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Hi guys,
I wrote some time ago here for a combo of rom/kernel, but then I understood the battery of my phone was dead, so I decided to change it for an lg g4. I broke the screen of g4 and it's too expensive to fix, so I decided to change the battery of Nexus 5. I know this is a dated phone, but I don't have money for a new phone or to fix the glass, so now I have to use it.
Now I ask you for rom and kernel for daily use. I would prefer something Nougat based. I used PureNexus and ElementalX on Marshmallow, the last PureNexus seems fluid and stable, but unofficial.
What do you suggest for my Nexus 5?
Thank you for all replies.
XxMK98xX said:
Hi guys,
I wrote some time ago here for a combo of rom/kernel, but then I understood the battery of my phone was dead, so I decided to change it for an lg g4. I broke the screen of g4 and it's too expensive to fix, so I decided to change the battery of Nexus 5. I know this is a dated phone, but I don't have money for a new phone or to fix the glass, so now I have to use it.
Now I ask you for rom and kernel for daily use. I would prefer something Nougat based. I used PureNexus and ElementalX on Marshmallow, the last PureNexus seems fluid and stable, but unofficial.
What do you suggest for my Nexus 5?
Thank you for all replies.
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I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
I use my Nexus 5 for a year now. I tried several roms and kernels and purnexus nougat + elementalx is the perfect combination for me, since it offers the best battery life.
I never had any issues with the rom.
If you turn off gps, sync(especially gmail) and undervolt* the snapdragon 800 and lower the clock a bit( i use 1.7 ghz) you can get about 5 hours of sot!
The phone is still very fast if you dont use slow apps. Even underclocked...
* most nexus 5 work well if you set the lowest value to about 700 and leave the steps up as elementalx sets them
best wishes!
I have found in trying most of the current ROMs that if you want Sprint service you must stay with >6.0 versions. The SIM card read of data on SIM is spotty at best. Some one mentioned it is not "Sticky" will work some times and all the various patches installed at ROM first install don't work...in my case never for reboot after setting up ROM app's and using. My way around this trouble is to use a GSM mvno (FreedomPop) or Tmobile just not good coverage in my local area. I like most of the features of Ver 7.0 + roms
I'm currently running Lineage 14.1 CAF and Noncaf....I like the CAF Battery setting slider for different current/battery drain. The Noncaf can use any Kernel if you like that approach to increase battery Life. In the two N5's one has a new battery and the other old...almost a 3 to 1 difference in longevity so best choice is a aftermarket battery replacement too.
DARK ROM [OMS][Pixel features]
i'm running paranoid android and i find it cool, but however, it's the first ROM i flash on the nexus 5.
i love having the nougat notification system, plus the immersive mode, and battery life is better than stock.
sincerely i don't find useful on the spot control and navigation pie, but that's just something that depends on my usage i guess.
can't understand how to activate floating peek, nor if it's still active in this version
sadly i hoped in something snappier, it looks a little laggy sometimes, doesn't support xposed (causes bootloop) and camera doesn't include HDR+ (installing the google official camera and enabling hdr seems to change nothing, so basically is useless) but many users find paranoid camera fantastic.
i'm trying to understand if there is something faster than this without losing cool features (like notifications), maybe with something based on kitkat/lollipop tweaked?
if someone has suggestions, tell me! btw i'll keep you tuned. still loving nexus 5 and it must survive!
idbl_fanatic said:
I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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Same here. By far the best my N5 has ever run.
do you suggest CAF o nonCAF version?
idbl_fanatic said:
I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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I'm new to using anything but stock. My rooted nexus 5 marshmallow runs fine with a new battery and several xposed modules but I would like to escape from Google surveillance. Is lineage a good choice for that? Do I just download it and flash it through twrp? Are there instructions on how to flash and use Lineage?
What rom is best for privacy?
Thanks.
maybeme2 said:
I'm new to using anything but stock. My rooted nexus 5 marshmallow runs fine with a new battery and several xposed modules but I would like to escape from Google surveillance. Is lineage a good choice for that? Do I just download it and flash it through twrp? Are there instructions on how to flash and use Lineage?
What rom is best for privacy?
Thanks.
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IMO, yes, Lineage OS is a good choice for that. You have to install the Google apps separately, so if you want to be Google-free, you would just not install those. I've been impressed with how well my N5 runs with LOS. Better than with any previous stock version, really. I did keep the Marshmallow camera app, but that was just personal preference. LOS comes with a pretty full-featured camera app of its own.
Are you running the official aosp version or a caf customisation?
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Are you running the official aosp version or a caf customisation?
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I'm running official. I've also been installing the weekly "nightlies."
CSX321 said:
Same here. By far the best my N5 has ever run.
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idbl_fanatic said:
I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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I'm running official. I've also been installing the weekly "nightlies."
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aren't nightlies more instable than the final builds?
i heard only good things about crdroid based on lineage, i think i'm about to try that
my rom queue is
-crdroid
-lineage(eventually)
-euclideanOS(waiting for a stable that should come in little time)
if anybody could give some feedback about those, it would be awesome
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aren't nightlies more instable than the final builds?
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Theoretically, but I don't think there really are any final builds for LOS (for hammerhead). I kind of want the monthly security patches. I've just kept installing the weekly updates, because I haven't had any problems. There could very well be problems, but I haven't experienced them since installing in...March?...somewhere around then.
BTW, running crdroid right now and it's holy fast, even better than stock, you should definitely give it a try. Wanted to run the caf version to flash also the truesight, but it needed custom bootloader and radio, and I'm still too noob for this.
Right now evaluating flashing the ElementalX, that should work on aosp to get also the fastcharge
If you just flashed the rom, it's usually faster than a rom that you've used for months. The rom shouldnt have too much influence on the speed, the kernel and the cpu governor it uses have the biggest influence. Usually speed comes at the cost of battery life which can have dramatic results on this phone. On caf i could use the charger 2-3 times per day...
I suggest AOSP 7.1.2 + OpenGapps + ElementalX, it's much faster than official Marshmallow, with Magisk you can bypass SafetyNet check and use Android Pay.
Also you can replace the battery with 525666, it's 3020mAh
And you can replace the NAND to 64G
I've tried to enlarge RAM to 3G or 4G, but failed...
The replacement can be done easily only if you're in China, so...
edison0354 said:
I suggest AOSP 7.1.2 + OpenGapps + ElementalX, it's much faster than official Marshmallow, with Magisk you can bypass SafetyNet check and use Android Pay.
Also you can replace the battery with 525666, it's 3020mAh
And you can replace the NAND to 64G
I've tried to enlarge RAM to 3G or 4G, but failed...
The replacement can be done easily only if you're in China, so...
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do you have some tutorial to link about those?
what of this is easily done only in china?
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do you have some tutorial to link about those?
what of this is easily done only in china?
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I only have links in Chinese, if you can read Chinese I can find the links for you.
Because in China you can simply send your phone to any of the maintainers and let them do the work, they can do anything...
edison0354 said:
I only have links in Chinese, if you can read Chinese I can find the links for you.
Because in China you can simply send your phone to any of the maintainers and let them do the work, they can do anything...
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I have found the guide for the battery, but cannot translate it in a decent way via translate
Anyway, could you link them? Are them proven to work?
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.
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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.
Just curious as to what reasons you have to use your rom/kernel combo.
DR4LUC0N said:
Just curious as to what reasons you have to use your rom/kernel combo.
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Stock ROM and EX Kernel. Don't need anything custom anymore with OOS (Haven't changed the stock ROM on a phone since the Nexus 6P with Pure Nexus ROM). EX Kernel because it is the closest thing to stock with not changing the ramdisk and I just need a nice and clean kernel to change vibration strength, max sound output and to lower the minimum clock speed of the cores for better idle drain of the battery.
Right now I'm using Havoc. I love it
Stock rom with:
-xxx nolimit magisk rom to disable gms and analytics.
-renovate magisk rom to set transparency of stt bar.
-smurf kernel: fast, stable performance and great battery, easy to change kernel setting.
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Right now I'm using Havoc. I love it
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I know that on previous generations of OnePlus smartphones Havoc OS was using a custom kernel baked in, not sure if its doing that currently on the OP7 Pro ?
deborok said:
Stock rom with:
-xxx nolimit magisk rom to disable gms and analytics.
-renovate magisk rom to set transparency of stt bar.
-smurf kernel: fast, stable performance and great battery, easy to change kernel setting.
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You're able to use Renovate Ice and xXx with each other? if so I'll have to check that out!
Elemental kernal with ice. Mainly because can disable ice to go back stock and update. Was on no limit first with smurf kernal but the. 8 update crashed some my of my apps and then I realized I really don't see difference in gaming using no limits or stock, just difference of score on atutu
International rom/EXKernel and random Gravity Box stuff.
Unless a custom rom has some crazy new feature I don't usually install them anymore.
Magisk/xposed cover most everything these days.
slayerh4x said:
International rom/EXKernel and random Gravity Box stuff.
Unless a custom rom has some crazy new feature I don't usually install them anymore.
Magisk/xposed cover most everything these days.
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Okay, I haven't used Magisk before, so trying to get a feel for what people like and why, last phone was an s8+ with SuperSu being the root app and was stuck on samsung bloatware. So far loving the stock Oneplus rom, just wish I had root for a few things. Just passing the time for the rep to get the unlock token from Tmobile since I got my phone on sunday.
Renovate ROM as it makes you feel like you're running OOS+. Gives subtle, but appreciated options, such as vibration when touching QS tiles, changing # of tiles in rows/columns and so on.
Kirisakura kernel because I used his kernel on my 3XL and he's a really nice and awesome developer! His kernel also feels like it has the perfect balance of stability + features.
Smurf and EX are good as well, and I sometimes switch to those occasionally.
I just experience issues like sleep of death and random rebooting with Smurf. EX is for when I just want to use something very simple and stable.
Smurf however makes my device perform like an absolute beast, so I still switch when new versions are released, but ultimately stay on Kirisakura for the most part.
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Renovate ROM as it makes you feel like you're running OOS+. Gives subtle, but appreciated options, such as vibration when touching QS tiles, changing # of tiles in rows/columns and so on.
Kirisakura kernel because I used his kernel on my 3XL and he's a really nice and awesome developer! His kernel also feels like it has the perfect balance of stability + features.
Smurf and EX are good as well, and I sometimes switch to those occasionally.
I just experience issues like sleep of death and random rebooting with Smurf. EX is for when I just want to use something very simple and stable.
Smurf however makes my device perform like an absolute beast, so I still switch when new versions are released, but ultimately stay on Kirisakura for the most part.
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I was looking into Smurf and it seems like they might be on track to fixing the sleep of death, I'm not an expert but I know they were talking/looking into it.
SlyUK said:
I know that on previous generations of OnePlus smartphones Havoc OS was using a custom kernel baked in, not sure if its doing that currently on the OP7 Pro ?
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It uses HDK (SkyDragon Kernel)
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It uses HDK (SkyDragon Kernel)
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That's cool. That's the kernel he was using with Havoc OS on the OP3 T too
Eric214 said:
Stock ROM and EX Kernel. Don't need anything custom anymore with OOS (Haven't changed the stock ROM on a phone since the Nexus 6P with Pure Nexus ROM). EX Kernel because it is the closest thing to stock with not changing the ramdisk and I just need a nice and clean kernel to change vibration strength, max sound output and to lower the minimum clock speed of the cores for better idle drain of the battery.
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Using stock rom and ex kernel. First time trying to adjust a kernel. I can't find the sound settings. I adjusted the vibration but I need help with the sound.
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Using stock rom and ex kernel. First time trying to adjust a kernel. I can't find the sound settings. I adjusted the vibration but I need help with the sound.
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Flar2 hasn't added that in yet, it's coming.
Eric214 said:
Stock ROM and EX Kernel. Don't need anything custom anymore with OOS (Haven't changed the stock ROM on a phone since the Nexus 6P with Pure Nexus ROM). EX Kernel because it is the closest thing to stock with not changing the ramdisk and I just need a nice and clean kernel to change vibration strength, max sound output and to lower the minimum clock speed of the cores for better idle drain of the battery.
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Flar2 hasn't added that in yet, it's coming.
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Thanks for the response.
What ROM or combination of ROM and kernel have the best battery life? I dont have the time to test every single one myself
Anyone useful here?
looks like most people have abandoned xda in favour of telegram, which imo is a worse platform. anyway, ive not tried android 10 roms much, but for pie roms, any rom will do so long as u pair it with canting kernel. the default kernel on most pie aosp roms drain way too much battery on idle.
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looks like most people have abandoned xda in favour of telegram, which imo is a worse platform. anyway, ive not tried android 10 roms much, but for pie roms, any rom will do so long as u pair it with canting kernel. the default kernel on most pie aosp roms drain way too much battery on idle.
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Thank you for your suggestion. I'm trying pixel rom with canting kernel
LineageOS pie based is for me the best regarding battery
If anyone is interested I tested a bunch and found evolution x rom with twisted kernel to be the best for Android 10. It's got a bunch of customization and twisted kernel with fk manager makes it the best imo
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If anyone is interested I tested a bunch and found evolution x rom with twisted kernel to be the best for Android 10. It's got a bunch of customization and twisted kernel with fk manager makes it the best imo
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What is evolution x?
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What is evolution x?
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It's a unofficial rom being worked on in the telegram group. https://jjpprrrr.tk/evox/20200110-0123/
Hello guys.
I bought an 8T during Christmas and I instantly installed LineageOS because I wanted less bloatware as possibile and more privacy, since I read some articles regarding OxygenOS telemetry and sending data back to servers in China.
I also installed a custom kernel which was GREAT, battery drain was super low and it was so smooth, but since latest builds LineageOS doesn't work with custom kernels anymore because WiFi breaks.
When flashing back Lineage's kernel I couldn't help but wonder: am I using the device to its best with this setup? I really miss the custom kernels and I noticed that most of them are supported only on OxygenOS. OxygenOS could also probably have proprietary code that is optimized to the device and full support (for example, I lose the 48 MP camera with custom ROMs. Not a big deal at all, but still)
So what do you guys think? Do you like OxygenOS or prefer custom ROMs? Can I remove enough bloatware to make it a bit lighter and secure? Is it too early to use custom ROMs with this new device?
Let me know what you guys think and what your 8T setups look like!
Thanks.
Latest OOS + root + Bluspark Kernel
Seriously I don't care about some data which will be send back to China. Not even sure if it's real.
I have deactivated all bloatware apps which I don't need or use with swift backup.
Idle drain is about 1% and i can easily reach 7h and more SOT without any other battery optimizations or kernel settings. Wifi, Data, 120hz for example always on.
So far I'm happy with it.
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Latest OOS + root + Bluspark Kernel
Seriously I don't care about some data which will be send back to China. Not even sure if it's real.
I have deactivated all bloatware apps which I don't need or use with swift backup.
Idle drain is about 1% and i can easily reach 7h and more SOT without any other battery optimizations or kernel settings. Wifi, Data, 120hz for example always on.
So far I'm happy with it.
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The main reason I'm tempted to go back to stock OxygenOS is, as you already know, the custom kernels low battery drain and great performance. I tried both Radioactive kernel and Bluspark kernel and they're amazing. I'm really tempted now to go back to stock; I just hope Oneplus won't be super slow with the updates!
Thanks for your opinion.
I am just using OOS right now, haven't had the time to try and remove/block some bloatware yet. I like oxygen OOS so haven't seen a reason to go to a custom rom. Would love to go google less, but a lot of apps I use require google services to work.
I am quite happy with the stock kernel battery time. But might try out a custom kernel soon, if so which one would you recommend. bluspark or revolution kernel?
I am also sure there will be an increase in custom kernels that support linage OS soon as well, if you just wait.
Qnorsten said:
I am just using OOS right now, haven't had the time to try and remove/block some bloatware yet. I like oxygen OOS so haven't seen a reason to go to a custom rom. Would love to go google less, but a lot of apps I use require google services to work.
I am quite happy with the stock kernel battery time. But might try out a custom kernel soon, if so which one would you recommend. bluspark or revolution kernel?
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I would recommend you to try both of them for a week and judge by yourself. I started with Radioactive kernel which was really good, that's what made me fall in love with custom kernels. I tried switching to Bluspark kernel to see if WiFi worked there, but it didn't, just like Radioactive kernel, so I didn't really use it that much.
But now, if both would support LineageOS (or if I'm going back to stock), I'd go for Bluspark. The developer was really helpful in trying to debug why the kernel wasn't working for LineageOS, he even did 4/5 test builds just for me to try to debug it, even if he clearly wrote he didn't care about debugging custom ROMs.
Also, the features look better tbh, but flashing a custom kernel takes like 1 minute, so you can switch between the two really easily if you want to try both of them.
I am also sure there will be an increase in custom kernels that support linage OS soon as well, if you just wait.
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I'm not sure about that, I asked LineageOS developer and he clearly said he doesn't care about making his work harder just to support custom kernels, and custom kernels developers tried (like eng_stk for Bluspark) multiple times with no success, I think he kinda gave up; he told me it was something he wasn't going to try to tackle.
Tried asking in Radioactive kernel's thread but they told me that "I was lucky it even worked before.....it's not for AOSP roms"
I have tried other custom ROMs, but always ends up going back to Stock. OOS is pretty solid at this point minus a couple of minor issues. Something always doesn't work on custom ROMs
I tried lineage and evolutionX roms but both times moved back to OOS. Its the first stock rom i like. I use magisk canary for root with a few modules and radioactive kernel which gives awesome battery life. I didn't even realize the difference till now. I haven't reinstalled radioactive yet since moving back to stock rom yesterday and the difference is night and day to me.
jwarrior319 said:
I tried lineage and evolutionX roms but both times moved back to OOS. Its the first stock rom i like. I use magisk canary for root with a few modules and radioactive kernel which gives awesome battery life. I didn't even realize the difference till now. I haven't reinstalled radioactive yet since moving back to stock rom yesterday and the difference is night and day to me.
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Blu Spark is pretty good too..Yes, OOS with either Radioactive or Blu Spark gives stellar battery life...Overnight I am losing 0% battery for 8 hours which is unheard of at least for me...
Hmm, I might wait some time to see if some other ROMs come out or I can somehow install a custom kernel, before switching back to stock. But at least I know that OxygenOS is pretty good stock! Thanks for your opinion guys. I hope Oneplus will keep releasing updates for quite some time then.
There is also Neutrino kernel coming. Alpha 3 is already out and as i have heard next update will be beta. I'm gonna test it.
Kollachi said:
There is also Neutrino kernel coming. Alpha 3 is already out and as i have heard next update will be beta. I'm gonna test it.
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Oh that's some good news! There isn't an XDA thread yet, right?
Boing7898 said:
Oh that's some good news! There isn't an XDA thread yet, right?
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Nope.
Im using it right now. It's the first day and it already seems to be better than bluspark.
Idle drain is 0,75%/h. Will check further.
Kollachi said:
Nope.
Im using it right now. It's the first day and it already seems to be better than bluspark.
Idle drain is 0,75%/h. Will check further.
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Edit: Idle drain is the same now as Bluspark. Let's see after another day.
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Edit: Idle drain is the same now as Bluspark. Let's see after another day.
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Thanks for the update. I went back to stock OxygenOS and installed Bluspark. I would've tried Neutrino but I noticed it doesn't have a lot of features yet, like it misses Wireguard support and vibration intensity support. Let me know how it goes for you!
Boing7898 said:
Thanks for the update. I went back to stock OxygenOS and installed Bluspark. I would've tried Neutrino but I noticed it doesn't have a lot of features yet, like it misses Wireguard support and vibration intensity support. Let me know how it goes for you!
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So far it's pretty good. Got 9h SOT yesterday at almost the same usage. With Bluspark it was like 8h maybe. They are both great kernel. Performance is similar and also system is very smooth.