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Rooting & custom roms

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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rootSU said:
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 !!

MoonBlade said:
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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rootSU said:
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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ldubs said:
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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brooklyn718941 said:
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.

Does 4.4.4 fixes the audio bug when recording videos?

New update again.
4.4.3 didn't fix the audio bug when recording videos (that background hiss or noise that we could hear if there was no noises or voices).
Can people check now again with the new update?
Thanks.

unfortunately my nexus told me he is up to date with 4.4.3 :<

Anyone else?

Just flash the factory images if you're so worried about something like this.

Not fixed in 4.4.4
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Lethargy said:
Just flash the factory images if you're so worried about something like this.
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I don't have the Nexus 5.
Had it and returned it due to this issue. That's why I'm asking again, but just like the guy above said it's not fixed, so it's definitely a hardware issue, just like I suspected.
Shame.
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Not fixed in 4.4.4
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Thanks.

This not happened to me before in 4.4.2, but since 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 happens me..

Sensamic said:
I don't have the Nexus 5.
Had it and returned it due to this issue. That's why I'm asking again, but just like the guy above said it's not fixed, so it's definitely a hardware issue, just like I suspected.
Shame.
Thanks.
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It's not "definitely a hardware issue ". Them not fixing it doesn't mean it's hardware. All symptoms point to software.
Google haven't even acknowledged an issue and that is why it's not fixed.
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This not happened to me before in 4.4.2, but since 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 happens me..
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Yes because it's a software issue, it got worse in 4.4.3
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Install microphone fix from Jishnu's Camera. This works on all 4.4.x

Rip95 said:
Install microphone fix from Jishnu's Camera. This works on all 4.4.x
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No, it does not fix it.
Can you please make a recording and show us? A fan makes a nice sound to hear what is wrong.
This is the Nexus 5 on 4.4.4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzrClyzqE8
and this is the Samsung Note 4.1.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-a_O09Gj-w
Placed at the same location, give or take a centimeter.
I've just done the recording with a Samsung S and a ZTE blade at the exact same spot but I have yet to upload it but they sound as normal as the Note and not like the Garble from the Nexus 5.

Can you please make a recording and show us? A fan makes a nice sound to hear what is wrong.
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Well... I remember that i HAD this thing on stock and in earlier slimkat builds (it was like underwater with sound distortions). And this patch fixed the problem. Just to be sure if i don't have placebo or smth i put stock mic settings. But(!) i couldn't get this on latest slimkat build! Videos recorded with Google Camera app.
with fix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-QbNpZDrFk&feature=youtu.be
w/o fix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnO478hxRqs&feature=youtu.be
You can hear that with fix it sounds more clear and less loud, but w/o it sounds like i'm trying to smash table by my fingers (very loud and little echo). Distance between sound source and telephone is minimal.

Weird.
If it was software it should have been already fixed.
Google is aware of the issue because on their forums there was a huge thread about this issue since November, and the moderators said they were aware of this issue and were working on it.

lukesan said:
This is the Nexus 5 on 4.4.4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzrClyzqE8
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Exactly the same distortion I'm seeing with 'L'.

Sensamic said:
Google is aware of the issue because on their forums there was a huge thread about this issue since November, and the moderators said they were aware of this issue and were working on it.
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Do you have by any change a link to this issue?
Tnx!

Kusie said:
Do you have by any change a link to this issue?
Tnx!
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I saw this post in the google forum
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/nexus/audio/nexus/0hvTK4eMVGk

It's a hardware problem a lot of Nexus 5 have, as you guys can see on the link to the google webpage.

Software problem. Encoder and noise cancellation
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rootSU said:
Software problem. Encoder and noise cancellation
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You've been saying that always, but I haven't seen any developer fix it with a patch.
Not even Google has fixed it with updates. Do you really believe the all powerful Google can't fix it? They have great software engineers and developers, yet still no solution.
In the Google forums everyone keeps saying it's a hardware problem and I believe that.
It looks like Google won't/can't fix the issue, so it's not software, or they could have already fixed it.

Well exactly 0 of the symptoms point to a hardware issue. If it was a hardware issue, why haven't they updated the nexus 5 with a new microphone?
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rootSU said:
Well exactly 0 of the symptoms point to a hardware issue. If it was a hardware issue, why haven't they updated the nexus 5 with a new microphone?
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Same reason LG hasn't updated the bad GPS of the G2 or the antenna location to fix the cell reception issues.
Same reason Apple didn't update the antenna issue on the iPhone 4 until the next model iPhone 4S.
Same reason OnePlus won't update the screens on their phone to fix the yellow tint issue.
Same reason they haven't updated the Nexus 5 to include a stronger vibration motor.
Same reason they haven't updated the Nexus 7 2013 with a new screen to fix the touchscreen issue.
Enough with the software issue seriously.

I got mine today!

So I got my OPO today, the 64gb model. And updated it too r25 because everyone has been saying it's the best but I must say its kinda sluggish, not as smooth as I'd thought
What about you guys?
J
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JackHanAnLG said:
So I got my OPO today, the 64gb model. And updated it too r25 because everyone has been saying it's the best but I must say its kinda sluggish, not as smooth as I'd thought
What about you guys?
J
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Update to 33HR...
Enable ART..
Thank me later. Scrolling is super smooth?

Isn't art not supported by cyanogen?
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Isn't art not supported by cyanogen?
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ART is supported everywhere, it just has a cautionary note before enabling it that it may not play nice with some apps.
Be sure to unlock your bootloader before you do anything.

JackHanAnLG said:
Isn't art not supported by cyanogen?
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ART is supported. But it isn't compatible with Xposed.
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Thanks, when I get home I'll unlock the boot loader and enable art
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If there is one thing i have never noticed on the OPO is lag. In none of the updates... but ok.
The only thing that tends to lag sometimes is the gallery for some reason.

badjoras said:
If there is one thing i have never noticed on the OPO is lag. In none of the updates... but ok.
The only thing that tends to lag sometimes is the gallery for some reason.
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Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/mod-smooth-scrolling-mod-mahdi-rom-t2840934

Really silly question about versions

Hi I've seen people mention cyanogen mod 11s how do I know if I am on 11s or not? Just got this phone lol
Also I'm coming from a moto x 2014 and I'm finding this phone a bit more sluggish, don't know if that's just me though
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Go to Settings/About Phone and tell me what it says in the Build Number section.
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I'm on KTU84Q
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Sorry, I meant Cyanogenmod Version.
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timmaaa said:
Sorry, I meant Cyanogenmod Version.
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11.0-XNPH05Q
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undeadadd said:
11.0-XNPH05Q
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Yes, you are on CM11S, 05Q is the latest build.
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OK thanks. Just kind of finding this phone a little sluggish at the moment lol.
I think from seeing all the great pictures taken with the camera on this phone and the fact it has option for RAW I expected amazing picture quality but at the moment my raw images look a little grainy especially if I zoom in a touch. Don't know if its just me though?
Don't get me wrong though, the camera on this phone is much better than the moto x 2014 camera
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undeadadd said:
OK thanks. Just kind of finding this phone a little sluggish at the moment lol.
I think from seeing all the great pictures taken with the camera on this phone and the fact it has option for RAW I expected amazing picture quality but at the moment my raw images look a little grainy especially if I zoom in a touch. Don't know if its just me though?
Don't get me wrong though, the camera on this phone is much better than the moto x 2014 camera
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Mine isn't sluggish, I'm not running CM11S at the moment but I don't remember it being sluggish when I was. One flaw of this camera is if you don't have great lighting you're going to get pretty grainy photos.
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timmaaa said:
Mine isn't sluggish, I'm not running CM11S at the moment but I don't remember it being sluggish when I was. One flaw of this camera is if you don't have great lighting you're going to get pretty grainy photos.
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Ah ok, well I'm coming from a moto x 2014 so this camera is a huge improvement over that poor excuse for a camera. I think I just expected pretty amazing things from RAW. Also I've seen people post night time shots on here and it looks awesome. After using the camera though, I don't see how they managed it lol
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Ah ok, well I'm coming from a moto x 2014 so this camera is a huge improvement over that poor excuse for a camera. I think I just expected pretty amazing things from RAW. Also I've seen people post night time shots on here and it looks awesome. After using the camera though, I don't see how they managed it lol
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First thing you need is a tripod, then an understanding of how to use slow shutter mode.
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First thing you need is a tripod, then an understanding of how to use slow shutter mode.
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Ah ok thanks, that's way to much effort when trying to get pictures of myvson when he doesn't stay still lmao
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undeadadd said:
Ah ok thanks, that's way to much effort when trying to get pictures of myvson when he doesn't stay still lmao
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Nope, the last thing you want when using slow shutter is movement.
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[Help] [cm12.1] Nfc Smart lock

Hi,
I'm on CM12.1 Nightlies, and I'm looking into the Smart lock features. I've added an NFC tag to the trusted devices, but I don't really understand how it works now...
I expected to be able to scan my tag when screen is locked, to easily unlock it, but when I do nothing happens, like if NFC weren't even enabled when screen locked (if that's the case it's stupid to even let me select a NFC trusted device, right?)
Anyone know how NFC trusted devices is intended to work in CM12.1?
Anything more I should look at?
Btw. I'm using AK kernel 300, not sure it can have anything to do here...
Any help or pointer is much appreciated. TIA.
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Nobody?
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That's balls brah
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That's balls brah
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Any more info about how that works? After digging a bit more into it in Google I found that the phone must already be unlocked, and must stay on top of the NFC tag, which is not at all what I expected and... Well, in my case worthless.
I'd value a lot more Trusted Wifi, which for whatever dumb reason Google hasn't thought useful to develop apparently (nor anybody contributing to CM unfortunately ?).
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