hi guys,
I have been running ViperXL for the past one year. However, I have been longing for stock android for a long time. However, the last time I tried CM/AOKP (couple of months back) - the feature set was not on par with Sense 4 ROMS - mainly around driver issues.
For e.g. there were bluetooth problems, HDMI/MHL did not work, battery life was much worse, etc. I was wondering if that has gotten fixed and original android roms are on par with the Sense based roms.
FWIW - I'm not actually worried about the power features like some notification bars, etc. but basically fundamental performance and functional comparisons.
For a long time, AOSP ROMs have had as many/more features than Sense ROMs and everything works just fine. The battery life isn't quite as good, but it's acceptable.
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sandys1 said:
hi guys,
I have been running ViperXL for the past one year. However, I have been longing for stock android for a long time. However, the last time I tried CM/AOKP (couple of months back) - the feature set was not on par with Sense 4 ROMS - mainly around driver issues.
For e.g. there were bluetooth problems, HDMI/MHL did not work, battery life was much worse, etc. I was wondering if that has gotten fixed and original android roms are on par with the Sense based roms.
FWIW - I'm not actually worried about the power features like some notification bars, etc. but basically fundamental performance and functional comparisons.
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You may try the stable cm10 rom. Its good.
Cm10.1 is good, plus has a new 3.4 kernel, which in your case may not be suitable, unless few little bugs don't bother you a lot.
You can also try sense 5 roms, but then again, no Bluetooth as of now.
Try Rebeless rom. Its based on stock sense4+ but gives you an Aosp feeling.
I hope this helped. :good:
I keep coming back to sense in the end.. Little bugs here and there and the battery life is usually pretty bad. Radio problems are huge. On my college campus many of the rooms have 0 reception, forcing me to toggle airplane mode when I got out of class before I could reconnect to the towers. Caused me to miss a lot of texts and calls...
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I keep coming back to sense in the end.. Little bugs here and there and the battery life is usually pretty bad. Radio problems are huge. On my college campus many of the rooms have 0 reception, forcing me to toggle airplane mode when I got out of class before I could reconnect to the towers. Caused me to miss a lot of texts and calls...
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thats what I'm worried about - my phone is work critical to me. I need to be available on phone, chat, email all the time. Which is why I'm concerned that there is no real replacement for Sense based ROMs in terms of stability and performance. Extra features ? maybe - but that's not what I need.
If you really want to use aosp you could try one of the 4.1 ROMs. In particular, the King Kang ROM by Rohan is awesome. It never missed a beat for me, and had the great customization that aosp offers.
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IMHO if your phone is used for work you shouldn't even root it... That's a huge security risk for any data kept on your phone.
I would have a separate phone for work and for rooting.
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Not only did I root it, but I was part of the bounty that originally rooted it !
I'm not worried about blowing out my phone - that i can replace.
I just don't want a non performing phone as my daily driver.
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timmaaa said:
If you really want to use aosp you could try one of the 4.1 ROMs. In particular, the King Kang ROM by Rohan is awesome. It never missed a beat for me, and had the great customization that aosp offers.
How much battery life are you getting? Any problems with HDMI out (need it for presentations)
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I'm not running that ROM anymore, but from memory depending on use the overall battery time could be towards 20 hours or so. And I think I usually got between 2-3 hours screen on time. Always on mobile data, no WiFi.
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Personally I found that battery life was close to double on sense based Roms.
Overall sense Roms feel smoother, and aosp Roms feel faster.
YMMV.
I usually run sense based (viperxl) but get bored and will try aosp randomly . always go back to viper though
Edit: if your looking for a daily driver I would go sense based for sure.
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Personally I found that battery life was close to double on sense based Roms.
Overall sense Roms feel smoother, and aosp Roms feel faster.
YMMV.
I usually run sense based (viperxl) but get bored and will try aosp randomly . always go back to viper though
Edit: if your looking for a daily driver I would go sense based for sure.
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What kind of battery life do you get on sense? I can push 3 days on aokp
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What kind of battery life do you get on sense? I can push 3 days on aokp
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roughly 5 hours screen on and 20+ hours standbye.
but I would rate my usage as medium-heavy.
aosp based. (aokp included) usually get about half of that
But yeah with less usage/screen time my battery would probably last a long time
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So ive been curious cause i see alot of people talking about when they root they get a new launcher then uninstall sense. What are the pros and cons of it? Does the phone run the launcher better when sense is removed? Once removed you cant bring back unless you reflash?
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Are you talking about flashing an AOSP rom after rooting or running a sense based rom without the sense launcher? If your talking about the latter, going senseless basically allows you to retain the main functionality of sense so everything should work like it did out of the box minus the bloat of the sense launcher (if you consider it bloat that is). The reason to uninstall the launcher in that case would be if you don't plan on using it at all, then you can be sure its not running in the background and such for memory savings
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For me, I get better functionality by using ADW launcher instead of Sense. I can theme it, change how many screens, set up groups in the app drawer, etc. Sense has limited options in that way.
As for speed, I think the phone runs a little smoother but it's not a huge leap for me while running NewSense. Other reasons for removing Sense is I get the internal memory space back as NewSense is a big ROM and if not careful, I get the low internal memory warning and the phone loads faster in general.
AOSP isn't as pretty as Sense(though completely customizable, only limited to the amount of time you want to spend messing around with it) but runs faster, better battery life, etc. though you can have issues with the ROM not playing nice with your hardware. Just moved back to Sense from AOSP and Sense's look is much smoother, stuff fits better, overall look is more polished. It's all personal preference, though.
Everyone one says aosp is better on battery life but that's not always true. I barely get half a day on battery running aosp and on sense based roms I always get 18+ hours
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Everyone one says aosp is better on battery life but that's not always true. I barely get half a day on battery running aosp and on sense based roms I always get 18+ hours
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Good point, everyone's phone seems to be different. For me, I would get 24hrs plus on AOSP and only 18hrs or so on Sense with heavy usage.
Every Rom runs slightly different on, every device. Almost never are two devices the same. That's why you have to experiment a bit. Find out what runs best for you, on your device, with the way you use it on daily bases. Also it takes a bit of time. You cannot just run a Rom for a few hours after you flash it, and then make your decision. It will usually take at least a half a day, to a full day before a Rom settles in. Then and only then will you be able to evaluate it. That's why it takes so long before a Rom is released, you have to run it for a few days before you really know if issues are going to arise or not. So the best thing to do is Flash a Rom you think you might like, and run it as you normally would for a few days. I personally take notes on every Rom I flash. That way I have something to refer to later on.
(Nov 2012)
We have been very fortunate with a recent influx of ported ROMs and modified experiemental Kernels and want to gather people's opinions on what the best Daily Driver ROM/kernel combo is these days.
What says you!
Well when my DS died a month or so ago I was bouncing between CM 9.1 with the experimental kernel, paranoid android, and virtuous infinity (1.3.5 beta 1). Each had its own merits... cm9 is on there right now but the screen doesn't work lol.
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I am a huge fan of MikTouch and always keep a android just in case. It is probably the most stable of any Rom available.
This week I finally tried the new AOKP from SilverL. I haven't tried an AOKP before. I love all the tweaks in Rom control. It will probably be my daily driver for awhile.
Just try a few and see what you like. Good luck.
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CM 9.1. Running the R3 ROM with the R8 kernel and everything's working smooth.
I second npiper. I tried a couple of the ICS roms and enjoyed them, but after a week or two I couldn't deal with the little issues any longer and went back to the rom that hasn't let me down, MikTouch. I can't remember ever having an app fc on me with it.
MAN! That's like taking a police officer into a Dunkin Donuts and asking him to pick one favorite! :laugh:
Ziida said:
We have been very fortunate with a recent influx of ported ROMs and modified experiemental Kernels and want to gather people's opinions on what the best Daily Driver ROM/kernel combo is these days.
What says you!
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I try all of the ROMs that come out. But I always end up back on the Miktouch 0.7 ROM because it is super stable and everything works without having to sacrifice virgins or do anything else extraordinary.
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I try all of the ROMs that come out. But I always end up back on the Miktouch 0.7 ROM because it is super stable and everything works without having to sacrifice virgins or do anything else extraordinary.
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Lol.
Interesting, I never knew Miktouch was so preferred around here. I've always skipped over it because it was Sense and I've never been happy with stock sense. I'll maybe give it a shot this week. It's GB not ICS, right?
I'm also going to test out CM9.1 r8 and see how I fair with it compared to my (somewhat) trusty CM9 Alpha5
Paranoid Android is a very fun idea and I love having it as an option, but I'm not sure a screen our size really calls for it
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Lol.
Interesting, I never knew Miktouch was so preferred around here. I've always skipped over it because it was Sense and I've never been happy with stock sense. I'll maybe give it a shot this week. It's GB not ICS, right?
I'm also going to test out CM9.1 r8 and see how I fair with it compared to my (somewhat) trusty CM9 Alpha5
Paranoid Android is a very fun idea and I love having it as an option, but I'm not sure a screen our size really calls for it
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I'm testing out the new CM9.1r8, as well. Miktouch is indeed GB. With it I'm regularly getting 30+ hours of use with my 1900mAh battery. I'm anxious to see what I get with the new CM9.1r8. I tested the earlier r5 build of CM9.1 and just wasn't totally happy with it so I went back to Miktouch. I love the look of the ICS/Sense4 and Sense 3.6 ROMS, but none of them have the stability and battery life I need, so I end up back at Miktouch.
30+ hours sounds fantastic, but for reference how long would you say you manage to get on a CM9 ROM?
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30+ hours sounds fantastic, but for reference how long would you say you manage to get on a CM9 ROM?
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Depends on usage really. I can get up to 40 hours out of one of my ankers with around 4 hours screen on time. Or I could get 9 hours battery life with the same usage, it just depends on how hard core you use your phone that day.
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Im on a CM9.1 Rom So far with battery fixes and such. Really enjoying it.
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Depends on usage really. I can get up to 40 hours out of one of my ankers with around 4 hours screen on time. Or I could get 9 hours battery life with the same usage, it just depends on how hard core you use your phone that day.
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Yeah what he said. There are users that will claim to have amazing battery life and then post screen shots of Display only accounting for like 30% of the usage.. When that's the case then you know the thing isn't on that much because it really is display that uses the most juice if you're using your phone heavy.
That said, I've had the Mugen 3600 since the day it was released and I can always get through a whole day without any worry even if i'm talking for hours, playing games whatever surfing the net and checking XDA regularly etc.. Sometimes I put the smaller batteries back in because the phone looks sharp stock but then I find myself concerned about being near a charger and I hate that feeling. I just want to plug it in while I'm sleeping and use it at will the rest of the time and with the "big boy" I totally can.
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Depends on usage really. I can get up to 40 hours out of one of my ankers with around 4 hours screen on time. Or I could get 9 hours battery life with the same usage, it just depends on how hard core you use your phone that day.
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Yea I get that, I meant to pose that question to him specifically to see how his battery life scales with the two different roms since the user is pretty much invariably the biggest drain on battery.
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Yea I get that, I meant to pose that question to him specifically to see how his battery life scales with the two different roms since the user is pretty much invariably the biggest drain on battery.
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I just loaded this CM9.1r8 ROM yesterday, so don't have any complete sense of battery life, yet. Though so far it is looking very good. I get such battery life on my phone because when I am home it does sit with the screen off most of the time. At home it connects via Bluetooth to my Panasonic cordless phones and Wi-Fi to my home network. All the voice calls I make or receive go through those cordless phones to the cellphone (my MT4GS is my only phone, I don't have a landline or other mobile). I do some texting on the phone, and of course when I go out of the apartment it isn't connected to Bluetooth. When I'm out I will use maps sometimes, apps like Friendstream and Foursquare. Oh, and when out I am almost always listening to music either stored on my SD card or streaming from Google Music or the FM radio. So, not a "hardcore" user, I guess, but I do what I need. Miktouch recently got me over 2 days of use on a single charge, but more typical is about 28-30 hours. The new CM9.1r8 is looking to behave similarly so far.
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I just loaded this CM9.1r8 ROM yesterday, so don't have any complete sense of battery life, yet. Though so far it is looking very good. I get such battery life on my phone because when I am home it does sit with the screen off most of the time. At home it connects via Bluetooth to my Panasonic cordless phones and Wi-Fi to my home network. All the voice calls I make or receive go through those cordless phones to the cellphone (my MT4GS is my only phone, I don't have a landline or other mobile). I do some texting on the phone, and of course when I go out of the apartment it isn't connected to Bluetooth. When I'm out I will use maps sometimes, apps like Friendstream and Foursquare. Oh, and when out I am almost always listening to music either stored on my SD card or streaming from Google Music or the FM radio. So, not a "hardcore" user, I guess, but I do what I need. Miktouch recently got me over 2 days of use on a single charge, but more typical is about 28-30 hours. The new CM9.1r8 is looking to behave similarly so far.
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I got this build before it was posted from the dev, so I have a bit more experience on the battery. I ran it for 24 hours straight without recharging, got in 2.5 hours of web browsing, another hour of wifi calling in, and the batter was at 15% when I woke up this morning (Anker 1900 mAh). Everything I've tested has worked fine. The one gotcha on the battery may be if you boot into it initially--I noticed that on the first reboot, it wasn't going into deep sleep, but after I rebooted a second time, it was clean. It may require a full battery pull for the hardware to completely reset or something. Otherwise, things are great!
CM9.1 r7 kernel and ROM. Flashing to r8 soon. My only gripe with this ROM is the camera is a little lacking, but I'd take stock AOSP over the sense camera any day. If I were to use GB though, I'd go with one of Undead9k's "senseless" ROMs.
Well this might seem obvious to most in this community, but since I spent as long as I did not updating maybe there are others out there as well...
I have found no reason to *not* update from cm9 to cm9.1 r8.
Does anyone have any opinions of our new AOKP vs CM9.1 roms?
Actually I'm using CM9.1r8 ROM, too. Although it's still soon to throw a veredict, by the moment I'm getting great battery life, and it works perfect and smooth.
The only feature I still miss is the alt/caps led/status bar indicator ;(
DEC 2012
With CM10 still in alpha, CM9 with R9 kernels, and AOKP, PACman, Paranoid Android and MIUI all updating what's your new preffered daily driver ROM?
I'll be testing CM10 tonight since my CM9 flash has recently started having problems connecting to the network for a short time every other week.
I'm currently running latest stock Android 4.1.2 on my Nexus S. It appears that official Google support has come to an end and therefore there is no point keeping the original software. It also seems to me that current version of Android on Nexus isn't exactly a good example of well optimized software which is the reason why I'm looking for an alternative.
My requirements are speed, stability and possibly better battery life. Extra functionality is not important, I'm happy with 4.1.2 as it is. However I don't want to downgrade to ICS not to mention Gingerbread.
So could you recommend me a good alternative rom for Nexus S, based on your own experience? I'm currently thinking of CyanogenMod because there is plenty of people behind it and its really famous so I guess it should be stable and reliable but I haven't decided yet. What do you think?
I use AOKP with the marmite kernel. Works great.
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Also 4.2 for me with marmite kernel for sure
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I use SlimBean 3.1 with stock kernel...Works great....I waiting the 4.2 crespo rom from slimbean....!!!
CM10 with either stock or Marmite kernel.
Perfection.
For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.
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I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.
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Same here currently on cm 10 stable with default kernel for weeks now it's been really fast and stable. Was surprised. I had tried cm10 when it came out for our device and it was pretty bad stability and battery wise so I went to aosp roms.... Gave stable a shot and wow it has come a looooooong way in such a short time
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For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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Another vote for CM10. I'm currently using the new rasbean, but if 4.1.2 is good with you, I'm not sure anything can beat the stability of the stable version of CM10.
Having tried tons of amazing ROMs on ICS, I feel there were more stable and fluid options than with 4.1... That's not to say 4.1 didn't have great ROMs, I'm just saying that it was harder to find a stable, speedy, efficient 4.1 ROM... If you want to stay with 4.1, then I can only vouch for BAKEDbean 6... I haven't tried as many 4.1's as I did with 4.0... From memory, Slim Bean was pretty good... I just didn't like some of the included options...
Now here's what I can say about 4.2 ROMs... Since you don't mind missing some included features like theme chooser, statusbar tweaks, etc... Then I would highly suggest Rasbean with Matr1x CFS 24.0 (non-cm version)... I always told myself that I would never use a ROM without theme chooser... But after trying this ROM, I've discovered that speed and fluidity is way more important to me than a few extra features... This ROM is amazing... I'm getting much better battery life with this combo than with any 4.1 combo I tried... At the very least, give it a try
*edit* in case you see reviews or read somewhere that it's not a "stable" release... I would ignore that crap because I haven't had a single issue with this ROM other than the phone app fc'ing after some calls which is 4G related... and since you're on crespo, you won't have that problem... Everything works on this ROM!!!
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rom cm 10 stable version with kernel matr1x v24
Cm10 with marmite kernel beast
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Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?
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Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?
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I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
My last time mentioning it... I would strongly recommend you to backup your current setup and flash the 4.2 ROM with matr1x 24.0... That is all
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I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
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Really it does work that well? Hmm then it is really sad that Google has cut off Nexus S from official updates. I will definitely try 4.2 but I will probably wait for CM 10.1 if you say it will be released soon.
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For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
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Well I know what the kernel is (I have been using Linux on my desktop for several years ) I was just curious how one can benefit from using an alternative kernel for Android. You say I can tweak things for better speed or battery life... does it mean that I can for example sacrifice 30% of battery life and exchange it for 30% of performance in gaming? What are the limits of this tweaking?
Does CM10 gets the HTC One X to the level of a Nexus device?
I'm trying to decide which cellphone to buy an HTC One X or a Nexus 4...
In my country I can get the HTC One X cheaper (the at&t version with lte) ... but I would like to have a great android expierence on jellybean.
=)
Both devices have their trade offs.
Specifically about CM10, it's pretty good, but AOSP roms have pretty bad battery life on the HTC One XL.
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Both devices have their trade offs.
Specifically about CM10, it's pretty good, but AOSP roms have pretty bad battery life on the HTC One XL.
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Thanks for the reply... It is good to know about the battery life.... I'll probably get the nexus 4.
Thanks! =)
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Thanks for the reply... It is good to know about the battery life.... I'll probably get the nexus 4.
Thanks! =)
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In general any non native code roms (in this case aosp) are going to have more problems/run less smooth/have worse battery. For instance on my sgs3 no matter what the battery on cm10 was always worse no matter the usage versus touch wiz.
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In regards to battery life I echo the above comments. With stock speeds I got worse battery life on cm10 than I do on a sense rom overclocked to 2ghz with both cores on.
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I love my One X (ATT Branded) but I bought mine when SG3 and Nexus 4 was not available. It fit the bill and I needed a new phone at the time as I was traveling and didn't want to take my iPad as my personal device. Take note, Nexus 4 4G may not work in all countries. Look at some threads. If that is not an issue, I would get Nexus 4. In some countries like the US, with a contract, you can get One X for dirt cheap.
I personally disagree with aosp ROMs getting worse battery life. Me and my wife both have one x and she's running a sense ROM while I'm running aosp and we get around the same battery life. It all really depends on your usage.
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I personally disagree with aosp ROMs getting worse battery life. Me and my wife both have one x and she's running a sense ROM while I'm running aosp and we get around the same battery life. It all really depends on your usage.
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I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.
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I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.
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I agree with you, people that CAN change the rom its beacuse they USE more the phone...
Battery life and mobile data download/upload speeds are noticeably lower than Sense. For example, with 1 bar of H+ on Sense, I get about 1.5 mbps. On CM10, I get around .5 mbps.
However, CM10 is much smoother, faster, and (usually) more stable. Wonderful ROM. Highly recommended for a non-Sense ROM.
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I think the biggest difference is standby time - CM10 definitely drains faster in standby than Sense. I'm not sure if this is due to Sense's aggressive process management or something in AOSP. People who use their phones more actively are less likely to notice a battery life difference. If, on the other hand, your phone is asleep most of the day and you only wake it occasionally, it'll seem like a bigger hit.
That said, I find that the experience of AOSP is definitely worth the battery life trade-off.
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Totally agree, with almost the same apps and stuff Sense can stand by 10 hours draining only less than 5 percent while CM10 drains almost 20 percent. But now the CM10 is quite solid, not that buggy and I really like the stock Android feeling and Google Now, so I'm running CM10 without complaint. PS. Sense Camera is waaaayyyyyyy better
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Hey Q&A. Looking for a ROM (preferably not Sense-based) that has the maximum battery life.
I've carefully examined all of my applications, as well as tweaked which apps have permission to run in the background, and still only have a maximum of 2 hours screen-on time on the most recent Jellybam ROM version.
I've done all of the batterystats resetting, as well as the 100% to 0%, with no change in battery life.
I'm looking for even a single hour longer battery-wise. Again, though I prefer the AOSP style (as well as CM/JB), Sense is okay.
So which ROMs have the best battery from the start guys? (AT&T HTC One X only please)
Thanks in advance!
danstheman7 said:
Hey Q&A. Looking for a ROM (preferably not Sense-based) that has the maximum battery life.
I've carefully examined all of my applications, as well as tweaked which apps have permission to run in the background, and still only have a maximum of 2 hours screen-on time on the most recent Jellybam ROM version.
I've done all of the batterystats resetting, as well as the 100% to 0%, with no change in battery life.
I'm looking for even a single hour longer battery-wise. Again, though I prefer the AOSP style (as well as CM/JB), Sense is okay.
So which ROMs have the best battery from the start guys? (AT&T HTC One X only please)
Thanks in advance!
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I've gotten Sense-ish battery life (maybe a bit worse than ICS Sense ROMs, but better than AOSP ROMs) with AOSP-level performance from this AOSP-themed Desensed JB ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35749360&postcount=517
It's still a Beta, but it's pretty much fully functional, with the exception of recording video - it force closes right now.
Silellak said:
I've gotten Sense-ish battery life (maybe a bit worse than ICS Sense ROMs, but better than AOSP ROMs) with AOSP-level performance from this AOSP-themed Desensed JB ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35749360&postcount=517
It's still a Beta, but it's pretty much fully functional, with the exception of recording video - it force closes right now.
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Flashed it and for some reason i'm having all sorts of issues. Play store won't download apps, nor will my mobile internet work correctly. Clean flashed (wiped all/system data cache etc) two times, so don't know why.
Gonna give viperXL a try, as it seems to be highly recommended on a few posts I've seen.
danstheman7 said:
Flashed it and for some reason i'm having all sorts of issues. Play store won't download apps, nor will my mobile internet work correctly. Clean flashed (wiped all/system data cache etc) two times, so don't know why.
Gonna give viperXL a try, as it seems to be highly recommended on a few posts I've seen.
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Strange, I haven't had anything like that.
make sure to do a full wipe, clear both caches too
Guess you'll just have to try them all until you find what's best for your usage.
Best Rom threads, best battery life threads are not really allowed.
WR
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WarRaven said:
Guess you'll just have to try them all until you find what's best for your usage.
Best Rom threads, best battery life threads are not really allowed.
WR
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I understand why "best ROM" threads are frowned upon. But as a noob to Android, I find it hard to understand the objective differences between ROMs as there is no such discussion as far as I can tell.
In each persons usage, results can vary wildly from things such as signal loss, a locked up sms app etc.. so it comes down to opinions an that's where issues can arise.
Not trying to be rude to you, or senior members, but that's the law of the mods.
WR
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I'm using CM10 nightly Evita build from the 25th i think, and getting on average about 26 hours if battery life. Also have easy battery saver running most of the time, it's actually rather effective. Without it I get about 2 or 3 hours less.
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Jellybam gave me the best battery with rohankernel, but as far as gaining the most life out of your device I would stick with Sense and try ViperXl or CleanRom.
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