. The display dpi was far too small for my aged eyes but easy to fix. Gps required an app to set region, then it worked fine. Some cut and try with modems, as usual. I find the "real dark slim" very clear to read.
Then google-play-services auto updated and the phone never went to deep sleep. My battery problems got worse. None of the "fixes" worked so I re-installed and went gapps free. I imported my contacts from a vcf, email from the builtin email app, maps from nokias "here" app.
After 6 months the only thing I really miss is calendar sync, but for me battery life has now doubled and my phone is fast and lag free.

Are Lollipop rom's on VS980 stable now?

I'm running baseband 26a with xdbbeb's rom, everything works just great.
I see so many new Lollipop rom's but last time I updated roms, none of the AOSP one's were as stable as the stock rom.
- is the Lollipop update on Verizon G2 worth getting?
- are the Lollipop AOSP roms good enough now? wr.t. things like data connection, wakelocks, batery life etc

Not quite yet, although very close. I'm new to the G2 scene, and have been out of the loop for about a year and a half while using a non rooted Moto X , but after a weekend of playing with Xenon and a few other AOSP roms on a new vs9800 G2, here's what I see as of today:
There seems to be a data roaming issue (I frequently lose data connection)
GPS doesn't show a "lock" although it seems to work
An occasional random reboot
Tap to wake doesn't work after a reboot, but will start working after I make a call.
I think a few of these are about to be fixed, but can't wait until everything gets sorted out! Not a bad phone, love the screen and it will rock with a stable 5.1.x AOSP rom!

Thanks for replying! I think I'll wait too.

The lollipop update on the Verizon G2 is fine and stable. I don't have "any" problems outside of just normal lollipop changes to notifications, but it works as it should and works great.
AOSP builds on the other hand... I am unsure. It seems there are still a few loose ends, mostly with the Double Tap to Wake being finicky. With a phone designed around that feature, I have steered clear but I have heard that developers found the fix on the AOSP builds and just waiting to release updates.
I have always used AOSP and CM based builds starting with the Nexus One (and owning a long line of Nexus devices). However the LG G2 is great in that the stock LG software is perfect. It has a slight LG feel, but allows lots of customization and features that I just can't reason getting rid of. Of course I get rid of the launcher immediately in lieu of Nova Launcher... but otherwise I LOVE the keyboard (with the dedicated number row), the WiFi Storage options, and the QSlide floating Apps. I really miss the dual-window of the newer LG software. I don't know why the Verizon G2 didn't get Dual Window and Knock Code of the newer software (some versions of LG G2 got these).

What to do with my new Moto X? Cyanogen... Gravitybox... Lollipop... Kitkat...

Hey guys,
I've just received my new Moto X XT1052. I've just unlocked the bootloader, and am now thinking about what to do. It's currently on Lollipop 5.1
I would like to put either Cyanogenmod 12.1 or Gravity Box onto it, but I can't decide on which one.
Gravity Box is good because it goes over the stock Moto rom, and I'd still be able to have the fun little tweaks that Motorola created for it, such as twist for camera etc...
Cyanogen would be good because it has functions that GB doesn't have, such as long-pressing back to force quit, number of home screens, and a few other things that are missing from GB.
Does anyone know a way of installing Cyanogen but retaining the Moto apps?
Also, do you recommend I stay with Lollipop? Or should I downgrade to Kitkat 4.4.4 (or thereabouts)
Many thanks!!

You cant have both CM and Moto apps.
But Moto Camera Mod can be flashed i think. AC Display can be used as Moto Display. Moto Voice cant be! There are 3rd party apps but nothing can be equal to stock app.
Also I prefer to be on Stock kitkat as the standby was good with it.

stock 4.4.4 +GB works best for me, may be Viper4Android for sound. That's all I need on my Xstock 4.4.4 +GB works best for me, may be Viper4Android for sound. That's all I need on my X

I'm on CM 12.1 now. The only unique Stock-feature what's missing are Voice Commands. "twist" for camera, "chop" for Torchlight, hand wave and pick-up for active display works.
The battery drain seems to be better in the latest nightlies (27/28.10.), but still not what i expect.
KK is no option for me, cause the Holo-design looked really ugly.

Holo-design? My battery life at the moment is terrible, maybe getting 6 hours from one charge?
If active notifications no longer work, how would I be notified since there's no notification light?

jjl5590 said:
Holo-design?
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The designlanguage before Material (Android 4.0 ICS - 4.4 KitKat = Holodesign; since 5.0 Lollipop = Materialdesign)
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My battery life at the moment is terrible, maybe getting 6 hours from one charge?
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Ok, thats really bad. With latest CM 12.1 nightlies I get about 4 hours SoT and about 16 hours mixed use. So it's enough for an average day in my life.
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If active notifications no longer work, how would I be notified since there's no notification light?
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active notifications are available in CM 12.1! It is called Ambient display an has almost the same functions.

Could I get ambient display with cyanogenmod 11?
Thabks for your answers

there are some Apps in the store which promise features like Ambient display, but I haven't testet them. And I never used CM 11.

I have a Developers Edition, XT-1055, US Cellular. It is unlocked and rooted. And running Lollipop 5.1.
Just love it. So much better than Kitkat. Great battery life. No problems, just the annoyance of Lollipop from time to time. Sometimes I have to 'Forget' or is it "Unpair" my BT connection with my speaker, and then pair it again to restore the volume level. And I don't like "improved" feature(s) to set my phone to quiet or vibrate modes. Kitkat was much more intuitive in that aspect.
With TWRP installed, I can do a full backups of the phone.
The phone portion is better/easier to do, but less intuitive; as in easier touch functions but more touches to do a phone call. But the voice commands really scream with Lollipop. Motorola has it right. Recognizes my voice and commands, nearly flawless! So much better that when I was using KitKat. Great with driving. Now, if I could just remember those commands!! LOL!
Good luck with your decision.

I have an XT1053 Developer Edition, unlocked bootloader, TWRP, etc, and I run stock 4.4.4. mainly because of the battery life and the sensitivity of the Active Display feature. My second choice would be Nexus Experience ROM (NX) because it incorporates almost all of the special stock features of the Moto X, and it has a very stock experience. The only reason I don't use it is because the Active Display isn't as sensitive and I have to move the phone more to activate that feature. It's a small thing but I'm very picky. I may get over it and move to NX eventually.
As far as battery life goes, on 4.4.4 I unplug at 7am and by 10:30pm I usually have 50% battery left, sometimes more. However, I'm a Nazi when it comes to keeping unnecessary background processes from hogging power and/or using mobile data. But even when I watch videos and play music carelessly I've never been in the red. I don't even own a car charger. I can't speak about the battery life on NX ROM because I didn't use it that long.
I'm still considering moving to NX as I'm writing this... I may do a fresh backup of 4.4.4 and run NX today to see how it goes.
Edit: Btw, NX ROM for the Moto X 2013 is 5.1.

[Q] What is the most stable and complete custom rom for the Xperia SP?

Currently still stuck on the official Android 4.3.1 version. Looking forward to upgrading to 4.4.4 or 5.1.1 but don’t know which rom to choose.
Which rom is the most stable and is the most complete in term of Xperia SP features such as the notification leds and camera?

INKT said:
Currently still stuck on the official Android 4.3.1 version. Looking forward to upgrading to 4.4.4 or 5.1.1 but don’t know which rom to choose.
Which rom is the most stable and is the most complete in term of Xperia SP features such as the notification leds and camera?
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I used slimkat rom (4.4.4) until a few days ago and i was satisfied with it.
I'm now looking around for upgrading to 5.1.1, but every rom i use has wifi issues: wifi drops if the screen is turned off for 10 minutes. I tried several roms :
- AICP : Satisfied, but wifi drops
- XenonHD : didn't started after full wipe of cache, dalvik and system. I did a reset of the battery and then it started, but i found it too laggy.
- Slim 5.1.1 beta 0.12 : Satisfied but wifi drops and less features then the other roms
- cm 12.1 20151211 nightly : satisfied, but wifi drops
- Candy5 release 4.0 20151015 : Best rom i used considering speed and options, but wifi drops also
All forum posts i read are saying that the wifi drops also is happening at cm12, but i'm going to test it myself.
Some persons are saying that the router is the cause of the wifi drops, but i'm having trouble with accepting that because the problem appears only on roms with 5.1.1. I already played with the settings of the router (only 2.4ghz, combination etc) but no lock so far.
I'm considering going back to 4.4.4 because of the wifi drops...
Grts,
Tom

The wifi drop with disabled screen seems to be an issue with various models with version 5.1.1 (Nexus 5, oneplus, xperia sp, etc).
The solution that works for me is using the app "Wifi roaming fix".
You can install the app and let it run in the background. As long as the is some kind of activity on the wifi adapter it keeps connected during the turned off screen.
Grts,
Tom

INKT said:
Currently still stuck on the official Android 4.3.1 version. Looking forward to upgrading to 4.4.4 or 5.1.1 but don’t know which rom to choose.
Which rom is the most stable and is the most complete in term of Xperia SP features such as the notification leds and camera?
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I have been flashing my XPERIA SP with a lot of custom roms. Among them i found xenon hd 5.1.1 (first version), omni x ( kk 4.4.4 by @NeilDownx thanks for a best kk rom for xsp) , candy 5 is also good but i prefer xenon hd over it.
Last words: all lollipop roms are good for sometime but occasionally lag after sometime. Flashing t-kernel makes it more worse. And battery drain is alot. Amony all roms i have tested i use omni x . and try to use stock kernel .. Better battery n stable without lags. Use 2a charger for faster charging time. Overall the rom is stable and try not to use high ram hoging apps. Install greenify for battery life. Use performance option on settings and underclock max freq to 1.3 ghz for normal use and better battery and use wheatley governor. Thats all cheers.

cyanogenmod 12.1 Unofficial sabermod ROM ! I tried all lollipop roms and it is the best i think. EspeciallyBattery goes long long long way !

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Overall the rom is stable and try not to use high ram hoging apps. Install greenify for battery life. Use performance option on settings and underclock max freq to 1.3 ghz for normal use and better battery and use wheatley governor. Thats all cheers.
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The underclock how will affect the fluidity of the interface, smootheness, any downsides of this actions ?
And lastly, the answer is the same regardless the (lollipop) Rom installed ?

giannisv6 said:
The underclock how will affect the fluidity of the interface, smootheness, any downsides of this actions ?
And lastly, the answer is the same regardless the (lollipop) Rom installed ?
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The underclock does some effect on touch responses, but its tolerable. There are no noticeable effects other than while hd gaming.. Gives some lags..you got to sacrifice something to get something(battery life). And i didnt get what u meant about the lollipop rom(not so good at english-- asian)

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The underclock does some effect on touch responses, but its tolerable. There are no noticeable effects other than while hd gaming.. Gives some lags..you got to sacrifice something to get something(battery life). And i didnt get what u meant about the lollipop rom(not so good at english-- asian)
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It's ok i found out by myself,thank you.