Rooting & custom roms - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Let me start off by saying that I love and am thankful for all the hard work that developers put in to make awesome Roms. I've been rooting and flashing custom Roms since DAY 1 and enjoy it. But I've been noticing that when I flash a custom ROM its an upgrade for custom ability but a major downgrade in performance. For instance mobile data signal. Seems to get a lot slower than stock meaning OUT THE BOX. I've done comparisons in data using stock OUT THE BOX and all different custom roms and WOW what a big difference. Next is streaming videos. I noticed that OUT THE BOX I get that beautiful 1080p crispy no stutter image. Now when I root and flash a custom ROM the quality is NOT the same. Installing apps. Again OUT THE BOX stock installs apps from the play store way faster than when I'm running on a custom ROM. Sorry to say but I'm writing this using my nexus 5 that I just unrooted. I am NOT. I repeat I AM NOT TRYING TO DISCREDIT ANY Developers keep up the good work but please give me some feed back and let me know if I can help in any way to try and make these issues that I'm sure a lot of people are having. Keep up the good work developers!!!!!!
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Disclaimer: I have no scientific evidence or tests of this at all. This is merely observations ive noticed. Could I be completely wrong? Yes. Do I think this is a deep conspiracy by devs to ruin all thats right with the world? No. Anyways...
I do notice that my wifi signal has been slightly weaker from the same places in my house. Could just be bad luck/router/etc. and its never really be debilitating or anything. I still maintain connection but it seems a solid 3-4 bar wifi connection from my bed room has always been a 1-2 bar connection on a custom ROM. Doesnt even seem to be unique to my N5, it was the same way on my One X as well.
I'm sure there is probably an easy fix, or if I really looked into it maybe I'm just going crazy and there is nothing wrong or different with my wifi. But i figured maybe someone else out there is dealing with the same situation, or at least maybe theres a big secret wifi fix that I have been oblivious to all these years lol
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK XDA DEVS. I cant say that enough though, TBH. Ive used this site since I had a HTC Fuze way back in the day, then onto my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate, and the work and knowledge on here is outstanding.

When you say "custom rom" do you mean "aosp based"? Because it wouldn't makes sense that this issue exists on "stock based" custom roms
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When you say "custom rom" do you mean "aosp based"? Because it wouldn't makes sense that this issue exists on "stock based" custom roms
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All Roms. Anything but out the box. Its like as soon as a flash anything stock Roms or aosp Roms
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brooklyn718941 said:
All Roms. Anything but out the box. Its like as soon as a flash anything stock Roms or aosp Roms
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That makes no sense to me. odd. It seems like it's just your phone.

rootSU said:
That makes no sense to me. odd. It seems like it's just your phone.
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you moved onto Nexus forums ?
Time to create a sticky !!

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you moved onto Nexus forums ?
Time to create a sticky !!
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Yep im here. I've not noticed a specific need for a sticky yet. The one I wanted to create has already been created
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That makes no sense to me. odd. It seems like it's just your phone.
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Its not just this phone my s1 s2 s3 n4 s4 all seem to have issues with video streaming quality and signal after flashing a custom ROM. Test it for yourself. But you have to compare it with out the box version
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brooklyn718941 said:
Its not just this phone my s1 s2 s3 n4 s4 all seem to have issues with video streaming quality and signal after flashing a custom ROM. Test it for yourself. But you have to compare it with out the box version
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I can understand how flashing an aosp rom with perhaps no source for gpu or video drivers could have a problem with video playback. This was the case on the s3.
I can also understand how having to use OpenRIL on an aosp build could cause radio performance to suffer.
However a custom rom which is based on stock, using a stock RIL, using stock drivers should not exhibit these issues compared to stock itself. Even if it is deodexed. This has been the case on all the android devices I have rooted, flashed stock roms on or even built roms for. Including the N5 and the S3.
If you think this is happening on all the devices you own, its either something to do with your choice of rom or its something you do to all your phones that causes these issues. There's no reason why a custom rom based on stock would under perform w
compared to stock, unless you're picking something that has been incorrectly tweaked or you've incorrectly tweaked yourself
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I am also seeing that difference. My phone was constantly freezing when opening apps. Also when trying to take a picture, if I move the camera too fast, it seems like the phone can't keep up and reboots itself. So I went back to stock everything and kept my boot loader unlocked. Everything seems to be working just fine now. Its weird.
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choboii said:
I am also seeing that difference. My phone was constantly freezing when opening apps. Also when trying to take a picture, if I move the camera too fast, it seems like the phone can't keep up and reboots itself. So I went back to stock everything and kept my boot loader unlocked. Everything seems to be working just fine now. Its weird.
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These issues would usually be related with kernel and voltage
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This is a useless thread. Op if you really believe that stock based Roms are devaluing the performance of your phone then flash back to bone stock and be done. Problem solved, we can close this thread.
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This is a useless thread. Op if you really believe that stock based Roms are devaluing the performance of your phone then flash back to bone stock and be done. Problem solved, we can close this thread.
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No. This is a issue with a lot of people keep this thread open and you'll see how many people have it
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No. This is a issue with a lot of people keep this thread open and you'll see how many people have it
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And if this doesn't apply to you than don't respond and you move on
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http://blog.gsmarena.com/android-4-4-kitkat-video-playbacks-a-step-back-over-android-4-3-jelly-bean/
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brooklyn718941 said:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/android-4-4-kitkat-video-playbacks-a-step-back-over-android-4-3-jelly-bean/
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This article is totally irrelevant to this conversation because it's comparing 2 different versions of Android. We only have 4.4 roms for this phone. You're comparing different 4.4 roms to each other, not different versions of Android.

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[ACS] [Epi-Nex 2.3.4] It's back... (WIP - 17/6/2011)

And you all thought it wasn't gonna happen... ;-)
Stay tuned, Alpha release within 24 hours.
Samsung Epic 4G [SPH-D700] GRI22 Android 2.3.4 (Sprint Nexus S 4G Port)
VOIP / SIP / GTalk / Google Voice - Outbound and inbound internet calling
PROJECT FOCUS:
1. Deep integration between carrier(Sprint) and Google Voice for free voice calling, without using any of your mobile device's minutes with IP & VOIP integration to GV. Outbound & Inbound calls purely through Google Voice / GTalk using IP or SIP protocol. Also unlimited video calling, SMS, chat, etc...
2. Extend device beyond manufacturer & carrier's service level agreement, allowing the Samsung Epic to be a top player for time to come
3. Provide a base AOSP platform for CDMA Galaxy S & Future Samsung mobile devices
4. Give me another challenge I guess?
5. Give users the ability to flash directly to the boot, sbl, kernel, recovery, cache, and data partitions without odin or heimdall using flash_image and .IMG files instead of .bin, and finally be able to choose more than one file system during flashing, from within a recovery or android itself.
6. SECRET (Soon to be announced)
I want this to be more of a community effort, being that the development for the Epic is seriously lacking, well development. So please, I encourage suggestions and constructive criticism, keep the moronic stuff to a bare minimum if possible.
You don't like it, or have an issue? I don't care. I don't want to hear about it either. Get bent, and go install another theme and call yourself a dev.
First. No 3g?
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Here we go!!!
No connectivity period, well, wirelessly at this point. USB, ADB, and UART all work 100%
Ooooo sexy. Def gunna test this. Too bad I'm banned from acs forum lol.
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No connectivity period, well, wirelessly at this point. USB, ADB, and UART all work 100%
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Take the ril file from the one I posted in the cm7 thread and point the build.prop to it.
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I will try that when i get back from today's work. I also had the one from the Epic EE03 release in mind, as I am already using some pieces just to smooth out some issues for the time being.
tmillar07 said:
I will try that when i get back from today's work. I also had the one from the Epic EE03 release in mind, as I am already using some pieces just to smooth out some issues for the time being.
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You Devs never seem to disappoint us I know who my 5 thanks are going for today. Can't wait to test this out
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All I have to say is AMAZING
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Can't wait for that secret to be announced!?!?...do have a question though...does the screen "ON" animation work as well as the screen off...screen on seems to be much more of a problem for some reason.?
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Screen animations at this point, are pretty much non existent. I'm sorry, but your question falls under the "dumb" category. Why worry about what the screen looks like while turning on or off, when there is a much bigger picture at hand?
I would like to avoid useless posts like the above(no offense) that will do nothing but clutter the thread, and accomplish nothing.
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Can't wait for that secret to be announced!?!?...do have a question though...does the screen "ON" animation work as well as the screen off...screen on seems to be much more of a problem for some reason.?
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Screen on is only on cm7 that's why we can't get it without cm7.... nice work by the way
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Nice! Unlimited calling. Built right in to the rom! SIP native features using googles own services. That's what I envision when I think of a pure google phone experience. It would be nice to finally have a baseline for samsung galaxy s and cdma devices. Just when things were starting to look down as far as developement goes. Thanks for the hard work, know that its greatly received and appreciated.
From cellblock D
Whaaa? Tmillar is posting again!!! Great to see ya back, will definitely stay tuned! Hoping/totally speculating the "secret" might just be some kind of video out... HOPING, not expecting Still, I can see already we won't be disappointed either way!
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Ooooo sexy. Def gunna test this. Too bad I'm banned from acs forum lol.
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what in the world did you do?
I know, what was that guy thinking asking a direct question that related to the thread. He should have been looking for someone elses post to flame.
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Screen animations at this point, are pretty much non existent. I'm sorry, but your question falls under the "dumb" category. Why worry about what the screen looks like while turning on or off, when there is a much bigger picture at hand?
I would like to avoid useless posts like the above(no offense) that will do nothing but clutter the thread, and accomplish nothing.
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Zor Omega said:
Nice! Unlimited calling. Built right in to the rom! SIP native features using googles own services. That's what I envision when I think of a pure google phone experience. It would be nice to finally have a baseline for samsung galaxy s and cdma devices. Just when things were starting to look down as far as developement goes. Thanks for the hard work, know that its greatly received and appreciated.
From cellblock D
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Would it be possible to have an option to enable voip to be carried on a tcp connection or is this completely our of the dev's control?
It would be nice since my isp at home tends to suck when making voip calls using udp. I don't know why.
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I know, what was that guy thinking asking a direct question that related to the thread. He should have been looking for someone elses post to flame.
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Sarcasm not needed. Please please please please please don't ruin this for us with unneeded comments like that. I swear to god I'll shut down your internet connection.
The screen on question, was in fact, not related to the OP as it wasn't stated as an objective. And I don't care how it was worded, question or not, it was a request, plain and simple. This isn't a space for wondering about features. Its for discussion and discovery as directly related to the OPs objectives. Its what the old XDA used to be, from the archives that I've read.
End of discussion
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Welcome back! I'm happy to know that you've fully recovered from that accident and came back with a bang! But here is the real question, does this rom, when its fully working, have to be on 3g in order to make calls? My area has low 3g speeds so I see that as a potential issue if so... I'm just a noob, don't bite... too hard
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We will be able to use regular service to make calls right?

XDA app?

Xda app keeps closing whenever you hit back while trying to navigate within forum or threads.
Anyone experience this on new Gal tab2 10.1?
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Xda app keeps closing whenever you hit back while trying to navigate within forum or threads.
Anyone experience this on new Gal tab2 10.1?
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Its doing the same thing on the GT72 also. Its all forked up.
Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, no good. Still closes when navigating within app. Sometimes force closes when tapping submit button.
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Tried XDA HD, still same problem.
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still no resolution for app force closing. averaging 8 reports per day after force closures. apparently stumping the world with this issue.
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No problems with Tapatalk...
For me... the xda app chews around 40-60% of processor capacity before it freezes out. Tried reinstalling but the problem persists.
Tapatalk seems to be working okay.
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Could it be root? My 10.1 is rooted stock rom.
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Its doing the same thing on the GT72 also. Its all forked up.
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No problem here on gt2 7.0
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I think we are dealing with an ics issue here, I think the xda app devs fell asleep at the wheel and didn't do there ics homework! Maybe they don't know what ics stands for, it ain't "I crave salami".
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I think we are dealing with an ics issue here, I think the xda app devs fell asleep at the wheel and didn't do there ics homework! Maybe they don't know what ics stands for, it ain't "I crave salami".
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I believe that the XDA App is just a custom Tapatalk App. However, it would receive updates outside of the main Tapatalk App, so it's possible that it hasn't received the updates and bug fixes that the main app has yet. Maybe one of the Mods/Admins can try and get the issue resolved.
Thanks for your input, imnuts . Hope I find a solution soon, running one free app, and two paid apps and still can't use any of them without it becoming a pain in the ass, and draining the juice out of the battery.
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Thanks for your input, imnuts . Hope I find a solution soon, running one free app, and two paid apps and still can't use any of them without it becoming a pain in the ass, and draining the juice out of the battery.
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As someone else has mentioned, Tapatalk works perfectly -- which it does.
Try emailing them about the issue(s) you're having. The contact email from the Play Store is [email protected] I also saw that there was an XDA Premium HD app that is supposedly meant for tablets. Hopefully that isn't what is required as it doesn't look like there is a free version of the tablet app.
Tried running free xda app, also xda HD, still no good. I guess I can spend another 3.00 bucks and experiment for the dev dept. With tapatalk. And that's no guaranty that its going to work.
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Paid xda app has never fc'd on this tab in the last 3 weeks for me. Running stock deodexed Rom.
good day.
Chopper the Dog, Does that mean you are rooted at present ? Not sure if you can deodex without rooting.
(I don't think so)
Thanks for your input.
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Issue was caused by setting in "developer option" - "do not keep activities" this needs to be un checked , not sure what this setting is for, but it can be a pain if checked.
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Superlite JellyBean problems.

Tested all versions besides 3.0+. Could no longer handle all the crash and FC. Camera flicker. Crash upon leaving wifi. Loss of data in LTE areas at random running on H+ and 3G.
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User error
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It is still unstable so these are known issues and we have to wait for a fix, until now just stay on ics, you could try R4in build and Orthos One
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Tested all versions besides 3.0+. Could no longer handle all the crash and FC. Camera flicker. Crash upon leaving wifi. Loss of data in LTE areas at random running on H+ and 3G.
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Change your Sig that's disrespectful to a dude who works hard on helping the community just because you don't know how to troubleshoot and fix your own problems it's noobs like you who make devs pull work. What kind of worthless pile of crap smacks an active dev in the face like that he dles it for free what have you done aside from whine about what YOUR lack of knowledge and research can't fix
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Change your Sig that's disrespectful to a dude who works hard on helping the community just because you don't know how to troubleshoot and fix your own problems it's noobs like you who make devs pull work. What kind of worthless pile of crap smacks an active dev in the face like that he dles it for free what have you done aside from whine about what YOUR lack of knowledge and research can't fix
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+100000000
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Post count =5 only a stupid noob would post worthless crap like this please go to some other site and post your trash there clearly your supplying nothing constructive like logcats so what do you want huh you just want to whine and moan instead of trying to make the community better its noobs like you that make xda such a problem to us veterans
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Andrololol said:
Tested all versions besides 3.0+. Could no longer handle all the crash and FC. Camera flicker. Crash upon leaving wifi. Loss of data in LTE areas at random running on H+ and 3G.
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Confucius says: if one dozen users have problem, the ROM does not work. If one user has problem, the user does not work.
Are you following all the instructions in the OP? Because, and I don't even run Superlite, I can kinda tell by your post that you're not, and it's causing major problems for you. If you want to try Superlite again, go back and read the entire thread before you flash, then follow vincom's instructions to the letter. If you don't want to try Superlite again, well, why did you post this?

Xda themes and apps forum

I have been trying to use the themes and apps part of the G2X fourm and it keep say invalid user id. Anyone else having that issue? I'm using the app by the way.
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Yea, I have the same issue. Cleared app data re-logged in an still had that issue.
I've been having the same problem.
I thought maybe it had something to do with being in my favorites, so I removed it and tried to access it going through the forums, but it still didn't work.
Still words on the computer, though
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Same here. Can visit on my PC though.
Sent via G2x on temasek b135.2 w/ Trinity TD1.58 kernel (testing)
Thought it was just me. Good to know. And I liked that forum most because of the apks. Always looking for new good one I don't have or wanna try. Oh well.
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For apps in general you can always try the section under the Android Software and Hacking general.
Edit:
You could also view the G2x section (at least I assume so) in browser, it's a pain to do so but if you're just looking in briefly it's not that bad.

[q] higher ram usage nexus 5

Hello everyone, as for the title, coming from a nexus 4 upgraded to kk stock and comparing it with nexus 5 stock firmware and 4.4.1 ota I found out a higher ram usage on the nexus 5. N4 had 300mb used on boot to get filled up to 500~700mb of used ram with no recents and never got past the 1,3~1,4 gb of used ram with open apps (kk). On nexus 5 i seem to have it in the inverted situation: more than 800~1gb of used ram with no recents. See attached below with no recents.
is that "normal" for you too or it is just my n5?
I know that free ram is wasted ram just wanted to know if it is just me phone is really smooth and fast though, nothing to complain about
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You may have a lot of background processes running (including cached). Right now, I have no recent apps and using 600mb.
Upon reboot I'm using 428mb.
It might be interesting to see how ART affects ram usage!
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I suggest the app greenify
Greenify: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en
I suggest not caring
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I suggest not caring
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i don't care indeed, as far as phone is so amazingly fast and smooth i was just curious, aren't you?
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i don't care indeed, as far as phone is so amazingly fast and smooth i was just curious, aren't you?
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Not in the slightest. I know how RAM works and why it does what it does and I'm satisfied enough with that.

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