I'm on 5.1.1 and looking to update to 6.0. I've yet to find a comparison of the benefits or drawbacks of using either Chainfire's patched kernel vs. the ElementalX kernel for updating and retaining root privileges.
I'm self-employed and use my phone heavily for business, so I can't afford any flakiness.
Can anyone point me to something that can help me decide which of the two kernels to use? Or, is it simply a tossup?
Thanks.
That depends sir, are you game interested? business-oriented(applications)?
or just the type of guy who looks at fb a lot?
Games occasionally (e.g., at the airport or waiting room), but not really often. Frequent viewing of Office docs on that pitifully small screen, occasional VNC, mostly just web browsing and typical phone stuff. I need stability more than I need game optimization, if that's what you're asking.
I am using ElementalX 6.0.4 (latest) along with chainfire's Beta 2.5.2 root. Haven't encountered any issues for the past few weeks since I have Marshmallow installed (clean fresh Factory Image install not OTA)
So far very happy with it
My two cents
Well I would highly recommend racer kernel if you would ask me though its not in the question since racer kernel with root has a lot of battery optimization plus has the buttery smooth feeling and stability that your aiming for
But for those two(elementalx or chainfire's custom kernel) I would recommend elementalx since customized stock kernels have stability issues plus elementalx is updated every now and then, getting better and better
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I'm running Prime 1.7 on my B60K, loving it (I just got my TF last week, so I'm honeymooning for sure). I'm still running the stock kernel, or whatever was rolled in with Prime, but now I'm wondering if there are any advantages to either Netformer (I've used netarchy's kernels on my Evo before and they seem great) or Clemsyn-Blades' kernel.
I'm NOT really married to the idea of overclocking, I'd really rather have stability and smoothness without losing a lot of battery life, but I wouldn't mind bumping up a bit if the benefits outweigh the burdens. Already running V6SC, haven't noticed a ton of improvement but I'm also still new to the game and didn't spend much time "feeling" the stock setup.
Any recommendations?
Last night I finally mustered the courage to unlock my bootloader, root and flash Franco (which sounds dirty...), mostly for the improved battery life. I installed Greenify and Titanium, and I'm intrigued by Xposed, so I'll probably give that a go...but now what? What are the essential things I should do with my rooted Nexus 5?
My only "parameters" are that I want to stick with stock ROM (unless someone can make a compelling argument otherwise) and that I want to optimize battery life without compromising performance.
Your insights are much appreciated!
Backup and read. We can't advise any more than that.
Other than tibu, the only thing I use root for is an ad blocker, adaway is good.
I started my Nexus 5 with Cataclysm ROM, very close to stock with added features. No updates nightly like others, stays pretty much with Google stock yet the customization is what I needed. I'd check it out to see if it fits your needs. I also flashed the bionic optimization mods since I run ART but dalvik/bionic mods exist since Xposed currently isn't supported on ART (testing to see if any benefits as of now). Franco is good choice for kernel, waiting to see once r33 is released since very good chance of code change and WAY better battery as stated by the beta testers (minus current beta tester reboots and the memory issue). Mostly, since sticking near stock, the combinations of all these are all I personally needed. Make sure of nandroid before flashing since something may happen but I have not run into any issues yet.
+1 what he said ^^
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install some system applications - for battery stats, CPU app(if you didn't buy franco's app), wakelock detector. If you are searching to get best battery life without losing performance, you will need to try different kernels (no need to remove and re flash ROM, just flash kernel zip files throught recovery). Essentially, you can try multi ROM feature (there is a thread about it), and try different ROM/kernel combinations, without losing/restoring your data, to find what is best for you. hope this helps
I've had my phone for a while now, over a year. I've been extremely happy with it, so much so that I'll probably order another one.
My only complaint about the phone is I have found the performance to be getting worse.
I'm running the Carbon ROM, Android 4.42
CARBON-KK-NIGHTLY-20140529-1232, build date May 29, 2014.
The guy who does the simcard mod installed this and told me it was more stable than the Cryogen mods that everyone here seems to be using. What do you guys think?
Should I stay with this ROM, or should I switch to the Cryo? I read on another thread that someone downgraded to 10.2.1 and his phone's performance was a lot better.
Is there any other tweaks that can be done within the Android OS to improve performance? I'm a believer in enable only what you need.. I need, GPS, Data, Phone, Texting, Wifi. Not much else.. don't use too many apps.
Thoughts & comments appreciated.. Thanks
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There's an unofficial carbon build that's added some performance stuff to it - it allows you to use a faster file system (f2fs) and I think he's got zram support in there too. Plus it's a newer version of kitkat and all that. If I were in your position, I'd try that first cuz it's probably a smooth update. But who knows, 10.2 could be faster, I started with 11. There's also a modified kernel that allows you to overclock from the standard 1.5GHz all the way up to 1.89GHz, as well as underclock I think to save battery, although never looked closely into that myself or exactly which roms it'll work with but I think any official CM11, but you couldn't use it with f2fs as that has to be in kernel.
Hi!
I'm new to the s6. I'm curious if there is a significant difference between heavily debloated stock (did it by hand, using the debloater tool from XDA) & stock based roms like TYRANNUS or Pure-Stock ExtraLite. Are they really worth it for battery & performance?
All this is quite confusing for me, I'm used to the simplicity of AOSP/CM & how you can set up everything with a kernel manager & if you mess up just use TWRP to fix it all, here it seems way more convoluted & I'd rather not start, if the gains aren't big.
(Currently with my debloated/rooted stock rom I'm getting 3.5 hours of SOT with web browsing & 6 hours while watching movies on it. The performance is fine)
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Hi!
I'm new to the s6. I'm curious if there is a significant difference between heavily debloated stock (did it by hand, using the debloater tool from XDA) & stock based roms like TYRANNUS or Pure-Stock ExtraLite. Are they really worth it for battery & performance?
All this is quite confusing for me, I'm used to the simplicity of AOSP/CM & how you can set up everything with a kernel manager & if you mess up just use TWRP to fix it all, here it seems way more convoluted & I'd rather not start, if the gains aren't big.
(Currently with my debloated/rooted stock rom I'm getting 3.5 hours of SOT with web browsing & 6 hours while watching movies on it. The performance is fine)
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As long as it's a samsung + s6 battery is so small, I don't think there will be a visible difference. Lucky enough to get 3hrs+.
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3 hours what are you doing i go to work and browse all day and am at 50% power left. Im using auto brightness, lte and supernova kernel and ktoonz gov plus da on renegade rom latest pg1 froze few apps maybe 40 though Titanium backup pro and its debloated alot already i also use amplify pro.
Hi, currently im using blu spark kernel but I'm wondering which kernel is the best if all what I care is smothness of os, scrolling etc. And second question: if I have now blu spark kernel and want to change it for a elementalx for example all I must to do is just flash new kernel in recovery or go back to stock and flash then? And third.. what options i can change in kernel audiotor to get best smothness? I'm just crazy about smothness, all my monitors have 144hz and every single, even little drop of fps make my nervous.. Thanks for answers :angel:
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Hi, currently im using blu spark kernel but I'm wondering which kernel is the best if all what I care is smothness of os, scrolling etc. And second question: if I have now blu spark kernel and want to change it for a elementalx for example all I must to do is just flash new kernel in recovery or go back to stock and flash then? And third.. what options i can change in kernel audiotor to get best smothness? I'm just crazy about smothness, all my monitors have 144hz and every single, even little drop of fps make my nervous.. Thanks for answers :angel:
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This is going to be tough. If smoothness is your goal then EX, Flash, Radioactive, Smurf will be potential candidates. I've heard recently a lot of people falling in love with the flash kernel but development has been halted until further notice. I personally use EX. Half these kernels achieve similar functionality so it's largely preference and what mates with your device well.
All the kernels are very good and the OP6 is naturally so fast that it's hard to tell which one is better.
Indeed, a lot of people say flash kernel is the fastest and the one with the best performance. I can tell it's blazing fast. But is it faster than others? I couldn't tell for sure.
From my personal experience, I can tell Flash is great (but not maintained anymore, so don't expect it to keep working after a few OOS updates), otherwise I really love blu spark and FK. However, these two have bugs with camera since OOS 9.0.2 so I'd recommend to wait for a move from OP or them before recommending them.
Fourth great recommendation, EX: it's really good and rock-stable.
I use EX Kernel and it's insanely stable and 100% smooth. Never had a hiccup, stutters or lag with the kernel and achieve 9-11 hours of screen on time per charge. I've used flash kernel in the past but was a time but more performance based and not quite as good with battery then EX is but I read it's no longer in development which I find strange. The flash had been the kernels for OnePlus devices since the 5 that I know of and I think since the 3 actually.
From my experience, Flash and BluSpark kernels are the smoothest. EX and FK are more battery friendly.
Also, both Flash and BluSpark had way better Antutu benchmarks when comparing to EX/FK.