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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

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

[Q] Reasons to use ICS or JB instead of GB in my i9003?

Hi,
I wanted to know if there are reasons of why we should try IceCreamSandwich or JellyBean roms for daily usage that still have bugs, other than keep with Gingerbread, and in my case, Frankenstein´s rom.
What I really want to know are if ICS and JB have some benefits, or we just want to use them because they are new.
I only have my SL phone, and that´s the reason I don´t want to start flashing lots of roms again... just want one that works well and in which battery lasts reasonable time.
My normal daily use is:
· 1 hour speak
· mostly 2g or wifi connection. Almost no navigation.
· lot of whatsapp
· 30 min average of bluetooth
· sometimes some gps
With this use, my battery lasts aproximately 2 days.
I don´t play games, I don´t watch movies... I just use it as a regular mobile + whatsapp, gps, adidas micoach, jefit, and small apps.
I think it would be good to receive some advice of those who tried different roms.
Thanks for your time, and hope this thread is useful to solve other questions also.

The reason is that people get bored of same old UI.
So we try ICS and JB.
They do support UI flexibility.
Also performance of phone increases in games[That's not for you]
And They also support more number of apps than GB.
But be sure that you won't get same battery backup though.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda app-developers app

some apps dont work on GB (google chrome, google now, etc..), thats why i switched to JB...
battery wise, mine last a day (using an internet simcard and switched to 2g), used only for updates, whatsapp and viber...
if you were to switch to a custom rom, i would suggest you use jellybam...

But jelly bean and ICS have lower autonomie than GB
About 1 or 2 day
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Help
Hi there.
I m currently using Frankenstein Mod (v 3.8) and i want to go for some JB or ICS mod which should be at least equal to Frankenstein in terms of Performance. Please .. and i want a fully functional Keyboard, To play 'Agent Dash', possibly error free GPS and full whatsapp.
Any good suggestion will be appreciated. And i have REMICS-JB in my mind!! what say

Darktitor said:
But jelly bean and ICS have lower autonomie than GB
About 1 or 2 day
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That's the risk to use JB or ICS, but if you use Jelly Bam the recommend version + Revolution Kernel = your phone live about 1,5 day or 2 day (I'm on Jelly Bam)
Of course, your phone still need some setting in the performance menu, suggested governor: SmartassV.2 with min speed 300 and max speed 1000 or 1200. That should give you no lag but battery saving phone. If you think your phone taking too much power, use CPU Spy, you can found it on Play Store
Sent from my Galaxy SL powered by Jelly Bam

BachuArg said:
Hi,
My normal daily use is:
· 1 hour speak
· mostly 2g or wifi connection. Almost no navigation.
· lot of whatsapp
· 30 min average of bluetooth
· sometimes some gps
With this use, my battery lasts aproximately 2 days.
I don´t play games, I don´t watch movies... I just use it as a regular mobile + whatsapp, gps, adidas micoach, jefit, and small apps.
I think it would be good to receive some advice of those who tried different roms.
Thanks for your time, and hope this thread is useful to solve other questions also.
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According to this, there's no reason to go for ICS or JB (Plus, these are NOT totally stable/reliable/functional).
Stick to good GB kernel/roms.

jaweinre said:
According to this, there's no reason to go for ICS or JB (Plus, these are NOT totally stable/reliable/functional).
Stick to good GB kernel/roms.
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Well..
I tried to install CM10 Alpha 4 with no success. I don´t know if it is some trouble with my modem (I´m from Argentina), or what, but I tried 4 times to install it and couldn´t make it work fine.
Now I´m on CM9 Alpha 14, with Alpha´s 11 Kernel.
I like it, but I find it a little bit laggy.
Is this just a characteristic from ICS in our phone?
Any other Kernel to recommend?
Now that I´ve tried ICS and JB, I can say that a big difference I find is the way some shortcuts work.
For example, when you pull down the notifications menu, you can access the setting from there, and in JB, you can go to alarms or calendar.
Also I like the new recent apps.
What has to do with the design, I find ICS and JB really pretty. Spaces between things in menus, and other stuff look very well.

BachuArg said:
Hi,
I wanted to know if there are reasons of why we should try IceCreamSandwich or JellyBean roms for daily usage that still have bugs, other than keep with Gingerbread, and in my case, Frankenstein´s rom.
What I really want to know are if ICS and JB have some benefits, or we just want to use them because they are new.
I only have my SL phone, and that´s the reason I don´t want to start flashing lots of roms again... just want one that works well and in which battery lasts reasonable time.
My normal daily use is:
· 1 hour speak
· mostly 2g or wifi connection. Almost no navigation.
· lot of whatsapp
· 30 min average of bluetooth
· sometimes some gps
With this use, my battery lasts aproximately 2 days.
I don´t play games, I don´t watch movies... I just use it as a regular mobile + whatsapp, gps, adidas micoach, jefit, and small apps.
I think it would be good to receive some advice of those who tried different roms.
Thanks for your time, and hope this thread is useful to solve other questions also.
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Defntly for daily usage i strongly recommend GB over ics/jb.. The main issue with later 2 os is battery. I m nt getting even half day with moderate usage..(at present i m using REMICS 1.7) bt still m using it bcs it is more user friendly, support more apps finally, atleast to my frnds i can say "i m running more advanced os than u"
:thumbup:

Some user have good battery life with jelly bean (2 days) !!!
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BachuArg said:
Well..
I tried to install CM10 Alpha 4 with no success. I don´t know if it is some trouble with my modem (I´m from Argentina), or what, but I tried 4 times to install it and couldn´t make it work fine.
Now I´m on CM9 Alpha 14, with Alpha´s 11 Kernel.
I like it, but I find it a little bit laggy.
Is this just a characteristic from ICS in our phone?
Any other Kernel to recommend?
Now that I´ve tried ICS and JB, I can say that a big difference I find is the way some shortcuts work.
For example, when you pull down the notifications menu, you can access the setting from there, and in JB, you can go to alarms or calendar.
Also I like the new recent apps.
What has to do with the design, I find ICS and JB really pretty. Spaces between things in menus, and other stuff look very well.
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He he, sorry about the useless thanks, the xda app and my phone make a combination of phantom touch and my stupidness accidentally make a stupid thanks on the post when I was checking threads and I don't know how to un-thanks on the xda app.
Sent from Galaxy SL Powered by JellyBam

For me, I use Jb instead of Gb because:
-Video call with Gtalk. No Gtalk vid call on Gb.
-Beautiful UI. The spaces, the consistency of usage of colours, the fresh new look of android.
-Built in Data Monitor. I can track my data usage and warning if almost reach limit.
-Expandable volume control(we can set media volume, ring volume and alarm volume just by pressing the button)
-Great keyboard.
-more apps supported.(apex launcher, some games, Chrome, stuff)
-settings button accessible in notification
-Swipeable notification (I like this because i can keep my text message to be read later while deleting other notification)
-Quick reply text messages using button on notification area without opening the messaging app.
-Google Now cards. It shows stuff without having to search for it.
-Very organized system settings.
-Different Widget displayed.(eg. Google+ widget in GB is a text bar to post new statuses. In JB, it shows people from our circle's posts.)
-Fast stock browser. (Updated html support)
-Can save web page for offline reading.
-can place shortcuts on lockscreen.
-apps on the market had given guidelines on the app layout.(not making apps that looks like iPhones and Windows phone apps)
-No pre-installed bloatwares.
-Can show to s2 users that I already have JB while they still ICS
Benefits of Gb over Jb(at this time):
-Tethering (tethering in cm10 is not yet possible)
-Have FM Radio in stock rom. Good to hear free music when bored.
-Have UMTS Video Call in stock rom. Can Video call using carrier charges(its the same price as voice call in my country. Very good to have)
-Can create folders INSIDE the app drawer.(value packs only)
-Good battery usage.
I would prefer JB more because I could use my phone more effectively. About the lag, I used the performance tweak and the Project Butter enchanter mods by Top Droid and the lag is gone!
Sent by my Galaxy $

amifiq which rom are you using & how good is the battery backup?

Im using cm10a3. Usually it last like a day if i use it like sms, whatsapp, calls. But if you want good battry life, use gb. Cm10 isnt stable yet so have not as good battery as stock.
Sent by my Galaxy $

As rightly pointed out by amifiq in earlier post
My views will be similar to what he said.
But to be frank Battery lasts only for a day at the most.
leaving it I would rather prefer the JB instead of GB.
Above all it is the firmware created by our devs.
That is more important to go for JB.

My SL is currently at -->
Jelly Bam v.4.0
SIRI KERNEL rc2
Performance Tweaks - Version 1.4.1
issues found as below ,
1.whatsapp
-heavy lag at times while switching from other apps (5sec delay)
-hang / or black screen when using camera , have to remove battery and reboot
- force close
2. MX video player
- phone reboot after watching 25 mins
3. copying files in debugging mode connected to pc
- become slower in day 2 and 3
attached is the catlog when i experience reboot while on MX player
sorry i have to put it here because my post is still less than 10

Hi. Im tinking to try my first custom rom, i switched to stock roms few times, did a lot of mods and aplied lots of themes, but not sure how to flash jelly bam. Im confused,have i to do a factory reset after flash cm10 and then jelly bam??. Please can someone post the right procedure, step by step for flash jelly bam. I read lots of ways to do and im confused. Thanks in advance.
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Full stock Base 3.19.401.1 - lag alert

If you are using a full stock 3.19.401.1 ROM like this one and suffering from sudden unexplained lag, I've found the reason
7 digital seems to suddenly activate in the background and wreck havoc to the JB smoothness, it won't go away until restart
it also won't appear in task manager, so go to manage apps > running apps and you will probably see it there
you will need to disable to get rid of it's evil and then back to locked JB 60fps
if you are using a custom ROM based on 3.19.401.1, your ROM chef most likely have removed this useless app

Very good friend! You the man! :fingers-crossed:

i disable it on last stock Rom 3.18 and my phone looks faster ....
7 digital is the problem ?
My phone looks faster when i disable it ... its a useless program ... lol

In my opinion, I consider it bloatware and is on my cleaning list

hamdir said:
If you are using a full stock 3.19.401.1 ROM like this one and suffering from sudden unexplained lag, I've found the reason
7 digital seems to suddenly activate in the background and wreck havoc to the JB smoothness, it won't go away until restart
it also won't appear in task manager, so go to manage apps > running apps and you will probably see it there
you will need to disable to get rid of it's evil and then back to locked JB 60fps
if you are using a custom ROM based on 3.19.401.1, your ROM chef most likely have removed this useless app
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Isn't this for the international version? His link mentions the Endeavor.

leesumm said:
Isn't this for the international version? His link mentions the Endeavor.
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Correct, this is in the wrong forum.

[ROM][4.4] Hive OS for Micromax A117

Features of HIVE :
EDGE - Digital personalization content
Themes - HIVE has a range of wholesome themes that helps you customize your home screen,lock screen,app icons,etc.
Fusion X music player ( Provides nice music experience )
Hive launcher
More RAM space
Quick & stylish control toggles
Chameleon widget
A117 specific features :
Specific init tweaks added to keep battery under control which was one problem in Kitkat ROM for A117 users. ( Will be improved in the upcoming versions )
Fully rooted
Unwanted apps removed
Screenshots​INSTRUCTIONS
Download the Hive OS Zip file and update patch and place then in SD card (Download section)
Reboot to recovery
Wipe cache partiton and wipe dalvic cache
Install the XOLO Hive UI ZIP file
After installation reboot to system (First boot will take time)
Complete the initial setup and again reboot to recovery
Installl the update patch then clear dalvic cache and reboot
Done enoy HIVE OS on your device
Download Link 1 LINK
Download Link 2 LINK
Update patch Link Link
Battery Fix Link
NOTE : For better battery performance download THIS APP from PlayStore and enable Int.d support to rom. Then flash BATTERY WORKAROUND zip from our download section.

Downloading
Downloading this ROM and post review soon

Which recovery ??

yabhuva said:
Which recovery ??
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Use anyone posted in Magnus A117 Android original Development thread

Hey OP, everything's just great! But still the battery issue isn't fixed yet, at Night it dropped from 55% to 32% without any usage or Wi-Fi on. I hope you'll soon come up with an update as you mentioned. Cheers, rest everything's smooth and great, no delay with the hardware buttons too!
Regards, MR.

Still there are some problems
It is been great work devs
I have tried using this ROM lookwise it is an awesome one working good but only there are some issues that are came across are :
I am using phils recovery.
I have install just ROM without updates it worked fine.Asap I have install only update no bettery workaround it started to show FC in all cases like UI, OOES at boot time etc.
Sound it bit low but can be adjusted from Engineering mode
Battery consumption is high even after applying Battery workaround
After sometime playstore giving error authentication failed even if I am logged in using usual account of Gmail
Other thing works fine
People who are using and installed successfully can suggest which recovery you are using

Overall performance like miui ROM...
Gaming OK .. High end games not recomeded.. I installed asphalt 8 latest at low graphic it run ok with little lag... Daily use messaging n all good...
FC sometime happens . when restart it takes lot time to load all things..
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First look is awesome. Performance is gr8. Sound is a bit low. Camera is showing 8mega pixels only, but still fine for this monster. Battery is draining pretty fast. Charged 100% and device was locked. Havent used for 4 hrs 30min. and battery was down to 67%.
One thing that i have observed is :
In audio profiles there are two audio enhancements
1.BesAudEnh
2.BesLoudness
If i enable both, close settings and reopen again the BesLoudness is going disabled automatically.
EDITED : While on call if we try to use keypad the other caller was able to listen beep sounds which is not happening while on other call. Just came to know.
Hope in next update sound boosting and battery draining will be fixed.
Thanks a lot for your grate efforts in presenting this ROM.

ROM is smooth and quite responsive, games worked well for me. Good job @Siddhesh.K15 :good:
but there were some issues like:
1. Battery drain, although device doesnt heatup still drains very fast even after applying battery tweaks. Also i noticed that cpu is not going into deep sleep mode, maybe thats the reason for battery drain.
2. Gravitybox(KK) crashes.
3. Camera: rear is 8mp & front is vga and HDR doesn't seem to work, force closes (tried other third party apps too)
4. The equiliser in Fusion app doesn't work, means the effects don't get applied.
Hope all this get fixed in next update.

thanks to the devs for such a awesome rom
pretty smooth
awesome UI
no lags
sound is a bit low
only bug is battrey drain...charged 100% yest night...in the morning it ws 60% ( wifi was on )

Siddk007 said:
ROM is smooth and quite responsive, games worked well for me. Good job @Siddhesh.K15 :good:
but there were some issues like:
1. Battery drain, although device doesnt heatup still drains very fast even after applying battery tweaks. Also i noticed that cpu is not going into deep sleep mode, maybe thats the reason for battery drain.
2. Gravitybox(KK) crashes.
3. Camera: rear is 8mp & front is vga and HDR doesn't seem to work, force closes (tried other third party apps too)
4. The equiliser in Fusion app doesn't work, means the effects don't get applied.
Hope all this get fixed in next update.
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Thanks for your review. Battert drain is still issue so we have provided the patch to reduce it to some extent. Gravitybox wont work as it is for pure aosp roms and this is themed rom. And the 3 rd and 4 th are purely hive issue we will look forward to make hive ota updates compatible with our device

dykhatri said:
It is been great work devs
I have tried using this ROM lookwise it is an awesome one working good but only there are some issues that are came across are :
I am using phils recovery.
I have install just ROM without updates it worked fine.Asap I have install only update no bettery workaround it started to show FC in all cases like UI, OOES at boot time etc.
Sound it bit low but can be adjusted from Engineering mode
Battery consumption is high even after applying Battery workaround
After sometime playstore giving error authentication failed even if I am logged in using usual account of Gmail
Other thing works fine
People who are using and installed successfully can suggest which recovery you are using
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Well the FC you face is becasue you flashed all zips at once . I have alredy mentioned to first flash rom then let it boot to system and do inistial setup google and all. Then again come back to recovery and flash update patch.

Normal usage
Governor : hotplug
I/o scheduler : cfq
Frequency : 497-1506
On this ROMs
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yabhuva said:
Normal usage
Governor : hotplug
I/o scheduler : cfq
Frequency : 497-1506
On this ROMs
Sent from my MICROMAX A117 using XDA Free mobile app
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I am not complaining just saying its not that bad... More combination soon
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Dolby Plus
Is This rom has dolby??

BEWARE! This ROM sends a SMS with your imei to 919211722715 and it charges international fee.

md6 said:
BEWARE! This ROM sends a SMS with your imei to 919211722715 and it charges international fee.
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Hey,
I have used this ROM for long time. But not facing any issues you have mention herein.

dykhatri said:
Hey,
I have used this ROM for long time. But not facing any issues you have mention herein.
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It asked to register Xolo, there is only one option: 'OK' so i press the back button in order not to register. Then a sms came with my imei, when I looked at my usage from service provider, I saw that also a sms was send and a fee charged.