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I used screen filter on my captivate for night time reading but on my note all it really does is wash out the colors. Is anyone else having this problem or have alternative apps that would work. screen is just too bright for night time reading even on the dimmest setting.
I think this is always how Screen Filter works. Maybe you just didn't notice before due to which setting you're using. Screen Filter works like if you turn down the brightness on a JPG photo, so you lose color depth.
There's no way around it - SF reduces the dynamic range of the screen, so you're going to have a correspondingly smaller palette of colors. The lower you go, the worse it gets.
Thanks for the replies guys. It just seemed more drastic on the note. Maybe its the bigger size. Can't even do a comparison cause I already shipped my captivate off to my mom.
Try using a program with night mode, with opera, doing the red on black mod.
Screen filter also blotches up the blacks for me too.
Superdim is an app available in the market... I am using it happily on my sgs sl i9003... It works great...
Screen filter basically applies a graish filter on the screen whereas superdim allows you to turn down brightness from levels lower than stock!
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Post a link. Its not showing in market for me
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Post a link. Its not showing in market for me
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I found it with no problem. Requires root, maybe that's why it's not showing up for you? I just did a search for Superdim.
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I just tried Superdim. Had no effect at all on my minimum brightness.
Anyone know of something to adjust the actual profile of the Autobright??
screen filter is a good app，i usually use at night for reading
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I found it with no problem. Requires root, maybe that's why it's not showing up for you? I just did a search for Superdim.
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I just tried Superdim. Had no effect at all on my minimum brightness.
Anyone know of something to adjust the actual profile of the Autobright??
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Im rooted. Shows in market from laptop and can install, but still doesnt show from phone market. weiord
vatanatips said:
screen filter is a good app，i usually use at night for reading
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i use it too
Screen filter is useful in the theatre when I don't want to disturb anyone, but other than that it just messes up the colors too much.
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Phytrax said:
Screen filter is useful in the theatre when I don't want to disturb anyone, but other than that it just messes up the colors too much.
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That's why super dim is better... It should work on rooted phones...
I haven't set profiles for it... I just usually work in that app by playing with the brightness slider
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hmm, never noticed any colour problem with screen filter but then again I don't dim it that much. Will give SuperDim a go though.
Link for people who can't find it -> https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkucHJ1c3Muc3VwZXJkaW0iXQ..
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That's why super dim is better... It should work on rooted phones...
I haven't set profiles for it... I just usually work in that app by playing with the brightness slider
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Like I said, Superdim doesn't do squat for me. Default minimum brightnes shows 20 on Superdim. If I reduce it to 1 nothing changes. Can you tell me your screen is actually dimmer on 1 than on 20?
So I searched around and couldn't find anything about this Bug in most ICS roms that I used, the bug is that the status bar's clock keeps freezing , when you lock the screen the time will say 9:30pm but the status bar (and home screen clock widget) will show a frozen time, like 9:15... now the only way to fix it temporarily is reboot but I need a permanent fix, does anybody know anything about this bug?
My rom currently is Dark Knight 5.5
Kernel : Devil 2_7.9 bm
Would appreciate your help
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So I searched around and couldn't find anything about this Bug in most ICS roms that I used, the bug is that the status bar's clock keeps freezing , when you lock the screen the time will say 9:30pm but the status bar (and home screen clock widget) will show a frozen time, like 9:15... now the only way to fix it temporarily is reboot but I need a permanent fix, does anybody know anything about this bug?
My rom currently is Dark Knight 5.5
Kernel : Devil 2_7.9 bm
Would appreciate your help
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Try to flash it again, if that don't works, almost all ICS roms are beta, so you have to deal with it, or go back to gingerbread.
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Try to flash it again, if that don't works, almost all ICS roms are beta, so you have to deal with it, or go back to gingerbread.
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So as I said, It happens in many ics roms that I used, team icsgs rc1-4.2, cm9,cyantablet, dark knight 1-5.5...and its not the kernel for sure because I switched to devil's kernel recently.
Now I can deal with it but it once froze while I slept and my alarm won't turn on...I woke 3 hours late to school...
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So as I said, It happens in many ics roms that I used, team icsgs rc1-4.2, cm9,cyantablet, dark knight 1-5.5...and its not the kernel for sure because I switched to devil's kernel recently.
Now I can deal with it but it once froze while I slept and my alarm won't turn on...I woke 3 hours late to school...
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Then there are no permanent fixes, everything is beta. But most problems are with camera and youtube. Even my gio don't have bugs like you. search for the most stable rom, take the risk, or go back to cm7
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This one seems very stable, but read it carefully. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/android-4-0-update-for-galaxy-s-i9000-custom-rom/
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Then there are no permanent fixes, everything is beta. But most problems are with camera and youtube. Even my gio don't have bugs like you. search for the most stable rom, take the risk, or go back to cm7
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This one seems very stable, but read it carefully. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/android-4-0-update-for-galaxy-s-i9000-custom-rom/
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My camera is running fluently and so does YouTube, the one you gave me was my first ever rom that I flashed (rc3) like I stated the bug also appears in team sgsics rc1-4.2 for me the most stable roms are Nasif's Dark Knight...(except the DK4)
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Oke, thats weird because preview mode can't work, but back to your problem, do you make any changes to your roms? Like deleting stock apps, overclocking?
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I used the Elite Rom before and I always experience error like com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly and Its kinda annoying. Now I am using the Doc's Master ICS ROM. Everything is smooth. No prob or Error. NO issues.
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Oke, thats weird because preview mode can't work, but back to your problem, do you make any changes to your roms? Like deleting stock apps, overclocking?
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I overclocked today, didn't do anything to stock apps. All this time I wasnt overclocked
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Thats's weird. Just wait for stable version, all you can do
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Thats's weird. Just wait for stable version, all you can do
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Dark knight 5.5 is fairly stable , and I think I fixed it , because ics has this option to keep background processes and always allowed only 3 processes so maybe the clock couldnt work, I'm all day on normal and I didn't experience the bug yet
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Did you enable 'kill app back button' in developer options? I once got the same problem with Galaxy Note with CM9 and PAv0.2. Problem gone after disabling this long press back to kill option. I suspect some background tasks are killed accidentally with back button. Hope this help.
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Did you enable 'kill app back button' in developer options? I once got the same problem with Galaxy Note with CM9 and PAv0.2. Problem gone after disabling this long press back to kill option. I suspect some background tasks are killed accidentally with back button. Hope this help.
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Read the posts bro I already solved it thanks anyway tho... turns out it was the background processes limit that gave me that bug... so now its on normal
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We all have been wanting that cool SmartStay thing or something like it from the GSIII, didn't we? Finally there's something like it available in the play store.
Two versions are available, pro and lite. Would be downloading it in a while, phone's charging and I'm too lazy to go pick it up.
Here are the links:
Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iseeyoupro
Lite/Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwMiwiY29tLmlzZWV5b3VsaXRlIl0.
Wow, nobody cares !
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Using it.. its wow.. working great.. no issues so far..
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Thanks
thank you bro...but what about battery drainage due to cont. front camera use?!:silly:
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its already discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675264&highlight=hold+screen+on&page=5
and the programmer of 'i see you' made his own thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701363
there is another alternative called 'hold screen on': https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kkeyser.android.eyebuddy.demo
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just to round up things we now have:
SmartStayEX
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elnware.smartStay
ISeeYou
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iseeyoupro
Hold Screen On
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kkeyser.android.eyebuddy.paid
EyeSpy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.eyespy
to substitude SIII SmartStay, did i miss something in the list?
I'd like to know how battery life is affected with this?
Cant see a mega change in battery usage
all good here
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I'd like to know how battery life is affected with this?
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amandeepparmar said:
thank you bro...but what about battery drainage due to cont. front camera use?!:silly:
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not really a battery drainer, works well for me with least battery drain
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its already discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675264&highlight=hold+screen+on&page=5
and the programmer of 'i see you' made his own thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701363
there is another alternative called 'hold screen on': https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kkeyser.android.eyebuddy.demo
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searched but couldn't find the i see you thread.. didn't really know about that..
madbird said:
its already discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675264&highlight=hold+screen+on&page=5
and the programmer of 'i see you' made his own thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701363
these didnt work for me
there is another alternative called 'hold screen on': https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kkeyser.android.eyebuddy.demo
this ones great though
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...searched but couldn't find the i see you thread.. didn't really know about that..
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no problem that's why i posted it. so all available information is in place.
@panyan: the old version is not working well at all. but there is a version 1.2 of ISeeYou now, that do the job also on the note.
thanks bro~
my note is also designed for humans now!
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thanks bro~
my note is also designed for humans now!
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haha, IMO all phones are designed for humans other than those by the fruit company, banana is it? oh no, apple, right!
It's out. It is the smartstay app from SGSIII...
Still in beta for a few days, but on 29th it will be available in App store in lite and pro versions.
I am using the beta version now and it is working ok.
Chek this link for more infos:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708012
dentimarius said:
It's out. It is the smartstay app from SGSIII...
Still in beta for a few days, but on 29th it will be available in App store in lite and pro versions.
I am using the beta version now and it is working ok.
Chek this link for more infos:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708012
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Works seamlessly for me!
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Tested Lite.
Works well on my Gnote.
Bought Pro.
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Works seamlessly for me!
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Yeah i bought it also its awesome.
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Using lite. Credit card problems.. I so wish Google would let us pay through debit card
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I am using Smart stay Ex since 2 days and amazing. very light on battery (< 1% 15hrs after full recharge , among this 1.5 hr screen remained on)
Lite version also available if you dont mind for notification 'On' always. And low light feature also missing in lite, but practiaclly having little effect.
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I am using Smart stay Ex since 2 days and amazing. very light on battery (< 1% 15hrs after full recharge , among this 1.5 hr screen remained on)
Lite version also available if you dont mind for notification 'On' always. And low light feature also missing in lite, but practiaclly having little effect.
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Can't buy.. :/ credit card problems.. using lite..
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I have bought the smart stay Ex and it is just great.. only prob is the low light issue but that I can understand..
I hope they provide a feature for screen on as well so when I am sure to read for half an hour I can disable scanning the front cam thus saving battery..
What is the smearing issue?
Our lovely SGS4 Super AMOLED screens are the first kind to completely turn off pixels when true black is showing...
Previous generation AMOLED screens used on the SGS1,2 & 3 devices kept power to black pixels which could be seen in a very dark room as a faint glow on areas of screen showing black.
So we now have true black screens with switched off pixels which is a GOOD thing... Am I right?
Well in theory yes but you have probably noticed a fairly annoying flaw when this is put into practice. The pixels take time to turn back on so whenever a grey or dark object moves across the screen against a black background the image will "Smear" due to this pixel switch-on delay.
How does this app fix this?
It's very simple and not a true fix. The app creates a nearly transparent white overlay covering the screen. This will make blacks a very dark grey which you will find hard to notice but it is enough to prevent pixels from switching off since true black is eliminated.
Use the Smear Fix app to launch the overlay and the Kill Smear Fix app to remove it. Simple!
Quick Guide
#1 install the "Kill smear fix app first
#2 install the "Smear Fix V1.4 app
#3 When you launch the app there is NO ui interfaace. The app with create a nearly invisible overlay which will cover the entire screen.
#4 The app WILL auto start on boot UNLESS you have killed it previously using the Kill app.
#4 The Kill App will remove the overlay AND prevent the main app restating on reboot. The control file for this is "smearfix" stored at the root of your SD memory.
IMPORTANT: This app has just one known issue/bug/quirk which is the same you will find for ALL overlay/screen filter type apps so I can't fix it.
When the app is running you WILL NOT be able to install any apps manually. The install button just won't respond. You will have to use the kill app to undo the fix to remedy this.
ROOT NOT REQUIRED!!
Install the Kill App BEFORE you install the main overlay app
V1.2>>> Kill app now properly kills the main app and service.
V1.3>>> Fixed landscape overlay
V1.4>>> Made overlay 1080x1920 properly this time. USES LESS RESOURCES TO RUN!!
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DOWNLOAD: Smear Fix V1.4
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DOWNLOAD: Kill Smear Fix V1.2
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Nice work
Nice work.
The only 'small' disadvantage will be the battery life. I dont know to what extent it will reduce but it surely will since switching on of those black pixels will come into picture.
Anyway, great job, man
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Curious about battery life myself... Report you findings
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It's going to draw more not because of the screen but because you're adding an overlay layer on the whole screen which needs to get fully redrawn every single time anything happens on the screen.
The application works well. I only detect one problem, to rotate the screen coverage is maintaining the width of the screen in portrait and not suited to be in landscape.
I hope it will be useful to say.
Thank you very much.
Sorry for my bad English.
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Would it be possible to modify the app so that it applies a slight greenish gradient to the bottom 25% of the screen to offset the pink tint issue that some of us are having?
Didn't the smearing get fixed in MF8? I am on MF8 and its gone for me.
Thats also what this list says at sammobile.com.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/06/new-software-update-rolling-out-for-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-brings-enhancements-and-stability-fixes/
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Didn't the smearing get fixed in MF8? I am on MF8 and its gone for me.
Thats also what this list says at sammobile.com.
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/06/new-software-update-rolling-out-for-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-brings-enhancements-and-stability-fixes/
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Samsung cheated, they changed the UI so there will be know true black anywhere. This was the fix
In apps with true blacks (like STweaks) you can still see smearing.
noideaforusername said:
Samsung cheated, they changed the UI so there will be know true black anywhere. This was the fix
In apps with true blacks (like STweaks) you can still see smearing.
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Boooo (
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Kill app cant install. Install button dont work. International s4 mf8 rom.
Other app for fix is only one icon in drawer...
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Yea making a zip to use in recovery to remove fix would be better since overlay apps tend to break the manual install system.
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Kill app cant install. Install button dont work. International s4 mf8 rom.
Other app for fix is only one icon in drawer...
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Yeah weird eh? I discovered this too. You must install the Kill App BEFORE you install the main app. I have NO idea why lol!
V1.2 on the way btw...
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Waiting for v1.2
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dwang said:
Would it be possible to modify the app so that it applies a slight greenish gradient to the bottom 25% of the screen to offset the pink tint issue that some of us are having?
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Oh yes, definitely want this feature!
Waiting for v1.2 too
Cool
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Gud
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Application not oprning?
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Cool
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Gud
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Application not oprning?
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It doesn't open it just creates an overly and the kill app removes it. You should notice a slight lightening of the screen and, of course the smear being fixed
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Is there an option to set this on boot?
It should start automatically on boot
Edit: V1.2 just posted...
And 1.3
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Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this, but I figured it was best as this is a Q/A/help type of question. I have a vzw gs3, and played with a couple of roms a while back, but ended up going back to stock. Lately I've been reading about PA, and would like to try it out, but I'm confused as to what I need to download. If I click on the 'ROMS' link above, then I see a post that leads to alpha and beta versions of PA, but if I go into the 'Original Android Development' sub forum, I see a completely different set of options. So, which is the right one to use? Does anyone know how battery life is on an AOSP rom vs. stock?
Thanks,
Try PAC man rom ...its a mix of Cyanogen Parinoid and AOKP
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Lord_Tardis said:
Try PAC man rom ...its a mix of Cyanogen Parinoid and AOKP
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How's the battery life? currently on stock and if i'm not at work, i can get almost 2 days between charges. On a normal day, I unplug at 6:30am and by 10:30pm am usually around 35-45%.
I wasn't a fan of AOKP; how much of that is integrated into it?
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How's the battery life? currently on stock and if i'm not at work, i can get almost 2 days between charges. On a normal day, I unplug at 6:30am and by 10:30pm am usually around 35-45%.
I wasn't a fan of AOKP; how much of that is integrated into it?
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Its basically a lot of the tweaks from AOKP, and the tweaks from PA all built on cm. Its a lot, but in a way that's not like "oh this is just AOKP with hybrid"
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The battery life for me is OK. I can get 28 to 30 hours medium usage and I use greenify. Honestly it is one best ROMs I have been on...and I've flashed a lot
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You can try it and always go back if you don't like it. That's one of the great joys of being rooted
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The battery life for me is OK. I can get 28 to 30 hours medium usage and I use greenify. Honestly it is one best ROMs I have been on...and I've flashed a lot
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You can try it and always go back if you don't like it. That's one of the great joys of being rooted
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Yes, that is a benefit of being rooted. I do tend to have issues when going back to my nandroid - I have to re-setup switftkey and a few other apps. It's odd, but not a big deal. I did try them both over the weekend, and I liked PA better than PAC, but had issues with both that made me go back to stock for now. Some things were functionality issues - the AOSP calendar doesn't show the event when on month view, I couldn't get my custom notification sounds to work or my alarm sound (this is a biggie as I use my phone to wake me up every morning, and I've found that I tend to sleep through most alarm sounds, but have the Piezzo alarm sound from my droid x and that wakes me up right away).
Any suggestions on what I could try? I really liked how fast my phone was after having flashed to something else, but the calendar, alarm sound and notification sounds are a necessity for me. I also had issues with adding my work email to it as well - I could add the account, but it would never download my email, nor sync my calendar - also deal breakers for me.
Thanks