[Q] best roms for nexus 6?? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Which is in your opinion the best rom to flash on the nexus 6 having stability no bugs and features????
Opinions pls

I think you'll find that for the most part, the majority of the ROMs here are pretty stable, but in the end it's up to you to decide which one you'll stay on. It's a very subjective choice

eggydrums said:
I think you'll find that for the most part, the majority of the ROMs here are pretty stable, but in the end it's up to you to decide which one you'll stay on. It's a very subjective choice
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At that my friend, answers this question perfectly.

Liquid smooth
Or as stated any.

There is no best Rom like what eggydrums said. Asking this question is like going into a car store and asking what's the best car. One rom doesn't fit everybody's needs. Some people look for minimalism, or features, or whatever. There is no best Rom. Every rom has its own unique features, pros, cons.
But if you're looking for opinions, obviously I'd say my rom chroma. I provide support and literally reply to every reply in the rom thread. But it contains the essentials, nothing more and nothing less. Doesn't fit everybody's needs.
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There're several ROMs which you can flash in order to see which one do you like the most

zephiK said:
There is no best Rom like what eggydrums said. Asking this question is like going into a car store and asking what's the best car. One rom doesn't fit everybody's needs. Some people look for minimalism, or features, or whatever. There is no best Rom. Every rom has its own unique features, pros, cons.
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I usually just post this from evernotes
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a best ROM. The question itself is ambiguous. "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is best for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are you running on your Nexus 5 thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is best on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded. You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads. ROMs do not impact battery life. The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel. What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life. Let's get this cleared up. Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life". This is actually wrong. Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning. The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings. This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings. The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance. The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps

@rootSU I was thinking about making a copy paste of certain faq. Certainly not a bad idea haha. Usually threads with best are not allowed on xda as well
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zephiK said:
@rootSU I was thinking about making a copy paste of certain faq. Certainly not a bad idea haha. Usually threads with best are not allowed on xda as well
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xda let best threads exist as of several months ago

So if we say a rom that is not encrypted and has the ability to recive updates so i dont have to flash everytime , and also has nice features that stock lolipop has not, wich one would you guys recomend?

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[Q] Really confused...

As to which ROM to get?
So many new developers with new ROMs which is great but how do I choose which is best for me?
I'm currently on GingerReal 8.0 and it's quite slow in comparison to my other recently flashed ROMs but it's OK for now.
What I want is an overall nice ROM; speed, looks and battery life are all as important as each other for me.
What is your favourite ROM and why is it better than the others?
Thanks for your help guys
This thread is going to start a flame war !
there is no better / worse ROMs out there, they are all unique in their own little way..
The only advice i can give you (and im sure many others will agree) Is you search the development section carefully. Pick out a few ROMs you like the sound of, Flash them on your device, and have a little play...
Read the comments, see what people are saying about it, Weigh up the pro's and con's.. And make your decision based upon your results..
There are LOTS of ROMs out there, it would take a lifetime (over exaggerating) to try them all.. So its important you find a ROM that meets your expectations.
Hope this helps good luck
azzledazzle said:
This thread is going to start a flame war !
there is no better / worse ROMs out there, they are all unique in their own little way..
The only advice i can give you (and im sure many others will agree) Is you search the development section carefully. Pick out a few ROMs you like the sound of, Flash them on your device, and have a little play...
Read the comments, see what people are saying about it, Weigh up the pro's and con's.. And make your decision based upon your results..
There are LOTS of ROMs out there, it would take a lifetime (over exaggerating) to try them all.. So its important you find a ROM that meets your expectations.
Hope this helps good luck
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Thanks for the reply,
And I guess that's what I will have to do to find the ROM for me!
zeroundead said:
Thanks for the reply,
And I guess that's what I will have to do to find the ROM for me!
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its the only way mate, if i was to tell you "choose MIUI its the best", Then a darky user will come over and say "No its not, darky's is the best"
And then a simply honey user says, "no mines the best"..... the list goes on, Before you know it we are all arguing like little kids...
it gets us no where... !
Have fun
It's hard to hold one rom over another. Each offer features which some want and others don't need or want.
It's especially hard at the moment, as we're in what a appears to be a very active developement firmware development cycle at Samsung.
Though in the past Darky's rom was a safe bet for beginners, offering a decent mix of extra features along with stability and speed improvements over stock roms, their roms in the gingerbread era have lacked polish.
Then we have cyanogen based roms which are independent of the samsung devlopement cycle but are for advanced flashers who like to flash every other day it would seem.
TL;DR
Pick the rom which suits you. I like Surface at the moment. It suits my needs. But i'm on the precipace of flashing a cyanogen based rom
Just say 1 2 3 4 and choose 1
+ 1 to all of the above, roms are like wine, get out and taste them
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Yeah, +1 too.
Just wanted to add that if you want a really smooth and fast phone, after reading the roms threads, I give you the advice of reading the custom kernel threads too...
The kernel is, in my opinion, the best way to have a smoother phone.
I think you can have the rom you want (design and functionalities wise) but if you want smoothness, stability and / or good battery usage, you will have to carefully choose the kernel you want...
For CM7 roms, I don't know the kernels...
But for Samsung roms, the 3 best kernels of the moment, in my opinion (because they are in active development and the devs are working really really really ****ing hard...) are Talon (performance, stability, energy), Galaxian (performance) and Semaphore kernels (stability).
Hope it will help !

just got my nexus 6 got questions

1. mine is the att variant and the boot logo is way too loud anyway to change this?
2. what's the best camera app for this phone
3. best kernel? i'm running clean rom
Anyone?or can anyone forward me to thread that answers these questions?
paniro187 said:
Anyone?or can anyone forward me to thread that answers these questions?
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Please don't break the rules. Bumping within 24 hours is against them.
paniro187 said:
1. mine is the att variant and the boot logo is way too loud anyway to change this?
2. what's the best camera app for this phone
3. best kernel? i'm running clean rom
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1. Check in the /oem partition. Also Rule 1 is use search
2. Using search, search for best camera. There are a couple of threads on this. Best is subjective, meaning there is no best, just what people like the most.
3. As above...
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel. What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life. Let's get this cleared up. Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life". This is actually wrong. Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning. The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings. This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings. The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance. The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
rootSU said:
Well the point of search being the first rule is because we don't want to answer the same question a million times. If you're that lazy you wont search and demand to be spoon fed join android forums where they're happy to do that. If you want to learn to develop, this is the right place - where learning is the journey. But to be here you must follow the rules and not call people names.
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just leave him alone and stop feeding the troll
Closed. I'll come back and deal with some of you a bit later....
EDIT: Looks like one of my fellow Moderators cleaned up the mess.
Protip: if you are looking for help or advice, don't be a jerk to the people who are trying to help.

New Nexus 6 Owner!

Dumped my Verizon Note 4 because lack of root and what not! Picked up my Nexus 6 today! Whats the best ROM currently? I know all have different benefits and what not I am mainly looking for battery life and good performance.
joeyac02 said:
Dumped my Verizon Note 4 because lack of root and what not! Picked up my Nexus 6 today! Whats the best ROM currently? I know all have different benefits and what not I am mainly looking for battery life and good performance.
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question go into the q&a section, not into general.
and besides that point, theres no such thing as best rom, not on a nexus anyways. all our roms have access to source, so there's no hacking needed to get it running, unlike for other phones. besides the fact that battery life and performance isnt up to roms. battery life all depends on your use and the quality of your network data/phone signal. and performance would be attributed to how you set up your cpu. as there are many differing ideas how to set up your cpu, that would be all depending on you.
edit.. i asked a mod to move the thread into q&a. go one with the thread normally now
There is no best ROM. Look what's out there and determine that what is the "best" ROM for you based on developer to user feedback, amount of updates, amount of features, stability, user feedback, etc.
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a best ROM. The question itself is ambiguous. "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is best for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are YOU running on your Nexus 6??? thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is best on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded. You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads. ROMs do not impact battery life. The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel. What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life. Let's get this cleared up. Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life". This is actually wrong. Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning. The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings. This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings. The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance. The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
rootSU said:
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a best ROM. The question itself is ambiguous. "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is best for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are YOU running on your Nexus 6??? thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is best on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded. You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads. ROMs do not impact battery life. The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel. What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life. Let's get this cleared up. Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life". This is actually wrong. Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning. The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings. This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings. The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance. The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
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I know there isnt a "best" rom. Guess I should have worded it differently lol. Thank you for all that insight though. Ive rooted and run custom roms before and loved it. Just out of the loop a bit.
I run stock ROM, rooted and encrypted. I use Franco Kernel because it has the features I want, and he's written an excellent companion app to keep the kernel up to date, as well as let you easily adjust kernel settings. Good stuff.
When a stable CM12 is out for N6, I'll probably switch to that. Running CM12 nightlies on my N7 LTE with good success, but I need the "guaranteed" stability of a milestone release for my phone.
TheAmazingDave said:
I run stock ROM, rooted and encrypted. I use Franco Kernel because it has the features I want, and he's written an excellent companion app to keep the kernel up to date, as well as let you easily adjust kernel settings. Good stuff.
When a stable CM12 is out for N6, I'll probably switch to that. Running CM12 nightlies on my N7 LTE with good success, but I need the "guaranteed" stability of a milestone release for my phone.
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lol!
its cm, there's no guaranteed stability with any version. there are nightlies that are more stable than any milestones.
TheAmazingDave said:
I run stock ROM, rooted and encrypted. I use Franco Kernel because it has the features I want, and he's written an excellent companion app to keep the kernel up to date, as well as let you easily adjust kernel settings. Good stuff.
When a stable CM12 is out for N6, I'll probably switch to that. Running CM12 nightlies on my N7 LTE with good success, but I need the "guaranteed" stability of a milestone release for my phone.
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lol!
its cm, there's no guaranteed stability with any version. there are nightlies that are more stable than any milestones.
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Agreed.. a stable build is generally one with more fixes put into it vs checked in features.
The only stable rom is whatever google puts out because they have the resources to actually do QA and testing.
More than the CM maintenance person for our device can do anyways.
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lol!
its cm, there's no guaranteed stability with any version. there are nightlies that are more stable than any milestones.
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lol
Absolutely agree! (thus having "guaranteed" in quotes) But with a "stable" release, you're less likely to encounter a show-stopper in my experience.
For instance, the other day, I put the latest nightly on my N7, and it killed it. It would boot okay, but System UI would crash constantly. Accept the error message, and crash again. I turned it off at that point, and flashed the next nightly the day after. Problem solved.
Now, the last nightly I successfully installed broke recovery, and the new nightlies won't flash. I haven't bothered fixing that yet because the nightly on it right now is generally playing nice with everything.
My N6 is personal, but I use it a lot for work. I need to know that it's going to work every time I grab it. I just can't be sure of that with a nightly.
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Absolutely agree! (thus having "guaranteed" in quotes) But with a "stable" release, you're less likely to encounter a show-stopper in my experience.
For instance, the other day, I put the latest nightly on my N7, and it killed it. It would boot okay, but System UI would crash constantly. Accept the error message, and crash again. I turned it off at that point, and flashed the next nightly the day after. Problem solved.
Now, the last nightly I successfully installed broke recovery, and the new nightlies won't flash. I haven't bothered fixing that yet because the nightly on it right now is generally playing nice with everything.
My N6 is personal, but I use it a lot for work. I need to know that it's going to work every time I grab it. I just can't be sure of that with a nightly.
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thats one reason i dirty flash all the time(not cm, but an aosp rom). if an update is no good, things crash and such, i just reflaah the older version(right in top, and it boots up fine again. no wiping anything. also, and most importantly, make a backup in recovery. that way if an update is no good, all you have to do is restore that backup, and all will be like before you flashed it. i used to be a cm fanboy, from day one to about 3-4 years ago. and i know cm really well. many times a nightly could be much more stable then a milestone
joeyac02 said:
Dumped my Verizon Note 4 because lack of root and what not! Picked up my Nexus 6 today! Whats the best ROM currently? I know all have different benefits and what not I am mainly looking for battery life and good performance.
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Nothing is best here That completely depends on you taste. I like Parandroid cause of the perfection it comes with. Even Alpha version is much stable than most of the ROM's beta version. It completely depends on your personal taste

Most Popular ROM for Nexus 6

What is the most popular ROM for the nexus 6 that is stable and has a lot of goodies under the hood? I like CM12.1 but too many reboots on incoming calls and the unknown call history is a mess. Looking for a rom that is good and has some custom options.
idle0095 said:
What is the best nexus 6 rom that is stable and has a lot of goodies under the hood? I like CM12.1 but too many reboots on incoming calls and the unknown call history is a mess. Looking for a rom that is good and has some custom options.
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There is no such thing as a best ROM. The question itself is ambiguous. "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is best for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are YOU running on your Nexus 6??? thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is best on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded. You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads. ROMs do not impact battery life. The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
A good rom for features is Chroma
When will people stop making these threads?! As the user started above, best is defined by each user. Download them and try for yourself... You have nothing to lose.
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When will people stop making these threads?! As the user started above, best is defined by each user. Download them and try for yourself... You have nothing to lose.
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Nice to see a friend from the EVO LTE forums.
Evolution_Tech said:
Nice to see a friend from the EVO LTE forums.
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Evo Freak, is that you? Nice to see you again. At least you already know how many times that I have mentioned this same argument...
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Evo Freak, is that you? Nice to see you again. At least you already know how many times that I have mentioned this same argument...
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Yes, that's me. It seems no matter what device, these threads continue to pop up.

New to nexus

Just looking for the top 3 ROMs I should try. Right now I'm running chroma.
thayl0 said:
Just looking for the top 3 ROMs I should try. Right now I'm running chroma.
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How are you defining top?
Top = Most popular: Look for the thread with the most posts, or read the "What are you using" threads
Top = Best: No such thing as best. It's subjective. Look for the features you want by reading about each rom
Top = Most Stable: It's unquantifyable
Top = Alright already, just give me recommendations please: Tell us what you're looking for.
Hope this helps.
Are you coming from an iPhone or something? This is android world, even better, nexus world. Try a billion ROMs and pick your top. Each ROM out there is best by user preference
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
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How are you defining top?
Top = Most popular: Look for the thread with the most posts, or read the "What are you using" threads
Top = Best: No such thing as best. It's subjective. Look for the features you want by reading about each rom
Top = Most Stable: It's unquantifyable
Top = Alright already, just give me recommendations please: Tell us what you're looking for.
Hope this helps.
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bigstunta101 said:
Are you coming from an iPhone or something? This is android world, even better, nexus world. Try a billion ROMs and pick your top. Each ROM out there is best by user preference
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I am coming from the note series which vzw had there devices locked down. Before that I had the HTC one max and DNA which I ran viper Rom which was very customizable which I don't think n6 has.
Welcome to the nexus world. Seriously though it's user preference. My favorite right now is cyanidel. I hate layers but I'm sure a lot of good layers ROM out there
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thayl0 said:
I am coming from the note series which vzw had there devices locked down. Before that I had the HTC one max and DNA which I ran viper Rom which was very customizable which I don't think n6 has.
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You can use any Nexus 6 ROM on any other Nexus 6 device, so that is not a concern.
danarama said:
You can use any Nexus 6 ROM on any other Nexus 6 device, so that is not a concern.
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Thank you. I'm glad I got this phone even though I think the camera is complete crap one a phone this good but I like the phone itself way more then note series i actually feel like I own my phone rather then being stuck on stock.
thayl0 said:
Thank you. I'm glad I got this phone even though I think the camera is complete crap one a phone this good but I like the phone itself way more then note series i actually feel like I own my phone rather then being stuck on stock.
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The Camera isn't special. I think it is average. I can get good shots, particularly with HDR+. It's never going to be Note 5 quality though.
I tried several roms, but my favourite are:
1) Sillness - very near to stock, very stable and fast, extra customizations, no bloatware
2) Euphoria - my personal favourite. fast, stable, highly customizable.
3) I haven't tried CM based roms, but its worth exploring
These are also the only ones that don't crash from what I've tried
I don't know about the OP but I am also new to the Nexus 6 world, getting my phone tomorrow. What is the best rom for battery life, all things being equal? I heard Chroma is good?
PolishDude said:
I don't know about the OP but I am also new to the Nexus 6 world, getting my phone tomorrow. What is the best rom for battery life, all things being equal? I heard Chroma is good?
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Ahh, time for my stock answer. It's not all relevant to you but it fits...
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a*best*ROM.* The question itself is ambiguous.* "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is*best*for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are YOU running on your Nexus 6??? thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is*best*on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded.* You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads.* ROMs do not impact battery life.* The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel.* What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life.* Let's get this cleared up.* Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life".* This is actually wrong.* Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning.* The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings.* This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings.* The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance.* The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
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asking about the best battery life is like asking which chocolate cake is the best; its all about what you do, what you like, how you set it up etc, so there is no "intelligent" answer to that question.
I think Danarama's answer was absolutely perfect..:good::good:
Thread closed. Unusually for a Q and A thread...
When someone asks a very subjective question about "what is the best this or that", expect a huge range of opinions, not answers or anything conclusive.
When someone takes the trouble to provide a comprehensive response, XDA and its members do NOT expect or welcome abuse from others.
We used to delete "Best" questions - I wonder why.
Flaming and disrespect to others is against the Forum Rules. Be warned.

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