Which firmware should I use for the Honor 6, Kitkat 4.4.4 or Lollipop 5.1? Considering stability/performance/battery life? Any recommendations for ROMs would be great too thanks!
I used to think that KitKat was more energy efficient compared to Lollipop, but that seems to not be the case. What I actually experienced was physical degradation of the battery which led me to believe that KitKat lasted longer. My battery capacity is currently somewhere around 2470 mAh, which is about 20% lower than what it once (supposedly) was.
I'd say, stick to Lollipop. After all, it's the newer version. There's a couple of UI bugs in system apps (ie. the apps which use Emui's styling) introduced with Emui 3.0 (so in some KitKat ROMs as well), mostly rather pedantic stuff that most people probably wouldn't care about.
Lollipop (and soon Marshmallow) is the way to go.
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which one is better the offcial firmware of lollipop or cyanogen mod 12 for s4 ?
For me definitely CM12. Why? You have clean Material Design and clean soft. ROM is faster etc. But if you like sammy Camera and sammy sensor functions you should stay on official rom
Obviously Stock. It contains every feature
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which one is better the offcial firmware of lollipop or cyanogen mod 12 for s4 ?
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Whichever suits you best
(IT IS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CM AND STOCK ON I9500 I DONT KNOW IT IS TRUE ON I9505 OR NOT)
CM is a lot faster and smoother with a lot of customization that is very functional for everyday use and stock doesnt have it at all
I prefer CM for everyday use on my phone (I regret why I didnt buy a google play edition or nexus series)
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something stopped me to migrate to CM
all version of CM on I9500 having heating issue because of charging current is high (usually 1900 mA) all the time but in stock when screen is on it is 1200mA and off its 1900mA
and it cause heating problem in CM ROM and ruin the battery life for just 8 months
in my experience when flash any of CM 12 (europhia resurrection pac man omni or any other) and use device while charging it the device temperature going up as fast as possible until u need to go hospital for your injured hand and then go to Samsung shopping center to buy a new battery
Hello. So I am currently running an OPO on 5.1.1 with AK kernel and I get a solid 5:30 SoT with lots of restrictions (CPU frequency). My device is rooted with TWRP installed. I ask, is it worth reverting back to CM11 on 4.4.4? I'm looking for features and battery life mainly. I might change themes and kernels. But only on CyanogenMod ROM. If CM11s is the way to go, may a good kernel be recommended to go with it? Thanks for the help.
Well at this point 11S is pretty outdated, with CM13 already being out. CMOS12 is pretty good but getting a different CM12 or CM13 based ROM is best way to go in my eyes. I have tried going back to KK just to see what it is like and I couldn't use it because I had gotten used to how Lollipop and Marshmallow are. Also I don't think the increase in battery life is worth the loss of features with CM11S.
You should stay on cm12.1 and play with your kernel setting little bit!
I'd say give MahdiROM 2.9 a shot. It's CM11 and gives me great battery life, as well as being packed full of features. Even ran tests with play services forcing my phone to stay awake 100% of the time and can still push 5-7 hours SoT depending on usage. 7+ with that fixed up. ZaneZam's boeffla kernel builds for it work extremely well and I can honestly say I prefer it for CM11 even though I'm an avid AK user.
What about Boeffla Kernel? Is it better than AK?
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What about Boeffla Kernel? Is it better than AK?
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There is no better or best kernel. There is just a kernel that fits your preferences.
I can only say that at least with my personal usage, the battery life did not change a bit going from kitkat, over lollipop, to marshmallow.
6h SOT is the bare minimum I get on regular usage no matter what. I've seen 8h SOT on K, L and M.
Always CM11/12/12.1/13 with stock kernel and stock settings, no undervolting, underclocking, Greenify or other bull**** apps. Also I don't use apps which are known for drain like facebook.
Seeing threads like this, I often think that users drain the most battery by constantly looking for tweaks and updates to reduce battery consumption.
Alibi screenshots from an early unofficial cm13 build:
There is almost no drain over night, same on data only.
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I can only say that at least with my personal usage, the battery life did not change a bit going from kitkat, over lollipop, to marshmallow.
6h SOT is the bare minimum I get on regular usage no matter what. I've seen 8h SOT on K, L and M.
Always CM11/12/12.1/13 with stock kernel and stock settings, no undervolting, underclocking, Greenify or other bull**** apps. Also I don't use apps which are known for drain like facebook.
Seeing threads like this, I often think that users drain the most battery by constantly looking for tweaks and updates to reduce battery consumption.
Alibi screenshots from an early unofficial cm13 build:
There is almost no drain over night, same on data only.
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Maybe your device got powerful battery and your app list isn't huge, otherwise most people struggle to get 6 hr sot on L & M. ?
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Maybe your device got powerful battery and your app list isn't huge, otherwise most people struggle to get 6 hr sot on L & M. ��
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Apps I use daily:
Pocket Casts
Naked Browser + Chrome (Internet)
Google+
Relay for Reddit
Press RSS Reader
Mi Manga Nu
WhatsApp
MX Player
YouTube
Phonograph (Music Player)
Oppo Camera
QuickPic
Titanium Backup Pro shows me 121 installed user apps.
No crap though
Google Sync is active all the time.
Hi!
Currently with Moto E 2015 model. Really happy with it with custom rom (really good battery life: 2-3 days with my normal use and phone is rock stable).
I thinking of getting Moto G 3rd mainly because the camera (I need good quality photos in my work and don't want to spend 300-500 euros for phone).
Are there really good quality roms for this phone? I tried to look but everyone seemed to have some issues. Mainly I need to have it stable, good battery life and camera should be working fast. I don't like official roms, I want to root the phone, have tasker with automation etc.
Really appreciate any help and replies!
I suggest holding off for now as the camera quality is worse than stock in all custom roms (the MM ones, at least) right now.
Battery life can be made better than stock by tweaking the kernel.
All major roms are stable though. The CM based roms have only one noticeable bug (it shows 'Invalid Number' when the call is disconnected from the other side)
For me the most stable ROM with the best battery life is AOSP-CAF, but it doesn't have nearly as much customization as other ROMs.
I don't think there is a "best" Marshmallow custom ROM yet, and I don't think there will be until CM13 for osprey is in the official nightly stages.
I am using Stock Moto G Marshmellow and it only spend 15% battery while I am constantly using it on face book and youtube.
I have installed most of the Roms and now I had to switch back to stock ROM due to an issue which I assumed was due t6o custom ROMs . Now I have realised the issue is with proximity sensor not trhe ROMs so I want to switch back to a custom ROM but battery is my main concern. Durring last few months any Nougat base ROM I used Battery usage per hpour is between 20%-25% and this is with cpu on balanced for battery friendly. so my question is
Is there any Nougat base ROM for Moto G 2015 which spend only 15% battery per hour where comnstantly used on facebook/youtube?
Use Slim rom 7 with a custom kernel like Optimus or Squid
Before recommending SLIM, you might want to see what they have been up to lately... https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NicholasChumCDT/posts/fhMc9SzMACy
Moto may not do some things right, but they know how to optimize a rom and kernel... What you are experiencing is normal and the stock ROM/kernel combination will provide the best battery life of any custom ROM with packaged kernel you will find.
With a good quality ROM, a custom kernel, and lots of tweaking you might be able to approach stock battery life, or if you are willing to take some noticeable performance hits you might be able to slightly improve on stock battery life.
So to answer your question, no there are not.
After my Moto E2 went dead a few months back, I have been looking for a replacement device and had been using a refurbished Redmi 1 which I sold and got a restored Moto G (1st gen). It was one of the device I've wanted to own since 2014 but never could due to availability. Anyways, I was able to grab a fully restored Moto G. It's refurbished to be like new and does not even have a single sign of usage and wear. Now, coming to my questions.
1. My device came with Android 5.1.1 with January 2016 security patch. The device seems to be getting slow with app updates and newer apps. Should I downgrade to KitKat instead (https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224385836), I do know how to do it without bricking. Is the device faster on KitKat as compared to Lollipop?
2. Kitkat v/s Lollipop, which has better battery life?
you might see bit of an improvement both in performance and battery life with kitkat. however dont expect miracles, newer apps are increasing hogging system resources irrespective of android version, and with so less memory on motoG they really slow the phone. my suggestion is to only have lightweight apps installed.