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[Q] Big Fonts - Stable ROM: What's Ideal for the Know-Nothing User?

I sincely don't mean to ask "What's the best ROMzerwow!?" But here's the details anyway, (sorry); I'm looking to help out my old man by making his phone last just a few hours longer which means: Teaching him to use the power switches for wifi & Data, etc. That's my end. but what I cant do, I need to find which is:
• Debloating the phone
There's a lot of crap he doesn't need, let alone use!
• Adjustable Font Size
Most key is a ROM/MOD that allows for LARGE font sizes as sight isn't his strongest point anymore.
• Stability
I understand I'm asking for perfection but I'm not expecting it. That said, which ROMs are the most stable for the Charge? from what I've read, Tweaked ROMs seems to be popular but what seems to be (even an outdated one ie CM7-like, Gingerbread etc) are fine. I want to be able to install and customize the settings for the ol' man and never touch it again to keep things simple and pain free for him (and me).
If I am asking much feel free to point me elsewhere. I came across Odin Flash Guide So I'm assuming this will make it as pain free as possible once I can settle on a ROM or two to experiment with. Just remember to tell me which Build of the ROM you're suggesting
Thanks for your input! Cheers.

KicknGuitar said:
I sincely don't mean to ask "What's the best ROMzerwow!?" But here's the details anyway, (sorry); I'm looking to help out my old man by making his phone last just a few hours longer which means: Teaching him to use the power switches for wifi & Data, etc. That's my end. but what I cant do, I need to find which is:
• Debloating the phone
There's a lot of crap he doesn't need, let alone use!
• Adjustable Font Size
Most key is a ROM/MOD that allows for LARGE font sizes as sight isn't his strongest point anymore.
• Stability
I understand I'm asking for perfection but I'm not expecting it. That said, which ROMs are the most stable for the Charge? from what I've read, Tweaked ROMs seems to be popular but what seems to be (even an outdated one ie CM7-like, Gingerbread etc) are fine. I want to be able to install and customize the settings for the ol' man and never touch it again to keep things simple and pain free for him (and me).
If I am asking much feel free to point me elsewhere. I came across Odin Flash Guide So I'm assuming this will make it as pain free as possible once I can settle on a ROM or two to experiment with. Just remember to tell me which Build of the ROM you're suggesting
Thanks for your input! Cheers.
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right now, Tweaked is the only game in town - and it's quite awesome! tweaked will debloat. as for font size, I think installing GO launcher allows for customization of that.
regarding battery life, not much aside from minimizing number of apps installed and accounts synced. for me, I found that juice defender works best.

There is also options in Accessibility menu...
Sent from my N7 powered by AOSPA and M+ Kernel.

jco23 said:
right now, Tweaked is the only game in town - and it's quite awesome! tweaked will debloat. as for font size, I think installing GO launcher allows for customization of that.
regarding battery life, not much aside from minimizing number of apps installed and accounts synced. for me, I found that juice defender works best.
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Thanks for the info, which build seems to be the easiest to install and go without having to worry about bugs?
dSlice said:
There is also options in Accessibility menu...
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We've got the fonts already on large but because of my inexperience outside of Moto Defy roms, I'm just making sure it'll be Large no matter what. Thanks!

Rom suggestion!

Hi,
don't kill me! i know that someone should choose the rom looking at his needs. But i have to clean a p500 of a friend and i need a suggestion on a rom.
- I've seen that there are many ICS\JB roms, but the P500 can handle one of this without becoming incredibly slow?
- Indipendently from the andorid version i need a lightweight rom, that dosen't take too much memory (since it is not much by default) and with a low battery drain.
- I prefer something fast and stable instead of something with more features but slow and full of bug
- The owner of the p500 had until now the stock rom, so he don't really need extraordinary customizations (so considering the point above i want to avoid the cyanogen roms)
have you any suggestions?

You should try SlimBean by popdog123. I really like this rom, and I'm looking forward to future updates on it.

If you prefer to have everything working, you should use CM 7.2 or CM 9. JB is good, but it lacks of wifi tethering and occupies too much space, so you need to use a ext partition on your SD card.

Original development section seriously? Mod plz move the thread.

dejawho said:
Hi,
don't kill me! i know that someone should choose the rom looking at his needs. But i have to clean a p500 of a friend and i need a suggestion on a rom.
- I've seen that there are many ICS\JB roms, but the P500 can handle one of this without becoming incredibly slow?
- Indipendently from the andorid version i need a lightweight rom, that dosen't take too much memory (since it is not much by default) and with a low battery drain.
- I prefer something fast and stable instead of something with more features but slow and full of bug
- The owner of the p500 had until now the stock rom, so he don't really need extraordinary customizations (so considering the point above i want to avoid the cyanogen roms)
have you any suggestions?
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dejawho said:
Hi,
don't kill me! i know that someone should choose the rom looking at his needs. But i have to clean a p500 of a friend and i need a suggestion on a rom.
- I've seen that there are many ICS\JB roms, but the P500 can handle one of this without becoming incredibly slow?
- Indipendently from the andorid version i need a lightweight rom, that dosen't take too much memory (since it is not much by default) and with a low battery drain.
- I prefer something fast and stable instead of something with more features but slow and full of bug
- The owner of the p500 had until now the stock rom, so he don't really need extraordinary customizations (so considering the point above i want to avoid the cyanogen roms)
have you any suggestions?
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Yes, my suggestion is to read through the OP's of the ROM's and pick one based on the criteria you have laid out above.
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Best customizations to a stock rom

hello, i am buying a chinese phone, one of those with great specs, low price but no support...so what are the modifications i could make to increase its performance? what makes something like cyanogen better than a stock rom, with less lag, and so on? obviously the first thing i'll do will be root and remove the chinese programs and everything...and then? what else could i do? i was even thinking...the phone will have a 1080p screen, but lowering the output resolution to 720p would increase performance/battery? if yes, i could i do this? thank you

Sad to say, there ain't much to be done other than rooting and freezing unwanted stock apps. You can look into some universal scripts/apps that can improve your device's performance. Currently, I'm trying this out..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180150

mmm...so what makes using a custom rom a good choice? just graphic improvements or changes? (custom launcher, icons and so on?)

Each custom ROM have their own unique features for performance or added functionality.. If you wanna flash custom ROM, you must at least get a device that is supported for development.

hmm , just search for app tweaks ,, (some tweaking app doesn't require root access) , hope you're lucky to find it

XPosed & Modules: "Feature Enhancements" good enough to return to stock rom...?

XPosed & Modules: "Feature Enhancements" good enough to return to stock rom...?
(if this thread is missplaced please apologize and move it - I think this could take some space and I didnt want to clutter the xposed thread with it)
Henooy guys,
I'm using a Galaxy Note N7000 and since the day I had my first custom rom on my phone (think it was aokp-based) I never wanted to go back to stock.
But now with XPosed Framework and all those modules aiming at replacing all the cool custom-aosp rom tweaks, has game changed?
On Samsung devices for example, you miss out quite a lot of nice features (while gaining others even cooler obv) by using aosp-based roms like no working TV-Out, no multiwindow, no one-hand mode, etc.
So I was wondering if I could get the same experience / features as with one of the "all in one roms" (I'm using rootbox 4.2 atm which has like 100s of customization options) with a stock samsung rom by tweaking things with xposed modules?
Here are a few points that interest me especially:
How about performance hits with heavy xposed customization vs "built-in" customizations of aosp based roms?
How good are the UI customizations like setting color and transparency of status bar and icons etc?
How about Halo / Apps in Floating windows? (yea there is the module, but how good or bad is it compared to "real" halo? or does it work just like it?)
Is there a module to use CM themes? (or is there some other easy way nowadays to "copy" a cm theme to the system framework? I have BlackedOut theme with everything black n white including certain apps, and would really hate to miss out on that)
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Well it mainly boils down to: How well do the xposed modules implement all those tweaks that the custom roms offer out of the box? And how does performance compare?
I did so much tweaking to my system, and I flashed soooo often already lol, so I'd rather hear some opinions before changing everything again. =)
I'm sure I'm not the first one asking himself this question...?

zroice said:
(if this thread is missplaced please apologize and move it - I think this could take some space and I didnt want to clutter the xposed thread with it)
Henooy guys,
I'm using a Galaxy Note N7000 and since the day I had my first custom rom on my phone (think it was aokp-based) I never wanted to go back to stock.
But now with XPosed Framework and all those modules aiming at replacing all the cool custom-aosp rom tweaks, has game changed?
On Samsung devices for example, you miss out quite a lot of nice features (while gaining others even cooler obv) by using aosp-based roms like no working TV-Out, no multiwindow, no one-hand mode, etc.
So I was wondering if I could get the same experience / features as with one of the "all in one roms" (I'm using rootbox 4.2 atm which has like 100s of customization options) with a stock samsung rom by tweaking things with xposed modules?
Here are a few points that interest me especially:
How about performance hits with heavy xposed customization vs "built-in" customizations of aosp based roms?
How good are the UI customizations like setting color and transparency of status bar and icons etc?
How about Halo / Apps in Floating windows? (yea there is the module, but how good or bad is it compared to "real" halo? or does it work just like it?)
Is there a module to use CM themes? (or is there some other easy way nowadays to "copy" a cm theme to the system framework? I have BlackedOut theme with everything black n white including certain apps, and would really hate to miss out on that)
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Well it mainly boils down to: How well do the xposed modules implement all those tweaks that the custom roms offer out of the box? And how does performance compare?
I did so much tweaking to my system, and I flashed soooo often already lol, so I'd rather hear some opinions before changing everything again. =)
I'm sure I'm not the first one asking himself this question...?
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No youre not
Well, i can tell you this, i also have a N7000 and have already flashed: SweetRom, VengeanceNote, Stunner2 (great!!) and paranoid3....
The problem is i really like the stock features...but hate the "greenish" colour and the damn statusbar......so... i did two things...
1- Installed the AMAZING aroma themes collection by kmokhtar79 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480358&highlight=aroma)
2- Installed xposed framework and started twiking little things...like disabling clear defaults dialog ...or the battery low alert, the increasing ringtone, the storage warning....and the samsung keyboard delay...
So far...its awesome...and because it work on the things that "are already there" instead of bringing NEW stuff....well there should be no battery drain whatsoever...
Or at least in the case of THOSE modules.... thing my differ from module to module...but if i understood correctly...xposed framework works on what already IS in there...so...should be the same...
Anyway...with those 2 things my stock(-ish?) note is awesome.

[RADEON ROM] MIUI 8 7.2.9| Beta - Redmi 3s/prime/x multilanguage - Global

[RADEON ROM] MIUI 8 7.2.9| Beta - Redmi 3s/prime/x multilanguage - Global
ROM WILL UPLOADED Soon...
i am using a old build because all the latest global beta builds are showing video calling bug while making jio video calls
so the last build with stable jio video calling capability is MIUI 8 7.2.9| Beta so am going with that please let me know if some one want new builds
i researched a lot and tried hard to collect only useful features please free to ask if any body wants new features
FEATURES
-Debloated (no chinesse apps)
-system font changed to cool jazz
-Deodexed and zipaligned (UPDATE 1 deodexing make the apps crash some times will release a odexed rom )
-Added 5 languages (Spanish, Portuguese from Portugal, Portuguese from Brasil, Indonesian and French)
-Updated Google apps (pico)
-ViPER|Audio™ || Sony™ | Beats™
-AdAway
-Build.prop tweaks for better performance
-Init.d ssupport
-Xiaomi.eu icons
-Two Keyboards to choose from
-New lockscreen and wallpapers
-xperia system sounds
-camera2 api enabled by default
-moded stock camera (extra feaures like manual controls)
UPDATE 1
-de odexing make the apps crash some times will release a odexed rom
XDA:DevDB Information
RADEON, ROM for the Xiaomi Redmi 3S
Contributors
arunkm94
ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
Version Information
Status: Testing
Current Beta Version: MIUI 8 7.2.9| Beta
Created 2017-03-06
Last Updated 2017-03-06

is it batter than miui and has no bugs

almost zero bug
Jainanjay said:
is it batter than miui and has no bugs
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almost zero bugs trying hard to concentrate on performance with out compromising battery

my opinion: keep the rom updated with the latest builds of miui
as u hav added too many languages it will increase the size of the rom. poll it for the language required for the users
i have heard redmi note 4 has a slow motion camera .. so is it possible to port it ?
ram optimizing is must
instead of changing the default font y not including the font changing feature from china dev rom ?
include this multiwindow feature : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...trick-add-multiwindow-feature-miui-8-t3568148
(as i didnt tried this rom im giving suggestions blindly so u can bear with me )

ghemanth said:
my opinion: keep the rom updated with the latest builds of miui
as u hav added too many languages it will increase the size of the rom. poll it for the language required for the users
i have heard redmi note 4 has a slow motion camera .. so is it possible to port it ?
ram optimizing is must
instead of changing the default font y not including the font changing feature from china dev rom ?
include this multiwindow feature : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...trick-add-multiwindow-feature-miui-8-t3568148
(as i didnt tried this rom im giving suggestions blindly so u can bear with me )
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Thanks for your valuable replay. .. due. To hardware limitation. We cant get slow motion video recording in your device. ... And my point is that to provide a rom with useful features. The. Point you mentioned abouve is a x posed module. If i install xposed prebuilt it will affect the. Over all stability. Becouse our device is. Having. aSystem less root. It will mess up the. Installation script to.. am stress testing the. Moded firmware.. in. Many ways.. to ensure its. Stability... Will try. My best to provide you a best. Daily driver with. Zero bugs

ghemanth said:
my opinion: keep the rom updated with the latest builds of miui
as u hav added too many languages it will increase the size of the rom. poll it for the language required for the users
i have heard redmi note 4 has a slow motion camera .. so is it possible to port it ?
ram optimizing is must
instead of changing the default font y not including the font changing feature from china dev rom ?
include this multiwindow feature : https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...trick-add-multiwindow-feature-miui-8-t3568148
(as i didnt tried this rom im giving suggestions blindly so u can bear with me )
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One thing ypu mentioned here about the font will try to update it on the 2nd build thanks for the. Suggestions

If possible Just need the maximum performance dude. I tried octos rom tweaked with kernel auditor to provide max performance. Which is far better scores than stock giving 45k(octos) vs 40k(stock).
Though secondary or optional Substratum/layers & DT2W feature.

i hardly belive that those synthetic bunch marks can only be written on papers
reallife perfomance is entirely diffrent from those in papers.. we may get 50k score but real life perfomance of miui (38-40k) may far far far better than 50 k

arunkm94 said:
i hardly belive that those synthetic bunch marks can only be written on papers
reallife perfomance is entirely diffrent from those in papers.. we may get 50k score but real life perfomance of miui (38-40k) may far far far better than 50 k
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Where is download link

Everything is great I just needs updates
Can you please make it like Epic rom which has inbuld options in settings and has a great ram management

1) Make sure there is no problem signing to mi account.
2) Latest update could be better.
3) Please include this https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/soundmod-axon-7-dolby-atmos-t3412342
4) Having multi window could be better.
5) If possible include option to change network band.
6) Latest Gapps.
7) wallpapers from Windows 10.

arunkm94 said:
i hardly belive that those synthetic bunch marks can only be written on papers
reallife perfomance is entirely diffrent from those in papers.. we may get 50k score but real life perfomance of miui (38-40k) may far far far better than 50 k
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That's true but Google apps like play store, youtube really stutters in miui. Atleast with average cpu like 3s prime

is it possible to reduce the ICONS dpi in homescreen ? they look giant and mi never changes the look of its launcher :/
bro, did u removed all the bug and feedback apps of miui ? they consumer lot of background usage :/

chk screenshot tab
ghemanth said:
is it possible to reduce the ICONS dpi in homescreen ? they look giant and mi never changes the look of its launcher :/
bro, did u removed all the bug and feedback apps of miui ? they consumer lot of background usage :/
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chk my screen shots in screenshot tab ins ot gaigantic its clean small icons

arunkm94 said:
chk my screen shots in screenshot tab ins ot gaigantic its clean small icons
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I see no difference bro. looks the same big square icons. I prefer minimal sized icons like in htc devices
anyway its ok. I will use themes....

javhusin2 said:
That's true but Google apps like play store, youtube really stutters in miui. Atleast with average cpu like 3s prime
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When will it be uploaded?

any exfat support?

Waiting for it!!!!!
Will just request two feature apart from all these what you are compiling:
a) Don't include viper arise or viper atmos, as it then crashes the miui default audio and headphones settings, which is much better than both of these IMO, instead just let it be default and give link for dolby atmos as it works perfectly fine with miui default equaliser.
b) Can you please include chinese rom package installer, not the google package installer as found in global rom, as chinese one is more beautifully themed, also like globe rom, can you please add Xylon animations in your rom?
Hope you will consider both these request of mine.

when u give the new build .. bro waitting lots

I think dev just uploading rom for days