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MIUI ROM, My impressions.

So after running pretty much all the roms available for the XT720, I have to say the new MIUI rom beats them all. I came from dexters froyo 1.3 with bug patch. And for some odd reason it was extremely slow and laggy for me. Even with autokiller optimizer id start out with 60 MB free memory and slowly after some use itd come down to 19-20 mb. Anyways this is how I feel about the new MIUI ROM.
MIUI BETA 4:
This has got to be the fastest ROM ever. I had gotten used to using the laggy XT720 and hating it in the process but whoa am I amazed at how fast this one is. You can just fly through applications and menu's without lag. No lag when you open the keyboard, and the most annoying for me was how the keyboard would lag while using haptic feedback which I love. Dont be put off by the theme in the start everything from the boot screen, to the lock screen can be changed using the theme manager. Theres also a bunch of extra functionality. Like for eg flip to stop active ring, if you pick up the phone while its ringing the ringer volumes goes down. Contacts can be divided into groups, favourite messages etc.
The only draw back with this ROM were if you set up swap it seems to drain the battery really quick. like 10 % / 2.5 hours. I use milestone overclock at 56 vsel 1 Ghz and its pretty stable. I love this ROM and whats been put into it. Waiting for the camera app, HDMI out and other little tweaks here and there to be complete. Thanks Khal!

well I run bluesteel Tom. I have modified it some startup 65+memory avg running memory is between 75 to 90 I only know overclock to 800.
Very fast system no lag at all.
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mchlbenner said:
well I run bluesteel Tom. I have modified it some startup 65+memory avg running memory is between 75 to 90 I only know overclock to 800.
Very fast system no lag at all.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using XDA Premium App
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Jealous. What did you modify then?

The frost problem is Motorola apps their program memory thiefs.
1. Need to remove alot system apps no touch on Google frame work that's your market connection. USB no touch and tell phone apks I remove at 20 system apps(I WILL MAKE A LIST LATER) 2) I useing minimod know this some nice tweeks.
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One thing back-up what your going to remove.
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would like to see your list.
mchlbenner said:
The frost problem is Motorola apps their program memory thiefs.
1. Need to remove alot system apps no touch on Google frame work that's your market connection. USB no touch and tell phone apks I remove at 20 system apps(I WILL MAKE A LIST LATER) 2) I useing minimod know this some nice tweeks.
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I would like to see your list of removed system apps dude..... Bluesteel was like all the other dxter based froyo for me.. works great with memory management for a few days, then slowly memory reduces down to the 19 to 21mb range & performance goes in the crapper.

Can someone explain in detail how I can install Minimod? I know how to install OR but not Minimod.

This info on minimod can be found in xt720 development (minimod)
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F*ck MIUI! I really hate this ROM. Every time I see my phone with MIUI it makes me wanna trow it. It looks UGLY by every mean!
Despide MIUI is stable and fast, I think that if you clean BlueSteal v4 it's better. I have better quadrant benchmark resoults too. 1497 with MIUI and 1601 (personal record) with BlueSteal. I start with around 70 free ram on BS and after all widget start (a few, not much) and I use it a little bit it goes down to 45-50, but it's enough. ROM is very stable and responsive. With fj kernal I stay on 60-65 free all the time.

c_urbanek said:
I would like to see your list of removed system apps dude..... Bluesteel was like all the other dxter based froyo for me.. works great with memory management for a few days, then slowly memory reduces down to the 19 to 21mb range & performance goes in the crapper.
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I am interested to see this too. 3rdstring has a list going, but always nice to see another pov. I have same doggish problems too. To the point I am considering 2.1 for awile. Pulling low 1200's in quadrant, but don't take too much stock in that if everything is lagging.

eSu.Matix said:
F*ck MIUI! I really hate this ROM. Every time I see my phone with MIUI it makes me wanna trow it. It looks UGLY by every mean!
Despide MIUI is stable and fast, I think that if you clean BlueSteal v4 it's better. I have better quadrant benchmark resoults too. 1497 with MIUI and 1601 (personal record) with BlueSteal. I start with around 70 free ram on BS and after all widget start (a few, not much) and I use it a little bit it goes down to 45-50, but it's enough. ROM is very stable and responsive. With fj kernal I stay on 60-65 free all the time.
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Lol, to each his own I guess. Im pretty sure you are put off by the theme. Blue steels theme was pretty ****ty too. And I dont like updating themes through open recovery its just a pain in the ass. I always just adb push the ubuntu font onto my rom and then change the themes. With MIUI its much easier. Have you ever used a phone with stock MIUI it is on of the most responsive devices ever. I have always had problems with dexters based ROM's. If you have any tricks up your sleeve please share.

sohrab.naushad said:
If you have any tricks up your sleeve please share.
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If memory got dumped just:
Running services --> Stop!
If doesn't help, Manage Applications --> Force stop!
I don't use Advance task killer, it just dones't work...
Also keep it low on widgets!
Programs running all the time : WidgetLocker, BobD3 Clock, SystemInfo Widget, SwitchPro Widget, SetCPU, Fancy Widget, BattStatt, Launcher Pro Plus twitter and ALYac antivirus real-time scan...
The way I install my ROMs is:
1. Always Flash to stock 2.1 true RSD --> Factory reset!
2. Install Dexter Froyo -> wipe dalvik-cache/Wipe Data/ Facrory reset/ wipe Cache
3. Delete SD card craps from Dexter Froyo --> Factory reset (just in any case)
4. Install Khal's BlueStealEpicv4 -->wipe dalvik-cache/Wipe Data/ Facrory reset/ wipe cache
5. Factory reset (just in any case)
6. Delete - Talk, LatinIMEtutorial, Facebook,Tweetdeck,... etc.
P.S. I always reformat and repartition my SD card Fat32/ext3/swap(for any case )
It my seem too much, but it works for me.

just flash miuixt v4 beta stuck on bootloop

hotpwan said:
just flash miuixt v4 beta stuck on bootloop
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You may wanna try this one http://www.multiupload.com/T05RW5U5HK ... real MIUI. The one you flashed is not actually a MIUI.
Also remember to flash Dexter 1.3 first and wipe dalvik-cache / cache partition / factory reset after restoring.

Hi, just install differtent launcher and change the menue style. After that You have original android feeling with miui advantages.
I use zeam launcher which makes the system very smooth.
Cheers
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using XDA App

eSu.Matix said:
F*ck MIUI! I really hate this ROM. Every time I see my phone with MIUI it makes me wanna trow it. It looks UGLY by every mean!
Despide MIUI is stable and fast, I think that if you clean BlueSteal v4 it's better. I have better quadrant benchmark resoults too. 1497 with MIUI and 1601 (personal record) with BlueSteal. I start with around 70 free ram on BS and after all widget start (a few, not much) and I use it a little bit it goes down to 45-50, but it's enough. ROM is very stable and responsive. With fj kernal I stay on 60-65 free all the time.
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Hi eSu.Matix,
i'm currently running the steelepicblue as well, it's way nicer than MIUI..I cleaned almost all the system apps and my available RAM is now always between 50 and 70 MB, however, i've never been able to reach that Quadrant score...
What tweaks did you apply? Thank you very much in advance!

Hi,
I love the Miui Rom for :
1. Lot of setting option posibility in Setting page.
2. Like the Toggle bar IN STATUS BAR (FULL SIZE <->) you can scroll left and right. (must have), Its easy to read and have 90% toggle icon we need.
3. Like how easy is to modify or change and customizing theme.
what i dont like is:
The rom is not fully compatible with our XT720
This rom contain some bug for XT720.
Camera have some bug and low resolution env 5meg, HDMI not working at all, VPN dosen't work on my XT720 ON VIDEOTRON NETWORK.
But even that, i have difficulty to leave away. i realy love and need the toggle bar INSIDE the notification bar.
It's is possible to have TOGGLE BAR IN STATUS BAR in other rom
like MIUI, full size <-> , scrolling, good look, easy to toggle etc.
but i realy dont like the LOOK OF toggleBar that use some rom like V4 rom GalaxyXT version

Which MIUI Rom?

Which MIUI rom is the "best" for the g2x? I'm a little bored of CM7 and would like to try something else.

Try them all...

Is there a main "official" one? The thing is, I don't know too much about it because I guess XDA doesn't allow it or MIUI doesn't allow it on XDA?

There is jface and whitehawks port so only 2 to choose from.

For me personally I prefer whitehawkx version stems to have all features and everything is stable compared to jface
sent from a guy living in a van down by the river

On whitehawkx right now. No issues whatsoever. This is a stable as I've ever seen an ASOP rom.
Sent from my Nexus Prime using XDA Ultimate App

I like the rom only reason i switched is mms pics i got were soo little i could hardly see them. I asked in 3 different forums and got no reply.

For users with tiny mms picture problem. Download GO SMS and set it to 1.2 MB and "Preserve Image Size" and you'll get good MMS pics.

Whats the best kernel to use with these roms?

Any cm7 kernel will theoretically work, I used faux though
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NeoAndroid said:
For users with tiny mms picture problem. Download GO SMS and set it to 1.2 MB and "Preserve Image Size" and you'll get good MMS pics.
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I know, but miui has a beautiful messaging app, why should we have to use 3rd party bloatware..

I'm using miui4g2x 1.8.19 by jumaaneface
Seems to be a big step in the right direction over the very first MIUI ported ROM I tried.
WiFi Calling would make it perfect. Battery seems to be good.
I'm downloading 1.8.26 by Whitehawx now:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=1858&page=45
I'll compare the two and figure out which one I like better. I really enjoy the blue default theme by jumaaneface. I don't think anything has been changed or updated other then using the latest 1.8.26 build (no G2x tweaks).
Update:
I don't really see any framework differences. I don't like the Boot Animation of Whitehawx. The one from jumaaneface had a sweet MIUI boot animation. Whitehawx 1.8.26 has the WiFi Calling app but it isn't seeing my SIM Card (which is the problem they've been having)... so no extra benefit there.
Music isn't FCing on the newer build which is a plus. There is also a DND (Do Not Disturb) app which wasn't in the older rom.
I could be wrong but battery seems to be chewing through the new build. From 8am-2pm I was at 60%. I flashed the new rom and booted up at ~55% and within 2 hours I'm down to 40%.
I did flash 1.8.26 over 1.8.19 so I'm not sure of any apps I carried over, only the new apps and features.
Running stock MIUI with stock kernel and Go Launcher.

Battery is awesome i can last a full work day without having to plug in.

After using it for a few days, I'm pretty disappointed.
1. There's no "all apps" button.
2. No 2g/3g toggle built into toggles.
3. Can't even use PowerControl because you can't change its parameters.
4. Battery life seems worse than Cynogen.
5. When typing in URL, it will randomly close the keyboard.
6. Can't add custom shortcuts.

knickfan5745 said:
After using it for a few days, I'm pretty disappointed.
1. There's no "all apps" button.
2. No 2g/3g toggle built into toggles.
3. Can't even use PowerControl because you can't change its parameters.
4. Battery life seems worse than Cynogen.
5. When typing in URL, it will randomly close the keyboard.
6. Can't add custom shortcuts.
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For starters use Go Launcher. They pair nicely. Else put a folder on the launcher bar and drop all apps in there.
Also use 8.19 because the latest one 8.26 killed my battery.
Why use powercontrol when you have every toggle in the pull down?
8.19 comes with swipe but the stock GB keyboard has a wonky dictionary. The fix is to just download the GB KB from the market and switch to it. It may also solve the hiding keyboard cause I haven't a problem with the market version.
The only downside I've found is that Maps doesn't appear to be intregreted very well with the stock browser. Usually I'll get a pop-up asking to open the link with the actual Google Map app which is easier to use on a mobile.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI Love
Asus TF - Custom 3.2

Whitehawks is great, never tried jumaaneface.

If you're a Wind user in Canada you cannot use whitehawkx MIUI because data does not work. You have to use face MIUI.

Switching back to CM7. MIUI is pretty terrible in my opinion.

miui 1.9.9
whitehawk version 1.9.9

Was using miui 1.9.2 and it ran great with minor issues like my led home lights would shut off and the only way to get them back was from the led setting or reboot. Sometimes my phone would just turn off thinking it was asleep but was actually off. I would have to pull the battery out to turn it back on. I downloaded 1.9.9 but haven't tried yet using weapon g2x 2.5 and so far everything is running smooth with no issues. I had to uninstall tw launcher cause it was force closing now everything is great.
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Custom ROMs for Daily use

USING A CUSTOM ROM FOR DAILY USE
Hey guys have been bitten by the Jelly Bug and decided I needed JellyBean on my Note NOW!! as a normal Android user :laugh: tried out a few ROMs out there. Finally settled on Paranoid Android JB:CM 10 Hybrid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871713 Its abosolutely super Hats of to Chef Utacka the daily update keeps me up to date with the developments. He has without a doubt solved the memory leak bug with JB roms. It is really smooth and the thought of going back to a TW based ROM makes me want to throw up a little
The only draw back of flashing a custom JB: CM 10 ROM on the note is that one can get a bit lost if using the note for business as all the Sammy TW Based apps dont work and some of the ones mentioned in the Themes and Apps forum are not refined, so decided to to list out a few which I personally bridge the gap on my note and help flashing the daily updates a breeze:
1) App Manager http://ow.ly/efNxe the best app to keep your apps all backed up. after a clean flash the only app you need to download is this one and it allows you to restore all the apps back. Or just download it and copy it to the SD Card so that you can install it directly after flashing the new update an re - install all the apps you need.
2) ThinkFree Office Mobile http://ow.ly/efOQn One of the best purchases I made for Rs 465/- it entirely replaces Polaris office, and is much smoother too.
3) Jotter http://ow.ly/efQ84 Does a super job replacing SNote and worth the Rs. 211/- asking price
4) Photo Editor Easy Photo Editor http://ow.ly/efQGo or SketchTalk - Drawing & Editinghttp://ow.ly/efQPD work really well replacing the sammy photo editor. I have just found Sketch talk and first few hours testing it out produced quite impressive results
5) G Tasks: To Do List http://ow.ly/efRqy syncs with Google calendar and provide the integration which is somewhat lacking in the Sammy Organizer.
6) SMS Backup & Restore http://ow.ly/efRMp for some of us who keep valuable information in our messaging app, please remember to back up all sms before clean flashing updates.
Enuf Said... our NOte is close enuf to the original but somewhat better because we dont have to wait for the high and mighty Sammy to give us the latest software
UPDATE:
App Manager failed me Twice. So shifted back to the Time tested Titanium Backup http://ow.ly/eDHzI
To find more apps to improve the functionality of our Note and make the functionality similar to stock i came across this lovely port of the samsung app store for CM 10 / CM10 based ROMs by XDA Member Amandeep Parmar http://ow.ly/eDHLD
This app store gives many App options which are not available on Google's Play store like Sketch! http://ow.ly/eDHY2 by XDA member Wabz and
Photo Desk : which allows doodling and annotating screen shots and photos, although this is a two step process unlike the single step process on the stock ROMs it is pretty easy to use and the apps do exactly what they need to.
The only thing missing was a good replacement for S - Memo which is required while taking on call memos, for now Papyrus http://ow.ly/eDIbn will have to do.
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff
UPDATE: 10th Nov
Utacka's PA rom for NOte now has Stylus Gestures http://ow.ly/fb1I2 Configured them on my note as under:
Left Swipe => Emulate Back Key
Right Swipe => Recent Applications
Up Swipe => Emulate Menu Key
Down Swipe => Invoke Search
Long Press => Go TO Home
Double Tap => Jotter
Works super
I personally Love the CM 10 PA experience and just cannot bring myself to even try TW based ROMs anymore. But i was pleasantly surprised with http://ow.ly/fb1Qm The latest Stock XXLS7 Samsung JellyBean ROM by eybee1970.. I did not like that the dev says "Kernel is PROBABLY brick free. Flashed it anyway... It is smooth and stable !!
Please dont forget to Thank the Devs

Thanks
Thanks Boss really helped... wanted to flash a custom rom which was vanilla Google now thanks to this post i can do it with fraction of the time required for research :good:

How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
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DooMeDboY93 said:
How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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Thanks to JimmyMcGee and Jared Burrows i found this app to replace Titanium backup I personally think App Manager does the trick for me but yes Titanium backup is usually the choice for Flasholics

I use Titanium Backup too....On GB first,on ICS and now on JB.
I take pro version on playstore but i not use pack restore on JB.
This app works fine everytime......
Thanks for the dev!
escaped from cuban asylum cell462

USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though

dentalguru said:
USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though
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Thanks dental guru but I like Paranoid Android ROM precisely because of the hybrid mode... I feel It truly brings out the power of the note

UPDATE:
Added to First post::::...

thanks
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff :good:[/QUOTE]
Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself

Thanks!!

Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself[/QUOTE]
Its a known issue. I think he might have solved it in their 21st OKT release but if you switch off "Automatic Brightness" it should not Blank out

[IMP] [3Mar] Checlist to be performed before releasing a ROM

Hello Guys,
I came with this because we have lot of custom ROMs and most of them lack of stability and with issues.
Thanks for the all developers to come up with new things in their ROMs. But for more sustainability we need the following.
I know this thread should be not in this section. But it should be here for better development and release of ROMs.
What is this all about?
This is a checklist of testing to be performed/identified to make a better and stable ROM releases.
CHECKLIST: Screenshots will be good
1. No WIFI issues
2. No force closes while opening apps.
3. Atleast minimum Gaming
4. Signal problems
5. SIM detection
6. OTG storage detection
7. No reboots during calls/playing games
8. Both the front/back camera should be working which gives some quality images.
9. Charging options even when phone is switched off like in stock ROM.
10. Indication LED lights should work.
11. USB OTG on the fly (without using apps)
12. USB detection.
13. Tethering and hotspot should work.
14. 720P Hd videos should be played with out hassle.
15. GPS test
16. FM
17. Headset (Play, pause and stop) should work for Music player and FM.
18. Bluetooth
Last but not least and most important is the Battery: If possible with screenies.
Suggest more guys, will be added to the list.

Reserved for future
OK, lets take the requirements as well. Will help the ROM devs
Requirements:
1) More user RAM availability.
2) Battery percentage on the battery.
3) build prop - Should support playing most games like gangster rio..like galaxy s2.
4) Should have good looks but doesn't compromises on performance.
5) Should have apps like 4.2: playstore (black),camera and gallery,samsung calculator(touchwiz mod from razer),black message etc
6) Increased flash brightness to max(MMX A110 led is very poor by default)
7) Notification bar with brightness slider and and is transparent like.(http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1890150)
8) A good lock screen with 4 options(unlock,camera,messages,call)
9) LOTS of tweaks for gaming....
More .... Will add it soon..

THESE ARE WHAT I WANT FROM A ROM DEVLOPER:
1)It takes less ram all unrequired apps removed which arent required.
2)show battery perc on the battery.
3)from build prop its any mobile which supports playing most games like gangster rio..like g)alaxy s2.
4)has good looks but doesnt compromises on performance.
5)HAS apps like 4.2: playstore (black),camera and gallery,samsung calculator(touchwiz mod from razer),black message etc
6)Increased flash brightness to max(MMX A110 led is very poor by default)
7)notification bar with brightness slider and and is transparent like.(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890150)
8)A good lockscreen with 4 options(unlock,camera,messages,call)
9)LOTS of tweaks for gaming....

our forum is is full of useless rom.its not gud for new users.

Re: [IMP] Checlist to be performed before releasing a ROM
1) Ram Must 180+
2) Good Gaming Performance
3) Good Battery Life
@djcool yaa.. Agree with you
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gurpreet122 said:
THESE ARE WHAT I WANT FROM A ROM DEVLOPER:
1)It takes less ram all unrequired apps removed which arent required.
2)show battery perc on the battery.
3)from build prop its any mobile which supports playing most games like gangster rio..like g)alaxy s2.
4)has good looks but doesnt compromises on performance.
5)HAS apps like 4.2: playstore (black),camera and gallery,samsung calculator(touchwiz mod from razer),black message etc
6)Increased flash brightness to max(MMX A110 led is very poor by default)
7)notification bar with brightness slider and and is transparent like.(http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=31443670)
8)A good lockscreen with 4 options(unlock,camera,messages,call)
9)LOTS of tweaks for gaming....
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Thanks for the list Gurpreet. But some of them looks like requirements.
The list should be like mandatory things for a ROM to be stable. Agree?

Many of People said to Dev that to do try that os can consume less RAM,
We understand you all But please understand We have only 512 RAM and ICS and JB , Which basically Consume more RAM and Second thing is that our Hardware is Dual core and its also take lil bit more RAM den single Core,
If we were have GB den i can sure it consume so less RAM den ICS and JB.
But we are trying our best but we can't stop system process to consume less RAM
But Yes Stability Is Most Imp. thing and am completely agree in that.
Thank you for your Support.​

jigarmpattani said:
Many of People said to Dev that to do try that os can consume less RAM,
We understand you all But please understand We have only 512 RAM and ICS and JB , Which basically Consume more RAM and Second thing is that our Hardware is Dual core and its also take lil bit more RAM den single Core,
If we were have GB den i can sure it consume so less RAM den ICS and JB.
But we are trying our best but we can't stop system process to consume less RAM
But Yes Stability Is Most Imp. thing and am completely agree in that.
Thank you for your Support.​
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Why do we need more RAM?
To play High end games?? Ofcourse yes!! Anything else?
If for playing games, with 100MB of RAM or even less, I am playing all the games. Even I am not using any task killer, RAM optimizers, just the stock ROM.
As Jigar said, system process consumes RAM. Some apps like JB keyboard even taking 22 - 30MB. We can optimize in those areas.
And coming to the performance, every one is claiming their ROM is best at performance. It would be great if ROM devs can prove them by statistics or you can even describe how the ROM is made for performance with which tweaks and how they effect the performance considering the battery.

gurpreet122 said:
THESE ARE WHAT I WANT FROM A ROM DEVLOPER:
1)It takes less ram all unrequired apps removed which arent required.
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I agree with this point RAM space can be saved by removing unwanted system apps running in the background.

One more important requirement:
Charging options even when phone is switched off like in stock ROM. some roms do not charge when phone is switched off.
Indication LED lights working as in stock ROMs
USB OTG on the fly (without using apps)

darkangel1016 said:
One more important requirement:
Charging options even when phone is switched off like in stock ROM. some roms do not charge when phone is switched off.
Indication LED lights working as in stock ROMs
USB OTG on the fly (without using apps)
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Thanks, Options added to the OP. :victory:

viijay4b7 said:
Thanks for the list Gurpreet. But some of them looks like requirements.
The list should be like mandatory things for a ROM to be stable. Agree?
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YA thats what i would be looking forward to...and we have too many roms so to stand apart from all those roms i think these things should be considered.

Wish transparent status and notification bar.. Like in lewa..
Sent from my Micromax A110

mmxa110user said:
Wish transparent status and notification bar.. Like in lewa..
Sent from my Micromax A110
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Ya i mentioned it in my post and also provided the link for that mod.

oops..didnt notice...anyway i had seen that thread earlier.... the decompiling systemui.apk didnot work for me! ... the apk tool reported som error.!.
wonder if just opening the apk file via 7zip enough?..
..i hop our rom developers wud be able to do that and give us transparent status bar..

The only other way for us to expand our Ram is use the Custom Kernel and put s Swap Ram or Zram. I gained extra 40-60mb of ram.
If the users is not satisfied with the Rom, why don't they stick to Stock Rom?

gurpreet122 said:
THESE ARE WHAT I WANT FROM A ROM DEVLOPER:
1)It takes less ram all unrequired apps removed which arent required.
2)show battery perc on the battery.
3)from build prop its any mobile which supports playing most games like gangster rio..like g)alaxy s2.
4)has good looks but doesnt compromises on performance.
5)HAS apps like 4.2: playstore (black),camera and gallery,samsung calculator(touchwiz mod from razer),black message etc
6)Increased flash brightness to max(MMX A110 led is very poor by default)
7)notification bar with brightness slider and and is transparent like.(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890150)
8)A good lockscreen with 4 options(unlock,camera,messages,call)
9)LOTS of tweaks for gaming....
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I like this.
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Samsung galaxy ace II (GT-I1860) NA1 [Stock] JB 4.1.2 tips + tricks.

**14-03-2014 Update.
A while back i asked about a higher os version for the galaxy ace 2 (GT-I1860), today while searching around i found a really stable android 4.1.2 version for our phone with touch wiz and a ui that works without the screen going black and blurry like the XXBM (oldest JB version for our galaxy ace 2)! i went to samfirmware and downloaded the latest one (mine is a January 2014 relese for the UK NA1)
its 100% better than the older MK2 version for mor info and to download the NA1 for the samsung galaxy ace 2 go to samfirmwares (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/)
and type:GT-I8160
I finally found the biggest flaw on the samsung galaxy ace 2 the lagg is caused by memory consumption and background processes go to developer options in your settings and set background processes to 4 and i garuntee youll see imediet effect if anyone can make or has a perminant way to set background prosseses to 4 even after reboot please contact me id be glad to find out how.
apps that slow down the jb:
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Google-chrome,(google .inc) after the unistallation of google chrome ive found out that my drawer and home screens are extremly faster with transitions i think this is because of its huge memory needs for me 152mb witch is just a nogo for our ace II,
my keyboard is 100% faster and it can now keep up with my fingers during typing messages and text boxes. and on a whole no lags.
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iron man 3 the official game (gameloft), i am a huge fan of this game and ironman and i also have it on my tablet but quite sadly its not worth the ram & space hogging on the ace II i mean come on 1.1 gig my phone is 1.2! :laugh:
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Turbo launcher (PHONEMETRA), although it works perfectly fine on my S4 and tab but sadly its too slow of a launcher app on the ace 2
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Helpful apps:
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avg anti-virus, helps detect viruses in apps and even lets you remotly lock/shout/unlock/locate your phone
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screenlock (night vision cam), the most used and dameged key on every smart-phone is the power key to ensure minimal damege on your phone install this app and on launch it imedietly locks your screen.
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screen timeout toggle (chemdroid), we currently dont have the option to set the timeout toggle to "never", screen timeout toggle lets you set the time out limit of your phone.
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smart battery monitor (andreas auer), lets you monitor all the important battery stats inc. temprature, percent, health, type and tech.
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titanium back up *root* (titanium track), lets you safely back up your phone but does Require root.
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smart lockscreen protector (nez droid), protects your lock screen from power button menu.
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system app remover (jumobile), lets you remove system apps does Require root.
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App lock (do mobile lab) prevents unwanted acsses to you private apps.
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smart voice recorder (smartmob development), brings the most out of your mic and scince the recording app on our ace 2 in not all that good might be a good replacement sound recorder. (cant ensure that its ad free )
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Tips and tricks :
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rooting, brings the most out of your android device you might want to consider rooting your ace 2.
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switching off developer options when your not using them.
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switch off wifi, bt, screen rotation, gps, sound, mobile data, 3g and 2g and sync when not in use as these do a great job at hogging battery
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try lower your brightness at all times, on almost all smartphones the screen is the biggest battery hog lowering the brigtness means lowering the battery usage by the screen.
I'm trying to solve the galaxy ace 2 problems and lags so any infomation and help is greatly apriceated thanks for your help
,-Speedtrix.

Test it few days first, problems usually begin after 5-6 days, at least on my phone.

nusko_x said:
Test it few days first, problems usually begin after 5-6 days, at least on my phone.
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actually ive been testing it for almost a month now so if something went wrong for you maybe i can help
,Speedtix.

Your phone doesn't freeze? No problems with camcorder?

nusko_x said:
Your phone doesn't freeze? No problems with camcorder?
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no none at all ive been using mine fo about 2 months now did not reset or install root or mods i just installed the official stock firmware.
just go to the link i showed and theres even a new on for italy (january 2014) you can try that.
and please make sure you download the december 2013 or the january 2014 releses anything before december is laggy and slow (tried them all).
good luck and all the best
,Speedtrix.

What about gaming? Smooth as on GB?

note, in OP should be I8160 not 1860

Perfect
nusko_x said:
What about gaming? Smooth as on GB?
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Gaming works perfectly fine just as GB and as for iron man 3 the official game thats a no go because of its size currently i have 12 pages of apps and rarely has a app froze or lagged on me exept for the occacional 1 or 2 times and as for the system apps ive removed 150mb worth of system apps..... :laugh:
so good luck ill be posting the files and tutorial right about now good luck.

Thank you
teddytsen said:
note, in OP should be I8160 not 1860
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thanks for the heads up bro saved me from misleading allot of people thanks
,Speedtrix

Do i need to wipe data and cache, ore just to flash directly with Odin? Asking couse if i decide to try this rom i want to run perfectly like yours

nusko_x said:
Do i need to wipe data and cache, ore just to flash directly with Odin? Asking couse if i decide to try this rom i want to run perfectly like yours
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Most JB Odin packages contain kernel, system+hidden, baseband and bootloader so you'll have to wipe data (or flash 3-part firmware)

Ryccardo said:
Most JB Odin packages contain kernel, system+hidden, baseband and bootloader so you'll have to wipe data (or flash 3-part firmware)
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Or you'll get bootloop ^^(if coming from custom rom)
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nusko_x said:
Do i need to wipe data and cache, ore just to flash directly with Odin? Asking couse if i decide to try this rom i want to run perfectly like yours
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Bro none of that is needed ive never reset wiped or done any of that ive flashed streight from GB [stock] and works like a charm.
BUT: if coming from a custom rom you will need to delete data clear chache and wipe dalvick then reboot into odin and flash
,Speedtrix.