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[Q] Quick ROM Recommendation

I am about to flash my first ROM and looking for quick recommendations on a good ROM.
Speed is more important than battery life, and apart from that do have any other specific requirements

Mine.
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No one can give you an objective answer. And this belongs in Q&A.

I don't need anything too specialized yet. Just something recent & popular & widely used. ie the top favourites around here.
Thanks. Will take a look at yours. Are they some of the most popular around here?

sml12 said:
I don't need anything too specialized yet. Just something recent & popular & widely used. ie the top favourites around here.
Thanks. Will take a look at yours. Are they some of the most popular around here?
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Take a look at Doc's. Fastest interface and best GPS I've ever had. Plus you can easily customize your own rom using the online kitchen
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882397
Kitchen: www.romkitchen.org

Serendipity 2.0 is THE best ROM out there as far as speed goes imo.
It will EAT your battery up though since it's oc'ed. I haven't experienced to bad but I can tell with just a lil bit more usage it would drain quick.
I would wait for Firefly (few hours till released) and try that. It's going to be fast, smooth, and perfect without being oc'ed. Will also have great battery life and GPS will work for sure. My friend told me this; he has the beta. Lol

Assonance.

Connor1 said:
Assonance.
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May I ask why?

xThe Enforcer said:
It's going to be fast, smooth, and perfect without being oc'ed. Will also have great battery life and GPS will work for sure.
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I'll eat my USB cable the day we get a ROM like that.

Thanks guys. That has given me feel for what is popular at the moment.
Now I just need to work out if I can flash a ROM without access to Winblows.

MikeyMike01 said:
I'll eat my USB cable the day we get a ROM like that.
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lmao! Thats something I'd almost be willing to pay to see!

Darkys v8!
Extremely stable, very fast, GPS is decent, battery life is *meh* i get about 12-13 hours on heavy to moderate usage but I charge it on my way home from work in the car.
Gingerbread themed, a lot of customation, very active developer, updates come out very easy to install ect.
Just my 2 cents

My recommendation is to become an addict and try them all.

xBarbarian said:
My recommendation is to become an addict and try them all.
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LOL. That's the fun part. What's the fun in plating it safe and not trying new thing. If you're gonna do that you might as well get an iPhone
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Decrypt or wait?

Hey everyone,
So I don't normally post, I usually just read, but wanted to ask this question/poll to current N6 users. I'm about to get my N6 on Wed (YA! ) and wanted to know, should I run decryption as soon as I get my device or give it some time (month or so) to wait for an update?
Battery life and performance are concerns for me and I know the device has the hardware to make it happen.
Thanks for any response.

Might as well decrypt as soon as you get it. No point in waiting, as it will only increase battery life and performance.
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jp555soul said:
Hey everyone,
So I don't normally post, I usually just read, but wanted to ask this question/poll to current N6 users. I'm about to get my N6 on Wed (YA! ) and wanted to know, should I run decryption as soon as I get my device or give it some time (month or so) to wait for an update?
Battery life and performance are concerns for me and I know the device has the hardware to make it happen.
Thanks for any response.
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Unlock boot, decrypt, root, install greenify.
I managed 7hrs 8 minutes sot yesterday. Up from 3.5 my second cycle before doing the above mentioned. Helps immensely.
Noticeable responsiveness improvement and remarkably better battery.
This is my experience.

ncraigtrn said:
Unlock boot, decrypt, root
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Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?

msal said:
Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?
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Short answer: probably. But that's the only way to drop the encryption for the time being.

msal said:
Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?
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Root will. OTAs that overwrite boot.img will re-encrypt. At least that is the theory, as it hasn't happened yet.

It would be really good to hear from Google as to whether or not they are working on addressing this issue. I read many of the popular tech sites but haven't even seen one mention that they reached out to Google for comment on this. I'm going to give this a week or two to see if we get a response from Google or not. Even with encryption, battery is getting me through a day and performance is much faster than I'm used to. Still loving the experience, but the tech nerd in me is bothered by the fact that it can be even better without encryption.
I would also be curious to see if any of the tech sites that do a battery rundown test have redone the test with encryption off. It would be good to see some real metrics that measure the effect it has on battery.

If you wait it will require a complete factory reset of your data. That should help you decide.
I don't think reviewers are saying anything because it isn't an issue in every day use. I tried the phone both ways and couldn't tell a difference in how the phone felt. Only benchmarks really showed any difference. I don't think reviewers care much about benchmarks other than to run a few for the nerds among us.

So you didn't notice apps loading any faster? Particularly games or apps with a large footprint? To be honest, I want it for the battery life more than anything. If encryption is really being processed in the CPU, that is very inefficient and all those extra CPU cycles are wasting battery.

I noticed improvement in performance. Not a lot as the device is already lightning fast. I'd imagine the more user data there is to decrypt/encrypt the more noticeable the performance would be. But yes battery life seems to have improved immensely.

Thanks everyone for voting!
Just got my N6 (WHOA...this thing is a change from the N5) and Im going to go with decryption. Unlocking as I type... :highfive:

ncraigtrn said:
Unlock boot, decrypt, root, install greenify.
I managed 7hrs 8 minutes sot yesterday. Up from 3.5 my second cycle before doing the above mentioned. Helps immensely.
Noticeable responsiveness improvement and remarkably better battery.
This is my experience.
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do you have something else except for greenify for battery increase? for greenify don't you have to install xposed which is not compatible(or fully) with lollipop(uses art) ?thanks

ddman_21 said:
do you have something else except for greenify for battery increase? for greenify don't you have to install xposed which is not compatible(or fully) with lollipop(uses art) ?thanks
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Xposed has an alpha that works on Lollipop, and I think there is a beta version of Greenify that has more features and works with the Lollipop version (the old one may work too).
Amplify is another one I have seen a few people mention in efforts to get better battery life.

cupfulloflol said:
Xposed has an alpha that works on Lollipop, and I think there is a beta version of Greenify that has more features and works with the Lollipop version (the old one may work too).
Amplify is another one I have seen a few people mention in efforts to get better battery life.
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The original greenify xposed module doesn't work but amplify and greenify beta both work great

Would Custom ROMs Improve Battery Life?

Like the title says, does a custom ROM improve battery life compared to stock? The "Android OS" has been taking up more percentage of battery than the screen!! (33% whereas my Screen is only 27%)
PS: I'm planning to go for CyanogenMod 5.1.1 or Carbon 5.1.1

ASDFking said:
Like the title says, does a custom ROM improve battery life compared to stock? The "Android OS" has been taking up more percentage of battery than the screen!! (33% whereas my Screen is only 27%)
PS: I'm planning to go for CyanogenMod 5.1.1 or Carbon 5.1.1
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yes. but not in all custom roms.
I suggest you to try VIRGINITY Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550392
Try all the roms & choose the best rom for you

Sureshtuty said:
yes. but not in all custom roms.
I suggest you to try VIRGINITY Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550392
Try all the roms & choose the best rom for you
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What's the advantage of using Virginity? Thanks for the info by the way.

ASDFking said:
What's the advantage of using Virginity? Thanks for the info by the way.
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Go to virginity's ROM thread & read the features. It said "amazing battery life", blah, blah, blah... Too many advantages & mainly the battery life & customization. It's what you're looking for, right!!? Anyway it seems you're asking which is the best ROM. Read the XDA rules first please, it's not allowed to ask that. You must try them & decide which ROM is the best for your needs. Have fun

mauam said:
Go to virginity's ROM thread & read the features. It said "amazing battery life", blah, blah, blah... Too many advantages & mainly the battery life & customization. It's what you're looking for, right!!? Anyway it seems you're asking which is the best ROM. Read the XDA rules first please, it's not allowed to ask that. You must try them & decide which ROM is the best for your needs. Have fun
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I see, thanks! I'll try them out.

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Yes. That's posible if the developer adding some tweak when build that's ROM

No custom rom can account for bad use.
If you load tons of apps syncing and waking the system "gona have a bad time"
Your Screen and 3G radio are the biggest pigs.

OmegaRED^ said:
No custom rom can account for bad use.
If you load tons of apps syncing and waking the system "gona have a bad time"
Your Screen and 3G radio are the biggest pigs.
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Does that mean I will only see either same or improved battery life and not worsened battery life?

ASDFking said:
Does that mean I will only see either same or improved battery life and not worsened battery life?
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You will see small a increase when you are suing it.
A large increase in standby.

OmegaRED^ said:
You will see small a increase when you are suing it.
A large increase in standby.
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I see, thanks!

ASDFking said:
I see, thanks!
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Just a screenshot from my totally light CM 4.4.4
I put the one cpu to sleep when i don't need it.
You can see how when the device was on "playing games" it ate like a pig.

OmegaRED^ said:
Just a screenshot from my totally light CM 4.4.4
I put the one cpu to sleep when i don't need it.
You can see how when the device was on "playing games" it ate like a pig.
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How did you get so much battery life? I only get 7 hours on mine with that same rom, 7 hours of usage, not in stand by.

hng34 said:
How did you get so much battery life? I only get 7 hours on mine with that same rom, 7 hours of usage, not in stand by.
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I keep my phone clean and don't use applications that sync constantly or bump the wakelocks.

Does something Special need to be done when going from LP to MM? (Battery issue)

What's up guys. So I had put MM on a friend's N6 for her so that she could enjoy the best of what android can offer (got her to sell her Iphone, Yessss)
Anyway... Now that I have a 64GB nexus 6 of my own and after many days of testing... I feel like something is wrong.
She is a pretty standard user, while I am a super heavy user... and neither of us can get past roughly 10 hours of total time, regardless of SOT. I've tried Chroma, Light, and Euphoria (MM builds) on both of our devices and the results are almost always the same. For her, the past week has been a max of 10 hours total time, but sometimes as little as 6 hours without use if not less, with less than 1 hour of SOT. Then on mine, which I've only had for 2 days mind you, the results are strangely similar, the best I got was 9 hours of total time with 3 hours SOT. While our results are somewhat different they both still... suck.
Is there some kind of magical nonsense I missed that must be preformed before moving to MM? Both devices were on LP to start with. I'm honestly just moving back to 5.1.1 for now (Mainly for xposed anyway) but...still I know that after reading so many good comments in threads that this cannot be some general "MM sucks" thing. It must be our devices, or the way I am modding them.
Basically, for both devices I did the following...
Unlock Bootloader
Flash TWRP, the one that was said to work on MM
Backed up Stock Rom
Flashed a custom ROM
...Is there something new that I am not aware of? I've tried to search a bit but I've honestly not sure what to search for exactly. I tried searching for firmware...but that didn't really seem conclusive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

battery life has nothing to do with you rooting/unlocking/flashing your phone. it all has to do with how you set up, which apps you install and use, how you use the device, and your signal quality. that said, if you keep your brightness high, you will get lowered battery life, no matter what.

simms22 said:
battery life has nothing to do with you rooting/unlocking/flashing your phone. it all has to do with how you set up, which apps you install and use, how you use the device, and your signal quality. that said, if you keep your brightness high, you will get lowered battery life, no matter what.
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right, but the fact that we both have different uses (mine being heavy hers being light) and use different apps...yet the results are similar?
I'm talking about is there some kind of firmware that is needed? Similar to HTC devices and the OnePlus one going from kitkat to LP?

what carrier are you on? there are different roms per carrier and having the wrong one might be affecting this

Locklear308 said:
right, but the fact that we both have different uses (mine being heavy hers being light) and use different apps...yet the results are similar?
I'm talking about is there some kind of firmware that is needed? Similar to HTC devices and the OnePlus one going from kitkat to LP?
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no. if your phones have booted, and are running, you got everything. your battery life is what i have "normally" seen from average users that dont know much about keeping good battery life. i normally see anywhere from 5-6.5 hours sot, and minimally 20 hours total in battery life.

simms22 said:
no. if your phones have booted, and are running, you got everything. your battery life is what i have "normally" seen from average users that dont know much about keeping good battery life. i normally see anywhere from 5-6.5 hours sot, and minimally 20 hours total in battery life.
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...You're sure? If anything, her light use should allow her to go on for a long time. I've been checking gsam while letting the phone sit. No auto sync or any of that nonsense. And it's averaging 12% per hour... which is just crazy.
I mean I've had to defeat battery sucking issues before, but this is just crazy.

Locklear308 said:
...You're sure? If anything, her light use should allow her to go on for a long time. I've been checking gsam while letting the phone sit. No auto sync or any of that nonsense. And it's averaging 12% per hour... which is just crazy.
I mean I've had to defeat battery sucking issues before, but this is just crazy.
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If dirty flash didn't work I would clean flash. Wipe til it squeaks. Dirty flash don't always work when flashing a new base.

Locklear308 said:
...You're sure? If anything, her light use should allow her to go on for a long time. I've been checking gsam while letting the phone sit. No auto sync or any of that nonsense. And it's averaging 12% per hour... which is just crazy.
I mean I've had to defeat battery sucking issues before, but this is just crazy.
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theres so much more to battery life then just "light use". i sync everything, and dont disable anything, keep my brightness low..
do you/she happen to use facebook? how about are you a gamer?
also, if your signal quality isnt good, your battery will never be.

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theres so much more to battery life then just "light use". i sync everything, and dont disable anything, keep my brightness low..
do you/she happen to use facebook? how about are you a gamer?
also, if your signal quality isnt good, your battery will never be.
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She uses facebook, I do not... But still ... this is crazy terrible battery life. I mean... I expected MM to be better, but at least be equivalent to LP. But this is just insane.
Alright! After reading and looking around more, I've found a post that stated "FOR LOLLIPOP ROM USERS IS NECESSARY START FROM ANDROID M FACTORY OR UPGRADE YOUR BOOTLOADER AND RADIO."
I tried searching for this but I'm not finding anything. I take it I just need to flash the stock factory image, but if one wanted just to upgrade, where are the Bootloader and Radio files?
I am downloading the factory image now and will report if this helps at all, perhaps this will help other users.

I found the best way to go was to flash the stock firmware and start from scratch. I simply did a clean install. My battery life has improved drastically from Lollipop.

Locklear308 said:
She uses facebook, I do not... But still ... this is crazy terrible battery life. I mean... I expected MM to be better, but at least be equivalent to LP. But this is just insane.
Alright! After reading and looking around more, I've found a post that stated "FOR LOLLIPOP ROM USERS IS NECESSARY START FROM ANDROID M FACTORY OR UPGRADE YOUR BOOTLOADER AND RADIO."
I tried searching for this but I'm not finding anything. I take it I just need to flash the stock factory image, but if one wanted just to upgrade, where are the Bootloader and Radio files?
I am downloading the factory image now and will report if this helps at all, perhaps this will help other users.
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they are in the factory image. if you are running marsh, you have them both. btw, factory images https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?csw=1#yakju

haibane said:
I found the best way to go was to flash the stock firmware and start from scratch. I simply did a clean install. My battery life has improved drastically from Lollipop.
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Did you flash the entire stock rom/firmware/boot etc? Or just the radio and bootloader? I just flashed the bootloader and radio, but I guess I might as well do it all.

Locklear308 said:
Did you flash the entire stock rom/firmware/boot etc? Or just the radio and bootloader? I just flashed the bootloader and radio, but I guess I might as well do it all.
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I did the whole thing. I've found with any phone on any OS, it is generally best to do a full clean install with full number changes.
While you lose a fair amount of content, it is worth the benefit.

haibane said:
I did the whole thing. I've found with any phone on any OS, it is generally best to do a full clean install with full number changes.
While you lose a fair amount of content, it is worth the benefit.
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I always keep my apps backed up on a USB drive lol. Believe it or not this is the first device I've had to go from one major build to the next. Other than the OnePlus One. I was not aware you could even update the bootloader really lol, I thought that was an annoying HTC thing. Alright, I shall get to flashing.

what happened to the SOT / battery tips thread!?

This was an incredibly useful resource, with loads of tips on improving battery life but it's gone Anyone got any ideas where?
I'm not very happy with my battery life at the moment, and i'm considering rooting to save battery through some of the root options. Do you think it's worth rooting now, I see there are a few new kernels available, or should I wait for a custom rom to become available.
I've not had a phone before where custom roms aren't available but I see nothing yet for Mi9.
Grateful for your advice.
Cheers

andypa1 said:
This was an incredibly useful resource, with loads of tips on improving battery life but it's gone Anyone got any ideas where?
I'm not very happy with my battery life at the moment, and i'm considering rooting to save battery through some of the root options. Do you think it's worth rooting now, I see there are a few new kernels available, or should I wait for a custom rom to become available.
I've not had a phone before where custom roms aren't available but I see nothing yet for Mi9.
Grateful for your advice.
Cheers
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Unfortunately the xda member who created that thread has since left, presumably taking it with them!

I would like to see a guide for a better SOT

I've only just rooted to get L Speed working but it's been on my last three devices with the Battery profile. Between that, Greenify and a quick screen timeout you should be looking at well over a day between charges. Invariably, the screen is always the biggest culprit, also consider auto brightness turned off with a low constant brightness too..
I'll start measuring my SOT now I'm on a stable rooted ROM..

andypa1 said:
This was an incredibly useful resource, with loads of tips on improving battery life but it's gone Anyone got any ideas where?
I'm not very happy with my battery life at the moment, and i'm considering rooting to save battery through some of the root options. Do you think it's worth rooting now, I see there are a few new kernels available, or should I wait for a custom rom to become available.
I've not had a phone before where custom roms aren't available but I see nothing yet for Mi9.
Grateful for your advice.
Cheers
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Ahmad Shawawreh said:
I would like to see a guide for a better SOT
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Your prayers have been answered. By me
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/how-to/discussion-xiaomi-mi-9-battery-life-t3922281
See my new battery thread