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[Q] What kernel and rom do you use?

I was wondering what kernel and rom do you use in order to have a maximum performance on the device? I am looking for a new rom to have a better performance

I think slim Kat has the best performance, along with Agni kernel

Do you think its faster than CyanogenMod 11?

If we want to know what rom do the best max performance, do we have to try each rom to know which rom can bring max performance? or is there any link to show benchmark test for every rom available?
As long as the rom is working, stable and no bugs, i guess thats the best rom. Well at least thats for me.
Because each person have different usage and setting, apps and data, depend what do you put inside your gadget.
I use CM 11 and it works like a charm, but i'm not sure if its faster though.
Just my two cents,

I use @Android-Andi's SlimLP build. It is fast and smooth.
jrc2

Hey there,
I'm using CM12 by Android-Andi at the moment, are there any big difference with the slimLP?
Besides less is more, dark theme or something that have been mention on every thread. I couldn't fine (yet) what's the real big deal using slimLP instead CM12. If it's faster, I'm not sure how to measure. If it's no lag and smooth, then CM12 has already too (at least for my needs).
If someone could mention something and have the experiences tried both roms and find the differences, please do let me know it.
Yes, you may say I should flash it bymyself to get the experiences, but to do clean install and re-download apps and adjust the setting for my preference are taking some times. I would thanks someone if could help.
Sorry if its too long. Thank you all. Cheers

theandroidneo said:
Hey there,
I'm using CM12 by Android-Andi at the moment, are there any big difference with the slimLP?
Besides less is more, dark theme or something that have been mention on every thread. I couldn't fine (yet) what's the real big deal using slimLP instead CM12. If it's faster, I'm not sure how to measure. If it's no lag and smooth, then CM12 has already too (at least for my needs).
If someone could mention something and have the experiences tried both roms and find the differences, please do let me know it.
Yes, you may say I should flash it bymyself to get the experiences, but to do clean install and re-download apps and adjust the setting for my preference are taking some times. I would thanks someone if could help.
Sorry if its too long. Thank you all. Cheers
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I think SlimLP is a bit more smooth and lag free..I have tried both the roms on my tab and I prefer to use Slimrom
And it is better compaitable with the DHOLLMEN kernel :thumbup:
Tapped from my furious Xperia ZR

Do SlimLP have a smoother experience than the cm 11?

Xnin47 said:
Do SlimLP have a smoother experience than the cm 11?
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Of course it is smoother
For you it will be great as you're moving from daivik to art.
Its based on stock and lacks CM features but still a great stable rom..
Butter smooth
Tapped from my furious Xperia ZR

I am using @Android-Andi 's SlimLP rom and it is quite smooth and has practically no bugs and it is in such early stage of development

Objectively fastest current rom is?

Now that Pokemon Go was released. I was wondering which rom is in fact, the fastest, especially for gaming. Doesn't matter which android it is, 5.0, 5.1 or 6.
Is it omni rom, exodus, slim? CM is a bit slower than AOSP roms, as far as I have noticed.
What's your opinion on this topic? Any help would be appreciated.

I am using CM 13 from about one week and its the fastest for me. But I changed kernel. Now I have KaminariKernel and I overclocked CPU and GPU. Also I change i/o to bfq. Do you want some ss from my Kernel Adiutor?
yes, I play Pokemon GO on Moto G and its working very well But AR MODE is not working :/

ID crisis 6>AOSP CAF > OMNI> Slim>CM
just my opinion.

I did a Geekbench 3 test previously.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/moto-g-falcon-geekbench-3-test-roms-t3379663
In fact, I further performed the test on all available ROMs that I can find for Moto G (Falcon) which I didn't post here at XDA as I found out that the difference between the "top performers" and "low performers" is less than 2%, which I conclude as insignificant.
Hence, it's my opinion that there's no fastest or slowest ROM, only stable or not, or whether feature-rich (like DU, RR) or stock-like (Omni, Slim, Exodus).

himu_joy said:
ID crisis 6>AOSP CAF > OMNI> Slim>CM
just my opinion.
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In my opinion the IDC6 is not the fastest

To be fair, IDC6 includes a Stock Kernel not optimized for performance. To unlock the ROMs potential, you need to flash KaminariKernel. I suspect most custom ROMs include a Kernel that has been tweaked for performance.

lost101 said:
To be fair, IDC6 includes a Stock Kernel not optimized for performance. To unlock the ROMs potential, you need to flash KaminariKernel. I suspect most custom ROMs include a Kernel that has been tweaked for performance.
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but sir, battery drain beside performance is also an important thing I think. id crisis 6 stock kernel does the job perfectly. butter.

Well, since I wrote this, I moved from the latest exodus to the latest 6.0 omni rom. And well, the difference is massive. No offence to the exodus, but this is like a night and day. Pokemon Go runs great, battery life is solid, overall performance is snappy and fast (it feels like a stock rom back in the day). Thanks for the tips lads!

Thanks SlashSpeed, I am using RRemix and I find Pokemon GO unplayable after a short time, overheats and starts runnning really slowly. I will try omni rom. Although I am not expecting miracles, the 1gb RAM will always hold this phone back
I love this phone and it has been the perfect phone for me until Pokemon GO came out
EDIT: I do not see a Omni rom for the Moto G 4g
Anyone know what the fastest rom would be for Moto G 4g (perigrine)?
I am not worried about battery life, mostly performance.

I recently switched to marshmellow, first on Omnirom (with kaminari kernel) and now on ID6 (always with kaminari kernel). Not even comparable, Omnirom is smooth in daily use, but for gaming ID6 is incredible, it doesn't look even like a moto g anymore, compared to the laggy stock or the (speaking about gaming) Omni...

[Q]Nexus 5 Best rom , kernel for battery life without losing performance[CAF VS AOSP]

Hi ,
I have tried allot of roms and i have tried franco kernel. im trying the latest 'stable' version of nougat from today (AOSP)
My question is, and i know it has be asked before and it usually is preferences. What rom that is VERY STABLE, gives the best battery life without it crashing any apps?
The stock is OK but i don't get good battery life or stability of it atm (4.4.2). have tried 6.0 but it didn't run like i wanted it to run, felt a little slow, and i will probably feel the same about nougat definatly because its a little bit beta ish atm.
The roms that i like the best are the once that are almost completely empty with PICO Gapps + Google maps. no bloatware, no extra features, no special customization just stable, smooth, good battery life aosp lovelyness.
Will i get any benefits in trying a CAF rom? and how do i go to CAF? is it just installing a CAF kernel, rom and TWRP version?
are their any CAF roms that are truly empty (aosp like) ?
and is CAF still a thing because i notice CM left it behind a while ago.
Will playing around with stuff like smart launcher, which are a little bit more basic give me what i want? and Ram managing and phone cleaning software like Cleaner master? because it feels like it helps a little but i have read that it might not be very healthy for ur performance yet the 2GB seems a little bit of a bottleneck atm and it seems to give me a slight boost that i require from time to time when clearing the ram.
also will xposed give me addons etc that might help or is it the same thing as the cleaner master story?
Franco kernel did give me a better battery life. but still not 100% what i wanted (yet i am beginning to think that i might have hit the maximum battery life ,that my battery might be slightly worn out and might need a replacement)
Sorry if this question annoys people because i know there is allot of info to be found and people ask this allot but i can't really seem to find a 100% answers as i want em to be.
Thanks in advance
Tell me what options do i have to get the Lightweight, long battery life, fast simple phone that i desire (Mobile Data needs to be on 24/7)

Pure Nexus with Franco Kernel is a really great setup, especially if you use FKUpdater. Use the Battery Saver profile and the battery life is perfect, with decent enough performance. I've tried multiple CM13 CAF builds, but I don't think I could live without Franco Kernel.

what about security patches?
RancidPenguins said:
Pure Nexus with Franco Kernel is a really great setup, especially if you use FKUpdater. Use the Battery Saver profile and the battery life is perfect, with decent enough performance. I've tried multiple CM13 CAF builds, but I don't think I could life without Franco Kernel.
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I agree, this setup is really great.... except. How do you apply the monthly security patches? Automatic OTA doesn't like SU or custom kernel or custom recovery. I can't seem to find the OTA images to sideload. So a full adb load of _everything_ followed by reinstallation and rerooting? I've looked all over the forum and couldn't find a good way to get those pesky security updates.

Hi, I'm using stock AOSP with ElementalX kernel and I find this team really good. Battery life is decent with a normal usage without games (I usually arrive at the end of the day) also with T2W features active, my nexus have more than 2 years so battery is not so young. The only problem is that the official ElementalX app is not free but doesn't cost so much. I've never tried franco but I've heard great things about it.
About the monthly update I followed this procedure and everything went fine: http://elementalx.org/how-to-install-android-monthly-security-updates/ I'm not 100% sure that it works with every kernel because you will reflash the stock kernel and ramdisk.

RancidPenguins said:
Pure Nexus with Franco Kernel is a really great setup, especially if you use FKUpdater. Use the Battery Saver profile and the battery life is perfect, with decent enough performance. I've tried multiple CM13 CAF builds, but I don't think I could life without Franco Kernel.
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Nice thread
Did you get better battery life with Nexus 5 non-CAF?

_C4k3_ said:
Nice thread
Did you get better battery life with Nexus 5 non-CAF?
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The best battery life I've ever had has been with Pure Nexus and Franco Kernel r89. But a CAF CM14 build should give good results too.

Use CM13 CAF builds. You never come back to AOSP again. Amazing performance and battery backup.
www.nyyu.tk/cm13
Or use Dirty Unicorns for best battery backup. 6hr SOT

badmashchamp said:
Use CM13 CAF builds. You never come back to AOSP again. Amazing performance and battery backup.
www.nyyu.tk/cm13
Or use Dirty Unicorns for best battery backup. 6hr SOT
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Do you recommend Dirty Unicorns with franco kernel for better battery life?

r1akn said:
Do you recommend Dirty Unicorns with franco kernel for better battery life?
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I don't use franco kernal. I recommend ElementalX
If u want u can use franco. No problem

CandySix with HellsCore Kernel is also a awesome kit. One of the best ROMs in both (performance and battery) categories. The same about Mark Rom

DU + ElementalX personally given me 4h in use screent DU + Franco has also given me 4h

badmashchamp said:
Use CM13 CAF builds. You never come back to AOSP again. Amazing performance and battery backup.
www.nyyu.tk/cm13
Or use Dirty Unicorns for best battery backup. 6hr SOT
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Wau, 've never saw them, THANKS
Where is the XDA thread of CM CAF builds?
They are bettered than CM 13 CAF Dark ROM?

Riddle5 said:
DU + ElementalX personally given me 4h in use screent DU + Franco has also given me 4h
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May be you r on old Battery. I use New one.
but try Xposed Also hope it will help u out.
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_C4k3_ said:
Wau, 've never saw them, THANKS
Where is the XDA thread of CM CAF builds?
They are bettered than CM 13 CAF Dark ROM?
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Link for CM 13 CAF builds. Use latest.
http://www.nyyu.tk/cm/
Link for Dirty Unicorns. Use Official ones.
https://download.dirtyunicorns.com/hammerhead/
And BTW i don't want to comment on which one is better [Dark CAF vs Nyyu CAF]. Both the developer are awesome in their work. Just Download both and find out which one is better.

What's the best rom right now for battery consumption ?

Hello everyone,
I'm still on my old OnePlus One and i'm currently having freeze and some issues with this old Sultan bacon rom from cyanogen (yeah, it's been a while tho).
So i'm searching for the best rom for this phone right now and i can't really decide so i told myself i should ask you folks !
My criteria are simple, i'm searching for a rom that is optimized for battery consumption and that is stable.
Also, i just saw a rom was created for Android Oreo, and i'm asking myself if it's really worth it to install a 8.+ rom or a 7.+ for the OPO.
I apologize if it's not in the right section,
Thanks in advance tho ! c:

Unofficial HalogenOS Nougat By Silver best nougat ROM for #Bacon...
Good Things:
-Best Camera [OOS v3 Camera Blobs]
-Op5 Camera Supported
-Super Smooth
-Color Engine
-Substratum
-Great Battery Backup
Missing:
-Data Indicator on Status Bar
-Custom LED Notification Color [You can't change the color]

Aartenor said:
Hello everyone,
I'm still on my old OnePlus One and i'm currently having freeze and some issues with this old Sultan bacon rom from cyanogen (yeah, it's been a while tho).
Thanks in advance tho ! c:
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/official-dotos-v1-0-t3703159
Kthxbye.

Aartenor said:
Hello everyone,
I'm still on my old OnePlus One and i'm currently having freeze and some issues with this old Sultan bacon rom from cyanogen (yeah, it's been a while tho).
So i'm searching for the best rom for this phone right now and i can't really decide so i told myself i should ask you folks !
My criteria are simple, i'm searching for a rom that is optimized for battery consumption and that is stable.
Also, i just saw a rom was created for Android Oreo, and i'm asking myself if it's really worth it to install a 8.+ rom or a 7.+ for the OPO.
I apologize if it's not in the right section,
Thanks in advance tho ! c:
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I tried AOSiP, very stable but had some problem with battery life. Yesterday I flashed AOSPextended v4.5, first impressions are great stability and a better battery life, but I'll give you a better response after some more testing.
I think AOSPextended has no more support for Nougat (they are now releasing Oreo ROM) but I want to use Xposed...

IMHO, sultan's LOS 14.1

se7enlyn said:
IMHO, sultan's LOS 14.1
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Whai u no use dotOs? I crai :'(

Mr.Ak said:
Whai u no use dotOs? I crai :'(
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Hahahaha
Currently very busy with work, flashaholic activities are on hold for the moment. Will try out your rom later

Battery Optimized = Performance drop and Display Brightness Drop.
Best ROM overall is Lineage OS.
If you care about battery life Just Go to Settings-> Battery -> Current Profile -> Efficiency. You can also lower the Screen Brightens and you are done.
Don't bother with experimental Android 8 ROMs they are not ready yet for the average user.

Well thank you all for you advices, i'm looking at all the roms you recommended me
I'll check in details each specific characteristics !
and yeah frankzappatistas that's what i figured out by snooping all the current 8.0+ roms topic

Its not just about the ROM build, but how Google Play has a tendency to drain your battery with all the alarms & wake locks firing off. Jgcaap has a nice build that is smooth & with quite a few optimization on. Resurrection Remix ROM is still my goto build for its wakelock blocking (be careful with this though) used alongside Lightning Kernel & Naptime by Francisco Franco, you should get pretty decent battery life. DoTOS is very nippy in screen animation & runs apps quickly as well.
It is pretty friendly on battery life too .
Any of these three ROM are fantastic when coupled with a decent Kernel though. It just depends on your personal choice.

[Discussion] When do you think the custom roms will surpass miui?

i think right now there's no real custom rom that surpasses miui in performance or battery life, i honestly hate miui but every other rom i go to is worse in (only) these two category's,
do you think custom roms will surpass miui eventually?
also this is from my experiences so far so if you have a suggestion for a rom or a rom+kernel combo i'd like to hear them (and try them).

really ????????????

Yeah same like me .. i unlocked bootloader and rooted my poco
And i downloaded all custom roms .. but all have problems .. and i hope rom one ui complete cus .. just this rom will be good like miui .. cus i already trying the miui one ui . But not finished... And i try all kernels .. all charge battery very slowly.. not like miui .. fast charge real ..and i trying the mod XASP and this not working on miui 9.5.23 .. please if u found something new or good like charge faster .. and keeping battery .. will be good ... Thanks... And i sorry for my language

Mi-globe's ROM Builder is great for putting together a fairly debloated MIUI. I get the best performance and battery life with this rom, hands down.
As far as non-miui custom ROMs, PE CAF + Stock MIUI kernel, and the latest vendor/firmware is the best combo that I've found.
Next to PE CAF I like Havoc + Canting Kernel as well.

BentMetal said:
Mi-globe's ROM Builder is great for putting together a fairly debloated MIUI. I get the best performance and battery life with this rom, hands down.
As far as non-miui custom ROMs, PE CAF + Stock MIUI kernel, and the latest vendor/firmware is the best combo that I've found.
Next to PE CAF I like Havoc + Canting Kernel as well.
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How can I find the stock kernel to flash it on pe caf? I like the rom but i'm getting low SoT on warp kernel

You are right about the battery and it's understandable that it wouldn't be that great on many custom ROMs due to the nature of MIUI to kill/restrict background apps or don't let them autostart by default.
But performance wise, I played PUBG on MIUI and I was devastated by how it performs, forget the benchmarks, they are all pumped on MIUI, but still getting better benchmark score and very very smooth gameplay on OxygenOS+eXtremeKernel. I tried going back to Stock MIUI after GameBoost was said to be improved, but it was not up to the mark in any way.
I used to run Official LOS and had fluid performance and decent battery combo on FrancoKernel before this and would get back as soon as I stop playing games
Edit: LOS+FK is more stable if you are not into games, and you should definitely give it a try. You can use Performance Profiles of FK Kernel Manager(paid app, worth it) to get more battery when needed.
Edit2: Just read the original developer's tweet in eXtreme Kernel thread, going to ditch this, OOS default kernel is also better.

BentMetal said:
Mi-globe's ROM Builder is great for putting together a fairly debloated MIUI. I get the best performance and battery life with this rom, hands down.
As far as non-miui custom ROMs, PE CAF + Stock MIUI kernel, and the latest vendor/firmware is the best combo that I've found.
Next to PE CAF I like Havoc + Canting Kernel as well.
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how can i find the stock miui kernel?

vijay-in said:
You are right about the battery and it's understandable that it wouldn't be that great on many custom ROMs due to the nature of MIUI to kill/restrict background apps or don't let them autostart by default.
But performance wise, I played PUBG on MIUI and I was devastated by how it performs, forget the benchmarks, they are all pumped on MIUI, but still getting better benchmark score and very very smooth gameplay on OxygenOS+eXtremeKernel. I tried going back to Stock MIUI after GameBoost was said to be improved, but it was not up to the mark in any way.
I used to run Official LOS and had fluid performance and decent battery combo on FrancoKernel before this and would get back as soon as I stop playing games
Edit: LOS+FK is more stable if you are not into games, and you should definitely give it a try. You can use Performance Profiles of FK Kernel Manager(paid app, worth it) to get more battery when needed.
Edit2: Just read the original developer's tweet in eXtreme Kernel thread, going to ditch this, OOS default kernel is also better.
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yeah, i tried LOS with franco and battery-wise LOS was better with it's stock kernel for me, but idk why i don't really like LOS, so far the best Roms i tried and liked were crdroid nitrogen and PE right now im using miui eu

BLUEPOP said:
how can i find the stock miui kernel?
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zGc3v1ahsN2dpkPppNAJJMDHKl8jnQmj
It's kernel-beryllium_global_9.5.20-ak2.zip
credits to IPdev

Barbarian king said:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zGc3v1ahsN2dpkPppNAJJMDHKl8jnQmj
It's kernel-beryllium_global_9.5.20-ak2.zip
credits to IPdev
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Thanks, You think it will work with pixel experience CAF?

BLUEPOP said:
yeah, i tried LOS with franco and battery-wise LOS was better with it's stock kernel for me, but idk why i don't really like LOS, so far the best Roms i tried and liked were crdroid nitrogen and PE right now im using miui eu
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If you like the MIUI flavor, you can stick to stock and debloat it. If you liked PE, you would love LOS along with Pix3lify Magisk Module and some other mods, as this makes it the same with greater performance.

I think I'll try PE with the stock miui kernel don't really want to use magisk because some games I play block it

BLUEPOP said:
Thanks, You think it will work with pixel experience CAF?
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Yeah.

BLUEPOP said:
I think I'll try PE with the stock miui kernel don't really want to use magisk because some games I play block it
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Can you please update us about performance/battery when you do that? I'm in the same situation as yours with pe caf.

Paquinho said:
Can you please update us about performance/battery when you do that? I'm in the same situation as yours with pe caf.
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i'll try, so far i did an antutu benchmark and got a score of 280000 which is decent tbh, i'll try to update about battery life tomorrow, im using this kernel - kernel-beryllium_global_9.5.20-ak2.zip.

I have the same feeling. I have tried almost all custom ROMs on Poco F1, but never got the same level of performance that I get from Miui. And no, I am not a Miui fanboy. Infact this is the first time I am using miui and I just hate it for the amount of bloatware it comes with. I am saving money and as soon as I have enough, I will ditch this device and go for Samsung Galaxy S10e or OnePlus 7 pro.

Rowdyy Ronnie said:
I have the same feeling. I have tried almost all custom ROMs on Poco F1, but never got the same level of performance that I get from Miui. And no, I am not a Miui fanboy. Infact this is the first time I am using miui and I just hate it for the amount of bloatware it comes with. I am saving money and as soon as I have enough, I will ditch this device and go for Samsung Galaxy S10e or OnePlus 7 pro.
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well i plan to use this device for around 2-3 years so i hope custom roms will get better.

well after using it for a bit the stock kernel doesn't work well for me at PE, idk why but im assuming it just works better with MIUI, im on MALAKAS KERNEL for now.

In my case, the performance only went up, when I'm using custom ROMs. I'm using CrDroid now, which is a hella lot smoother and performs way better than MIUI ever did, I didn't notice a huge battery impact. On MIUI I was using my phone for 2 days before charging, same goes for this custom ROM. My main concern with MIUI were it's features, like the hide notch function was removed in pie, and little things like that, that pi*sed me off.

aleksjug said:
In my case, the performance only went up, when I'm using custom ROMs. I'm using CrDroid now, which is a hella lot smoother and performs way better than MIUI ever did, I didn't notice a huge battery impact. On MIUI I was using my phone for 2 days before charging, same goes for this custom ROM. My main concern with MIUI were it's features, like the hide notch function was removed in pie, and little things like that, that pi*sed me off.
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It is not removed. Just a missing function in 10.2.3. Update to the global latest stable of MIUI, you'll get that option.