twopumpchump: yes, ive researched and read what you said yesterday. sorry for the n00bishness
Hello flash-heads! I am wondering if anyone else has observed these symptoms SPECIFICALLY ON THE ATT INSPIRE.
Current radio: M2 flash
ROM: Doesnt matter in this instance (not including CM7+)
Kernel: STOCK
Here is what is happening: Ive noticed on many other flavors of kernels, specifically OC and highly optimized kernels that the mic on the phone seems to have WAY too much gain and i can hear minute sounds being reproduced into my ear when the set is placed against my ear. It doesnt interfere with functionality but it does sound kinda wierd compared to "like stock" behavior.This is NOT present in the stock kernel regardless of which ROM is on there (for sake of argument i am using core 3.4 now). YES, i applied all flavors of the 4G audio fix with no result (the ear piece sound is flawless with or without this patch at this point in most ROMs). I read other forums about odd mic gain issues and wondering if something like that applies here.
--full wipes incl. system and boot were done before each test to help pinpoint cause
Anyone else notice this?
Keep up the awesome work here Devs!
first of all, it would help if you specified which OC kernels you are having this issue with. some kernels come with "audio boost", some don't....i have only examined the Leedroid and BuzzSense kernels personally. just replacing the zimage(kernel) shouldnt affect the sound i dont think, but the Leedroid OC kernel also includes a modified .csv file which does affect the sound. when you say you are using a "stock" kernel, do you mean the kernel from the AT&T stock rom? or the kernel that came with the custom rom you have flashed? try flashing a rooted stock rom(not dhd based), then flash over the top of it BuzzSense 1.6 OC kernel and let me know the results. i think you will find that the sound isnt affected...at least i cant tell it if it is.
moving this to general as its not development.
Allow me to define the terms in your reply:
Stock kernel I am referring to is the AT&T one that shipped with the phone.
My current rom is Core 3.4 Skinned
The kernels I have tried are indeed Lee and Buzz (latest versions as of this post were tried) both resulted in this odd behavior. I agree with the audio boost being a possible cause.
Radio is the WWE M2.
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Many people also report that they hear an echo of themselves when they speak with me. On my end I do not hear any distortion at all and overall sound quality is great. Only the person speaking to me hears their voice (significantly quieter) repeated to them with about a 1 second delay. I am going to try the M3 and the M(att) radios.
Thank you.
The echo thing was common on ATT about a year ago, but It's usually a problem with the person hearing the echo, not you on the other end especially if you don't hear it.
Not sure about the other issues. That sucks.
hi, i used to have a G2 running CM7, recently got a MT4GS (Doubleshot) and was using CM9 on it, but didn't like the camera app, i loved the stock sense camera app on the MT4GS, just don't want the bloatware. so after some googling, i have found VIRTUOUS INFINITY to fit my needs with a stockish feel, but sleeker/quicker.
only thing i've come across that keep this rom from being a homerun, is the speakerphone volume is really really low... is there a fix for this yet? i am running the latest beta with OTA updater.
also, when using instagram, the "blur" effect, causes artificats in the blurred area.
once again, only real gripe i have is the ridiculously low sound i get from speakerphone when on the phone... like literally, the headset speaker is louder then the speakerphone at full volume.
love the rom otherwise, camera works great, and i don't need 1080p recording, perfectly happy with 720p.
Hi! Are you talking about the incall volume? If yes I have made a patch for this already which fixes a couple of bugs. And one of them is the in call volume.
Here's a mirror made by the great WeekendsR2Short who just got his mirror thread stickied now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835645
Download:
https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/CO4W-wGHEeKVQBICOBql1A/Unofficial Patch.zip
Just flash it above the current virtuous infinity ROM you have and clean the dalvik cache.
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Hi! Are you talking about the incall volume? If yes I have made a patch for this already which fixes a couple of bugs. And one of them is the in call volume.
Here's a mirror made by the great WeekendsR2Short who just got his mirror thread stickied now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835645
Download:
https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/CO4W-wGHEeKVQBICOBql1A/Unofficial Patch.zip
Just flash it above the current virtuous infinity ROM you have and clean the dalvik cache.
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hi, i appreciate the quick reply. i am referring to the actual speakerphone volume. i was on CM9 for a few hours, and know the speakerphone was loud enough to hear over the radio while driving. after i i went to V.I., the speaker phone volume sucks, but i am loving the rom... small compromise, but was hoping there was a fix, as in my little google efforts showed others have experienced the same thing.
i havn't tried the patch you linked me, i have used the Sound Enhancer Patch.zip from the same stickied thread though. hoping that would be the solution i was looking for, it seemed to increase the speakerphone volume slightly, but nowhere as loud as it was with CM9 or stock rom.
thinking of trying bulletproof right now, i see lots of praise on that rom too.
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hi, i appreciate the quick reply. i am referring to the actual speakerphone volume. i was on CM9 for a few hours, and know the speakerphone was loud enough to hear over the radio while driving. after i i went to V.I., the speaker phone volume sucks, but i am loving the rom... small compromise, but was hoping there was a fix, as in my little google efforts showed others have experienced the same thing.
i havn't tried the patch you linked me, i have used the Sound Enhancer Patch.zip from the same stickied thread though. hoping that would be the solution i was looking for, it seemed to increase the speakerphone volume slightly, but nowhere as loud as it was with CM9 or stock rom.
thinking of trying bulletproof right now, i see lots of praise on that rom too.
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just tried the patch you linked me to in your reply. that fixed my problem! thanks a lot! my speakerphone is now as audible as it once was! i didn't try the all in one patch, i just tried the sound enhancer one. my problem is solved now.
i will post back with any updates, hopefully phone stays stable, i noticed after i installed the soundenhancer patch, while making a phone call and putting it on speaker to try it out, i was having the phone turn off on me, or OS crash, not sure. going to revert to backup i made in nandroid, and just apply the patch you linked me too. once again, thanks for the help!
I made both the sound enhancer patch and the all in one patch. The sound enhancer patch is buggy and I made a 2nd version of that. And after sometime I compiled all the fixes I made to VI into that all in one patch.
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I made both the sound enhancer patch and the all in one patch. The sound enhancer patch is buggy and I made a 2nd version of that. And after sometime I compiled all the fixes I made to VI into that all in one patch.
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that explains why the sound enhancer patch didn't work then, i should have just did the AIO from the beginning.
ok, new problem i am trying to figure out, but while i got you on here....
my wifi won't turn on now. lol. was working fine earlier. it is stuck saying "turning on" and the checkbox is grayed out to off. was just gonna do a clean re-install of everything, but if you have an idea of how to fix that...
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that explains why the sound enhancer patch didn't work then, i should have just did the AIO from the beginning.
ok, new problem i am trying to figure out, but while i got you on here....
my wifi won't turn on now. lol. was working fine earlier. it is stuck saying "turning on" and the checkbox is grayed out to off. was just gonna do a clean re-install of everything, but if you have an idea of how to fix that...
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You need to replace the old kernel with the one included in the patch.
Judging by your problem I'm sure your S-On so what you should do is..
extract boot.img from the patch
then fastboot it into your phone.
The new kernel there fixes some other bugs which you might encounter soon so better flash it now rather than later. Else if you insist using the old kernel just replace the bcmdhd.ko in your /system/lib/modules with the one from the original VI flashable zip.
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You need to replace the old kernel with the one included in the patch.
Judging by your problem I'm sure your S-On so what you should do is..
extract boot.img from the patch
then fastboot it into your phone.
The new kernel there fixes some other bugs which you might encounter soon so better flash it now rather than later. Else if you insist using the old kernel just replace the bcmdhd.ko in your /system/lib/modules with the one from the original VI flashable zip.
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oh ok, makes sense. i had thought it was same kernal. and that i could just flash over rom. ill fast boot the patch kernal in then.
ill do that right now.
and yea, i am s-on, ill look into s-off this weekend. being able to flash from one different roms without having to fastboot through pc first would be a fun way to kill time. lol.
once again, thanks for the quick replies and help. you've been a great help. :good:
I prefer being s-on though but it's your choice. And yeah my device is s-on also.
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I prefer being s-on though but it's your choice. And yeah my device is s-on also.
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well, maybe s-off isn't quite needed then, since i'm not quite a developer that will always be flashing new roms on. just trying to have fun with the phone when i can.
anyway, just wanted to report back that phone is running flawlessly now with new kernal and patch, camera is slightly cripser, less lag while multitasking, speakerphone nice and loud, and loving the new battery profiles.
i appreciate the quick help in getting my problem resolved. :good::highfive:
Speaking of camera apps, mattlowry found one for us that works GREAT in this ROM. It adds quite a few more settings that really adds some finetuning abilities for your pictures. If you haven't already, you ought to flash this attachment.....IMHO.
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Speaking of camera apps, mattlowry found one for us that works GREAT in this ROM. It adds quite a few more settings that really adds some finetuning abilities for your pictures. If you haven't already, you ought to flash this attachment.....IMHO.
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was this included in the unoffical_patch.zip?
i had this flashed onto my phone already, but reverted back to original backup, and flashed the unofficial_patch onto my phone, assuming it had the upgraded camera app too.
if i am mistaken, then ill go ahead and flash that camera app back on.
thanks for the info. :highfive:
edit- just re-read the section in your sticky. will flash the camera app back on. realized it wasn't included in the AIO patch.
:good: It adds enough that I certainly was glad Matt found it.
so i've been using the phone for about a week with no issues.
rather then starting a new thread, i thought i'd post some questions up in here. since i can't post in the developer thread for the rom.
just to confirm, panoramic picture doesn't work? and slow motion video doesn't work? just tried messing with those settings today, but app would just close. just wanted to make sure it wasn't working to begin with and not a faulty install on my part.
i was looking to buy a new battery, but noticed the phone has a 1800mhz battery from an evo 3d. my girlfriend said she bought it, because the original battery was really bad. is there a better battery upgrade for me than the 1800mhz? i notice battery life is great when not using the phone, but as soon as i start browsing the net, or listening to music, it sees the battery drains almost a percent every few minutes. is there an app or way to test health of a battery?
also, for the launcher/app drawer, is there a way to make the apps scroll vertically versus horizontally?
and while i'm asking questions, anyone have a recommendation for a mobile video editing app? something easy to trim clips, and add transitions, and maintain HD quality.
other then these few questions. i'm loving the phone and rom. been real stable besides the aforementioned things. it still has artifact glitching when using the blur tool in instagram, but that i can live with.
thanks in advance for any insight/help. :highfive::good:
mky4b11 said:
so i've been using the phone for about a week with no issues.
rather then starting a new thread, i thought i'd post some questions up in here. since i can't post in the developer thread for the rom.
just to confirm, panoramic picture doesn't work? and slow motion video doesn't work? just tried messing with those settings today, but app would just close. just wanted to make sure it wasn't working to begin with and not a faulty install on my part.
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Panoramic picture is a framework issue so downloading a 3rd party camera which doesn't depend on htc framework should work. And regarding slow motion video it's a kernel issue. Virtuous team never really focused on fixing the kernel to fix up it's compatibility(this includes 1080p recording) so we maybe having a decent sense 4 ROM but we got a crippled kernel.
i was looking to buy a new battery, but noticed the phone has a 1800mhz battery from an evo 3d. my girlfriend said she bought it, because the original battery was really bad. is there a better battery upgrade for me than the 1800mhz? i notice battery life is great when not using the phone, but as soon as i start browsing the net, or listening to music, it sees the battery drains almost a percent every few minutes. is there an app or way to test health of a battery?
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Try mugen batteries or as they say anker.
also, for the launcher/app drawer, is there a way to make the apps scroll vertically versus horizontally?
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It's a sense 4 thing. Better of using a different launcher instead or fully modify the layout of the rosie.apk. But I can't do it.
and while i'm asking questions, anyone have a recommendation for a mobile video editing app? something easy to trim clips, and add transitions, and maintain HD quality.
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I use andromedia video editor.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.techcatmobile.andromedia
other then these few questions. i'm loving the phone and rom. been real stable besides the aforementioned things. it still has artifact glitching when using the blur tool in instagram, but that i can live with.
thanks in advance for any insight/help. :highfive::good:[/QUOTE]
I'd love an update to this ROM!
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
thanks for the reply! i will download that app for video editing, and find one for panoramic pictures.
i just downloaded cpu tuner, and set my clock sped to roughly 1.5ghz, phone is nice and snappy, real responsive, feels like a brand new phone. is this a safe stable range to clock at (1.5ghz)? or should i run lower, it was only at 1ghz, and i was reading that some roms actually set the kernal clock speed at 1.7ish... ill probably turn it down to 1.3ish, hopefully for better battery life and overall longevity of phone.
and whats a good minimum clock speed? was unsure what it meant, but i think its basically the resting clock speed when phone isn't in use?
mky4b11 said:
thanks for the reply! i will download that app for video editing, and find one for panoramic pictures.
i just downloaded cpu tuner, and set my clock sped to roughly 1.5ghz, phone is nice and snappy, real responsive, feels like a brand new phone. is this a safe stable range to clock at (1.5ghz)? or should i run lower, it was only at 1ghz, and i was reading that some roms actually set the kernal clock speed at 1.7ish... ill probably turn it down to 1.3ish, hopefully for better battery life and overall longevity of phone.
and whats a good minimum clock speed? was unsure what it meant, but i think its basically the resting clock speed when phone isn't in use?
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i clock mine at 1.7 on every rom!! min would be 192 but i have heard setting to 384 reduces battery drain
mattlowry said:
i clock mine at 1.7 on every rom!! min would be 192 but i have heard setting to 384 reduces battery drain
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thanks for the quick reply! i just wanted to make sure 1.7 was safe to run daily... or whenever i wanted extra perkyness.
can't wait to get my new anker batteries in the mail, so i can start adding a lot of games and movies and seeing what kind of battery life and phone usage i can get out of tweaked cpu profiles.
once again, thanks for the help everyone.:highfive:
mky4b11 said:
thanks for the reply! i will download that app for video editing, and find one for panoramic pictures.
i just downloaded cpu tuner, and set my clock sped to roughly 1.5ghz, phone is nice and snappy, real responsive, feels like a brand new phone. is this a safe stable range to clock at (1.5ghz)? or should i run lower, it was only at 1ghz, and i was reading that some roms actually set the kernal clock speed at 1.7ish... ill probably turn it down to 1.3ish, hopefully for better battery life and overall longevity of phone.
and whats a good minimum clock speed? was unsure what it meant, but i think its basically the resting clock speed when phone isn't in use?
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My phone will get a bit freaky at 1.7gHz if I run it too long. My basic range is 192mHz to 1.5gHz all day everyday. I have yet to need 1.7gHz when 1.5gHz works for everything I need it to.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
My major concern is that very often the person on the other end of the line will say "You sound like you're in a tunnel".
Is there a way to boost the mic sensitivity?
(Searched, but found nothing about the "in-call volume")
What ROM are you using?
And this should be moved to Q&A. Any mods can help?
low mic level
KaiJun said:
What ROM are you using?
And this should be moved to Q&A. Any mods can help?
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Hi All,
I have the same low mic level problem, the other party can hardly listen me.
I have tried different Radios but the result is same.
Currently I am using CM10.1 by albino, previously have used Viper and Elegancia and the problem is same on all of these roms.
Any help/ suggestion ?
Thanks,
AliDSD
Hi,
this thread is old but I have a similar problem with the mic volume too low. Has anyone found a solution to boost the mic volume? I'm using cyanogenmod 11 (android 4.4.4) by sultanxda.
Hi all,
Ever since I ugraded to 4.2.1, the volume+ app has had no effect on the frustratingly low volume of the tablet (music effects is set to volume+ in settings). I've been using earphones mostly as I can never make out anything coming out of the speakers when there is minimal noise around. I have a rooted tablet with stock firmware. Is there anything that can be done to significantly increase the volume?
Thanks.
00shakey00 said:
Hi all,
Ever since I ugraded to 4.2.1, the volume+ app has had no effect on the frustratingly low volume of the tablet (music effects is set to volume+ in settings). I've been using earphones mostly as I can never make out anything coming out of the speakers when there is minimal noise around. I have a rooted tablet with stock firmware. Is there anything that can be done to significantly increase the volume?
Thanks.
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Have you looked into installing Sony xLoud & ClearAudio+ using PimpMyRom? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269)
I'm running 4.1.1 and this mod made my tablet much louder. I believe this mod also works for 4.2.1.
lucius.zen has a post that goes into using PimpMyRom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232715)
00shakey00 said:
Hi all,
Ever since I ugraded to 4.2.1, the volume+ app has had no effect on the frustratingly low volume of the tablet (music effects is set to volume+ in settings). I've been using earphones mostly as I can never make out anything coming out of the speakers when there is minimal noise around. I have a rooted tablet with stock firmware. Is there anything that can be done to significantly increase the volume?
Thanks.
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Did you try enabling the root features in volume+?
elfaure said:
Did you try enabling the root features in volume+?
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Yeah, I tried "Patch audio_effects" and it's still the same.
Drenus said:
Have you looked into installing Sony xLoud & ClearAudio+ using PimpMyRom? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269)
I'm running 4.1.1 and this mod made my tablet much louder. I believe this mod also works for 4.2.1.
lucius.zen has a post that goes into using PimpMyRom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232715)
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Also it seems that I need to be unlocked to run Sony xLoud & ClearAudio+ on PimpMyRom.
00shakey00 said:
Also it seems that I need to be unlocked to run Sony xLoud & ClearAudio+ on PimpMyRom.
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That's too bad. The first post in PimpMyRom thread stated that all you needed was a rooted device so I thought it might work for you. Are you open to unlocking the device? In my experience, the benefits of unlocking and installing custom ROM/mods (including increased volume) have been totally worth the loss of warranty.
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In my experience, the benefits of unlocking and installing custom ROM/mods (including increased volume) have been totally worth the loss of warranty.
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Almost everyone says that - except those whose tablets broke.
_that said:
Almost everyone says that - except those whose tablets broke.
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Very true!
But I think my tablet would have been left unused for most parts if not for the increased performance gained from unlocking it. Wonder what the failure rate has been so far.
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Very true!
But I think my tablet would have been left unused for most parts if not for the increased performance gained from unlocking it. Wonder what the failure rate has been so far.
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I'm just sticking with 4.1 locked for now, under warranty, and Volume+ even works without root enhancement just great. I've got to turn it down so I don't blow out the speakers! I'm not seeing any reason to "upgrade" personally and I predict I will use my warranty before the year is over. CROMIX can wait. I've got this thing pretty dialed in and I'm satisfied with its performance and reliability rooted and locked on stock ROM. Can't wait to see what it really can do thought on custom ROM but not so bad that I want to pay Asus for repairs in exchange. To each their own.
00shakey00 said:
Hi all,
Ever since I ugraded to 4.2.1, the volume+ app has had no effect on the frustratingly low volume of the tablet (music effects is set to volume+ in settings). I've been using earphones mostly as I can never make out anything coming out of the speakers when there is minimal noise around. I have a rooted tablet with stock firmware. Is there anything that can be done to significantly increase the volume?
Thanks.
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Hey, in case you're still looking for a way to increase volume, I just found a fantastic app that can drastically increase volume on 4.2.1. It's called Music Volume EQ. I set the volume on it to 6/15 and the tablet sounds really loud. When I was playing with it the volume got so loud I was afraid of blowing the speakers. The equalizer on it works quite well, too.
You can autostart the app on boot and it'll remember your settings so once it's configured to your liking, you can just forget about it and enjoy the loud volume.
Is it worth loosing my warranty?
Why I'm asking this:
I miss battery life
I miss S8 UI
I miss speed(without paying stability)
I miss camera performance(if was better, and I know that any of this ROMs can't offer old camera drivers)
I miss sound enhancements
I want to try daydream:fingers-crossed:a
What's the best rom?
Requirements:
No MODS(like deleting stock apps, changing launcher etc. Only magisk)
S8 new look
Speed
Battery life
Stability(if possible, better than stock)
Ota(security patches, stock ota app)
P.S. Most stock feel as possible
P.S. 2. Stock battery life after nougat is disgusting.
P.S. 3 I heard that there is a sound mod, that makes phone louder and adds stereo sound with help of phone speaker. Nougat version?
michel333alfa said:
Why I'm asking this:
I miss battery life
I miss S8 UI
I miss speed(without paying stability)
I miss camera performance(if was better, and I know that any of this ROMs can't offer old camera drivers)
I miss sound enhancements
I want to try daydream:fingers-crossed:a
What's the best rom?
Requirements:
No MODS(like deleting stock apps, changing launcher etc. Only magisk)
S8 new look
Speed
Battery life
Stability(if possible, better than stock)
Ota(security patches, stock ota app)
P.S. Most stock feel as possible
P.S. 2. Stock battery life after nougat is disgusting.
P.S. 3 I heard that there is a sound mod, that makes phone louder and adds stereo sound with help of phone speaker. Nougat version?
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Should you ? I think you pretty much answered your own question, you miss every bit of the stock rom.
I don't why you are talking about s8 stuff because this forum is for the s7.
If you are on galaxy s7, and want stock that bad I recommend Superstock ROM with Superstock kernel, it's pretty much stock with just few tweaks or none, I am using it and I score 8h sot pretty much everyday (no gaming)
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Should you ? I think you pretty much answered your own question, you miss every bit of the stock rom.
I don't why you are talking about s8 stuff because this forum is for the s7.
If you are on galaxy s7, and want stock that bad I recommend Superstock ROM with Superstock kernel, it's pretty much stock with just few tweaks or none, I am using it and I score 8h sot pretty much everyday (no gaming)
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I mean i want S8 apps for a fresher experience and new look.
michel333alfa said:
I mean i want S8 apps for a fresher experience and new look.
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There's batman rom if you want to try it, it's an s8 port.
More answers?
michel333alfa said:
More answers?
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Wow....good luck ?