does MI4 fit for my needs & still worth buying? which version meets my requirements?
things i do:
95% of time - switching between many browser's tabs, background music, youtube & few common apps like taptalk, whatsapp etc.
5% of time - GPS & camera (as main camera) during some trip/journey.
things i care:
1. I don't use it so much, but when i do - FAST performance:
- I can't wait 2+ minutes for GPS/camera app to load/reload when i'm stuck alone in the middle of nowhere and have transportation time limitations.
- I can't tolerate slow/closing/crushing with working load of several browser tabs + music/youtube/taptalk/whatsapp in the background.
2. battery & future:
- official roms. I'm tech savvy. built Linux's kernels when i were a kid, managed to survive (until now) with iPhone4 & a lot of hacks.
- battery should last - I would do almost everything to avoid charging when i'm not at home (lectures in college, trips, car etc.)
things i don't care: games, UI features, fingerprint scan, NFC, LTE, turning off UI features & even 3G sometimes, non-english localized UI (just keyboards).
why MI4
1. very high clock speed per core (high clock speed is more important than no. of cores for my usages, i don't game)
2. a lot of official roms, including CM. I don't want to get stuck again without the option to use my phone properly, like installing basic apps. It happened with my iPhone4 & iOS7 being its last iOS version.
which version?
After a lot of reading & digging - I understand there's some ROMs headache with the LTE-CT & LTE-CU (both 2gb ram).
For flashing roms without problems i should prefer the CU? as i said, i need future via flashing roms & battery, not LTE/NFC/etc
At the same price range there's the 4C, but i don't know if it's not worse in the clock-speed&roms section ("why MI4")
A big price jump (maybe too big for 2014's model) would get me NON-LTE 3g model with 3gb ram.
I would appreciate and thank any opinion or insight.
Tbh, any model suits your needs decently.
Mi4 LTE have fewer Roms available compared to 3G Mi4. 3G mi4 can take all mi3's rom (which is plentiful now) without having problems while Mi4 LTE cant. Please go check the Android development box to see if there's a good ROM on your desired version of Mi4. Stock rom works fine and updates regurlarly. If you want to take the most out of the camera , use the stock ROM. If you want to take the most out of the performance and hate Xiaomi theme, use CyannogenMod. Battery on stock rom is inconsistent but it depends on the version, but consistent on Cyannogenmod ( me currently using cyannogenmod, 5+ hour screen on time with no gaming cuz i dont game a lot).
And take the 3GB ram version if possible. It's just better :-?
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Hi, I'm a galaxy nexus user and I was thinking on changing to the Moto G. Specifications look very similar (I get two more CPU cores and FM radio and lose NFC and replaceable battery) but from what I've read the optimization of this phone is awesome so performance is much better compared to other phones with the same hadware (but galaxy nexus is a google phone so the difference may not be that big).
Will it be worth to change or I won't get significant differences? Also if someone actually moved from galaxy nexus to moto G and could tell me the difference it would be awesome!
Thanks in advance.
Hi i just switched from GNex to MotoG
-battery is much better with Moto G had 5:30 Onscreentime instead of max. 4h with same APPs and usage on GNex (with 2000mAh advanced battery, snappy PSX Rom and Mpokang custom kernel).
-i did not use NFC so its no loss for me
-the 5GHz was nice to have on GNex but my GNex was faulty two times and had to be replaced via RMA because the 5GHz radio TX amplifier suddenly dies for no obvious reason .... other users had that too: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22474#c93
-Video streaming was broken for me on GNEx since 4.3 update (and all 4.3 custom roms had same problems) - only 4.2.2 worked fine see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59020
the MotoG works fine although i use 2,4GHz instead 5GHz WLAN now
-no more AMOLED display which is a little loss for me - was getting used to the colors
-the camera on GNex was a little bit better - but MotoG is okay - there are worse cameras on the market...
good thing is - i'll sell my old phone for ~ 100€ so i paid only ~69€ for the new phone....
price / performance is really good with the MotoG
i think there will be a big community with this phone -> CWM is already available also is root.
custom roms are starting....
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just found that hw accerlation (video streaming) has been fixed in the meantime:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559138
well good but too late - i already sold my old phone
Andiii said:
Hi i just switched from GNex to MotoG
-battery is much better with Moto G had 5:30 Onscreentime instead of max. 4h with same APPs and usage on GNex (with 2000mAh advanced battery, snappy PSX Rom and Mpokang custom kernel).
-i did not use NFC so its no loss for me
-the 5GHz was nice to have on GNex but my GNex was faulty two times and had to be replaced via RMA because the 5GHz radio TX amplifier suddenly dies for no obvious reason .... other users had that too: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22474#c93
-Video streaming was broken for me on GNEx since 4.3 update (and all 4.3 custom roms had same problems) - only 4.2.2 worked fine see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59020
the MotoG works fine although i use 2,4GHz instead 5GHz WLAN now
-no more AMOLED display which is a little loss for me - was getting used to the colors
-the camera on GNex was a little bit better - but MotoG is okay - there are worse cameras on the market...
good thing is - i'll sell my old phone for ~ 100€ so i paid only ~69€ for the new phone....
price / performance is really good with the MotoG
i think there will be a big community with this phone -> CWM is already available also is root.
custom roms are starting....
***edit****
just found that hw accerlation (video streaming) has been fixed in the meantime:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559138
well good but too late - i already sold my old phone
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Thanks for the quick reply, it was very helpful. One more question, about the processor, does it feel any difference in the app opening time or using heavy apps like chrome (it works quite laggy in my gnex)?
Thanks
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I'm in a similar position, thinking of moving form GNex to Moto G.
Those who have made the shift from GNex to Moto G, how much of a difference does it feel while opening apps? Do apps open faster from cold start?
Also one of the things I had issues with was retaining apps in RAM. Many times I have tabs open in the browser and when I switch back to the browser couple of hours later, all the tabs are gone because the browser process gets killed. Similar with games like PvZ2. If I switch apps while playing, I can't resume and the game starts again.
binlalo said:
Thanks for the quick reply, it was very helpful. One more question, about the processor, does it feel any difference in the app opening time or using heavy apps like chrome (it works quite laggy in my gnex)?
Thanks
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Chrome feels great on the Moto G - i have no lags at all - also normal usage is snappier in my opinion. Back to Homescreen and power up time after reboot is really fast too. I am pretty happy that i did this upgrade.
preferably to anyone that has had the Cubot one for longer than a month.
does the phone still work as you had hoped? its everything fine with it?
i have read alot of good things about this phone, and am interested in getting it, i currently have the iphone 4.
this will be my first 'clone phone'
just want to know if it still holds up after a while
thanks.
Hi, I've been using the cubot one for about 4 months.
It's a good phone but, to be honest, I don't know if new next phone will be a Chinese one again.
First of all you can appreciate a big difference in performance as compared to a branded phone with similar specs (the branded one performs better), which can may consider acceptable seen the huge difference in the price.
Problem is that the lack of performance has a big impact on the way you'll use the phone (compared to the way you wanted to use it)
Do you use your phone as alarm clock? Well tell your boss you may be late sometimes becuase the cubot one happens to switch off overnight (even with fully charged battery) time by time. It happenwd to me probably 5 times in 4 months!
Do you use to take pictures with your phone? Well, its probably best you get a pocket camera always with you. Resolution of photos with the cubot one is not bad (it's a reasonable 7Mpix)...when you can see them!!! If you use the flash, the result is a completely white photo, due, I guess, to a wrong timing shutter-flash. So no night photos. If you take pictures with plenty of natual light, well 4 out of 5 will be corrupeted in zero time and the result is "no thumbnail available". I've missed a lot of shots in this way.
I still have stock 4.2.1 rom (august 2013) and time by time phone freezes or goes to deep stand by (remove battery necessary), also periodically I find new apps installed without my permission!!!
My room uses embedded GOlauncher, it does not use stock android!
From reviews it seems you can use it to play heavy games, but I can't even play temple run, it becomes a stop motion like game.
I'm currently looking for a better rom, hoping that usage experience will improve.
My partner has the same phone with june 2014 4.2.1 rom, in her case it's stock android, and she has a bit less issues than I do, but she doesn't use the phone as "intensively" as I do either.
I need a bit of help finding a phone that meets a specific set of criteria--and I have been having a very tough time finding one that helps meet all the criteria I"m looking for, so hopefully all of you can help out.
I currently own a Galaxy Note 4 and it has been a nightmare. The phone drains its battery extremely fast (usually a third of a day) and will shut off anywhere from 25-35% (independent of ROM). Bluetooth on this particular ROM is effectively broken (no connectivity ever). Lately, it has been prone to losing GPS signal during navigation.
I have had another Note 4 which suffered from similar issues, and I'm just tired of trying to play with it and fix it. I've exhausted my options and patience and I want to get away from Samsung--but I don't know much about other markets. With that said, here's a list of criteria I'm looking for in a new phone.
5.5-5.7 inch screen (preferably 5.7)
3000+ mAh battery (Does not need to be removable) that hopefully doesn't die at 30%
AOSP ROM or easily modifiable stock ROM allowing for tethering with mobile data (and not using tether bucket).
Functioning bluetooth (should be a given)
I hear good things about LG devices, especially the V20, but I am not seeing much about AOSP ROMs or being able to root or tweak the primary ROM--which is why I'm very wary.
Some insight would be very helpful
Hi !
This is the thread where you can ask your question https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
Good luck !
Hello,
I would like to ask you, the experienced modders and users of xda, what CFW would you recommend me to install in case I'm looking for a long lasting battery and a smooth experience (rather a minimalistic system than a sleek, but laggy one)? I basically only use my PhQ for reading and writing SMS messages and e-mails, for web browsing, for chatting and internet (video)telephony. Occasionally I watch a YT video or use the GPS navigator.
Given the fact, that the phone has only 1 GB RAM and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, would you recommend me flashing it with the up-to-date LineageOS 14.1, or shall I stay with the older, but (supposedly more) stable build of CM 11? Or is there a different (slim) CFW, that would provide me high stability, fast response and good battery life?
Thanks.
I'd use newer than CM11 for sure. Lollipop (CM12) uses ART which makes stuff faster, and improved battery usage, so that's the minimum I'd consider.
I dunno exactly which version off the top of my head, but somewhere later than CM11 ZRAM was added, which keeps stuff from swapping to disk as often, so faster. F2FS support was also added, so if you reformat data/cache as f2fs before you install, that'll speed up disk access too.
I personally see no reason not to use the latest since it has all that, and is officially supported, so if you find something wrong there's people to talk to...
Well, maybe it was just my wrong assumption, but I thought I might want to keep using CM11, because I had read and heard, that Android 5.0 and above had higher HW requirements compared to Android 4.4.4, possibly making the phone with such specifications slower. On the other hand, I've read, that the RAM management and power management are both better with newer versions of Android, therefore I decided to post this question here and ask you xda guys (and girls) for your opinions.
You might be right, I'm no expert, and it's been quite a while since I ran kitkat. But lollipop (on our device) seemed faster to me, and battery definitely better. ZRAM also helps our low memory situation run modern apps, my understanding is it basically compresses what's in memory. Kinda like stacker did for hard drives back in the day if you remember the early 90s. So yeah, it slows down memory access all the time. However, the OS has to swap apps you're not actively using to disk when it needs memory for your current app, and in worst case scenario even will swap background apps out of memory that you expect to remain active. So by using zram, you get effectively more ram even tho its slower to access it, but overall makes things faster. And people who've done actual tests can confirm f2fs speeds things up on any device. I only just started using nougat myself so dunno how it affects performance, probably not any better than CM12/CM13 with zram implemented and f2fs format...
I belive KitKat even supports zram, but as far as I know wasn't implemented in CM11 for our device.
Also, dunno if it was in L or M, but you can now utilize external_sd cards easier. Don't have to keep setting paths for camera/etc to use external_sd, it blends it with your internal storage somehow, haven't paid attention to how it works, but haven't had a need to mess with paths ever since, and since we have only 8GB internal, that's also another nice feature; one completely easily fill that up without any photos or even going crazy with apps. Apparently our device will even work with 128G SDcards, although I only have the same 32G I've used forever. So for me on this device, it's CM12 or newer.
Alright, thanks for your advice. I will appreciate any other input and experience, though.
I'm interested what others might say too actually, I wanna know if other people agree or disagree with me! But being this is an older device, not very active community anymore. Only reason I'm on here every day lately is cuz I just updated myself, which had me checking into things, and am now looking for help getting the keyboard working right (in another thread).
I was running CM11 cm-11-20150626-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO1L8-moto_msm8960_jbbl.zip
finally decided to try CM12.1 cm-12.1-20151007-SNAPSHOT-YOG4PAO339-xt897.zip
Its smooth so far, but I'd love to try the lastnightyly/snapshot you have from March 2016 @enigma9o7
HI all. To make matters short, after three years of being a huawei user I've bought my self one xiaomi mi4 lte-cu.
It came with stock 4.4.4. kitkat and MIUI 7 by xioami.eu 5.12.11 Beta.
My question is what would be the best rom for my phone (Mi 4LTE-CU 2/16 gb). I am looking for good battery life, stability (everything works like it should) and good camera quality. And if anyone can point me in the right direction what are the best instructions for backup (before upgrade), and the instructions for upgrade (necessary steps).
Now I get aprox 4h of Screen on time (with 4g and wifi enabled interchangeably), everything works most of the time ok (sometimes some games crash depending on the battery level), and the picture quality of the camera is so so.
My previous phone was Huawei P7, which by available specification should have an identical sony camera sensor. However, it produced better photo quality by order of magnitued (in my humble opinion). I wonder why is this so?
Any help would be much obliged....