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S7 Pure vs S8 Port vs AOSP, now even Xposed and Note 8 apps

I understand that this is a development forum but since it's strictly about Exynos I posted here.
There has been great work regarding development for this awesome device. I've now tried many options from many different developers ... and to be honest its become a little confusing as to what is best and why. Realizing there is a lot of personal preference:
Can we have some users chime in (even if this thread is moved) especially for newer users what they prefer and more importantly why ... options, speed, battery, ease of use, etc

Should be posted in General Discussion.

Rekan_ said:
Should be posted in General Discussion.
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Thank you and I understand your opinion but since the majority of Exynos users cone to this forum I can promise it won't have any value of posted there.
It may get moved but I can assure you nobody will even look at it there

It's all good, so try it all. If you don't want to try it, you shouldn't be on xda(mostly the wrong section),just stick to what Samsung gave you originally.
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jcrompton said:
There has been great work regarding development for this awesome device. I've now tried many options from many different developers ... and to be honest its become a little confusing as to what is best and why. Realizing there is a lot of personal preference
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I completely understand why people would ask the question. I simply don't have the time to try all the ROMs. Setting one up to have it the way I like takes ~2 hours. This also doesn't take into account research into the ROM and troubleshooting issues (both user and ROM related) that come up - I need my phone to be useful.
Generally, S7/S7 Edge based ROMs are most stable, S8 and Note 8 ports have newest Samsung features, AOSP is Nexus and Pixel like and can have newest Android features (but lose Samsung features). All of them can have many great features and good performance depending on how they are made.
I personally never understood the hype about ports (generally heavier, less stable and new features kinda gimicky) and AOSP ROMs (less stable, why did I get a Samsung to have it run AOSP?). But that's just my opinion.
The above paragraph is however just a generalisation and it is obviously much more complicated than that. One would need to test and compare individual ROMs on different areas to get a good comparison on what is currently offered by the XDA developers. If anyone has tested multiple, then please post up comparison reviews. I think It would be a very useful guide. As readers can probably tell, I'm probably not the best person for the job.

[Discussion] The worst support in the worst community

This is absolute state about xiaomi mi a1. not only the company itself does everything to ruin this phone, but the community is the most cancerous one i've ever seen, and trust me i have seen a lot of communities. full of analphabetes spreading fake/false information, or repeating one thing over and over like a parrots... this is joke.. if i were a developer (like Franco) i'd feel insulted being a part of this circus, and drop this community and device..
I wouldn't care if xiaomi provided reliable software, but official roms are like the community - pathetic. i hope i will be able to install some good custom rom (i didnt do this in ages, but mi a1 software is complete utter ****).
one big joke, joke of the android one. well i got tricked, shame on me.

Well I think that you don't have taken a look of Moto G4's community. The sources were out and there was some development, but the people made it hard to read in the threads. I don't blame the phone, both Moto G4 and Mi A1, but the people that doesn't read anything and want everything in their hands, either way I find this device and community better than the Moto G4's community. I don't know what's the problem with your device but I am plenty satisfied with the Mi A1 for the price that have.
Greetings
Enviado desde mi Mi A1 mediante Tapatalk

Well i dont have experience on xda, im noob and newbie!
Anyway i think the community in a forum must always guided by the moderators who enforce the forum rules.
Bad topic/post must be deleted from the mods.
Very few community are able to auto-moderate themselves.
About the phone, yes xyaomi dont do a very good job, but if you take in consideration the devices price, androidone and so one, i cannot complain too much about.
atm i dont have root, and using just naptime x from francisco franco + optimizations left and right... i have a lot of juce from the battery and the phone, for his cost, run pretty good.

riccetto80 said:
Well i dont have experience on xda, im noob and newbie!
Anyway i think the community in a forum must always guided by the moderators who enforce the forum rules.
Bad topic/post must be deleted from the mods.
Very few community are able to auto-moderate themselves.
About the phone, yes xyaomi dont do a very good job, but if you take in consideration the devices price, androidone and so one, i cannot complain too much about.
atm i dont have root, and using just naptime x from francisco franco + optimizations left and right... i have a lot of juce from the battery and the phone, for his cost, run pretty good.
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definetly not most cancerous(as you said) forum in XDA.
your just focus in this mi a1 forum cos you have that device.
back in my htc desire series(hd/x/sensation) and moto(x victara/2015) same people always complain and dont get satisfied on their phone. i still have some of my phone but the forum is dead/stopped devolpment cos its an old phones.
the problem is mods dont care unless someone report a thread. i think they should look into threada if they have free time and not wait for someone to report it. no offense mods.
Mi A1 best phome i habd owned so far for the price and build quality i nerver had any issues with. thou im still a huge fan of custom roms and kernels i still flashed it for more better stability and performance.
and i think this kind of thread should be closed its inviting arguments and hate if you know what im saying!

t0per666 said:
and i think this kind of thread should be closed its inviting arguments and hate if you know what im saying!
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yeah. we definately need more threads about things that were talked 1000000 times already. a harsh talk with arguments is not good thing on discussion subforum! you're right!
about the device, its one of the worst i had despite the price. even crappy ZTE was better supported during life cycle than this piece of **** mi a1.

ГАСООП said:
yeah. we definately need more threads about things that were talked 1000000 times already. a harsh talk with arguments is not good thing on discussion subforum! you're right!
about the device, its one of the worst i had despite the price. even crappy ZTE was better supported during life cycle than this piece of **** mi a1.
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Buy a zte phone then?

ГАСООП said:
yeah. we definately need more threads about things that were talked 1000000 times already. a harsh talk with arguments is not good thing on discussion subforum! you're right!
about the device, its one of the worst i had despite the price. even crappy ZTE was better supported during life cycle than this piece of **** mi a1.
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Well, why is one of the worst? what are the issue you facing beside xyaomi being slow to release kernel sources and upgrading to oreo and bugfixing?
Say: is bad
without give the reason why is bad is not a discussion, is a rant.
a rant is toxic in a forum, in a forum must be discussions.

Why this thread isn't been already closed, it's ridiculously bad.
You are critical with the community but what have you done for it, guess what, nothing.
You are just here to scream in every theread without realizing that you are one of those "toxic community", instead of complaining try to help someone, port or develop something.
Please shut and stop acting like a ****.

MinionFan said:
He is right. The A1 is quite a long time but not a single working Custom Rome. It does not take 2 weeks for Oneplus. But also guilty is Xiaomi with the very bad support.
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If you want custom ROMs you need to WAIT, read it two times.
Devs are working on it as you can see.
Or you can build your own "Working custom ROM", good luck for your work
Sent from my Mi A1 using XDA Labs

@Moderator Committee please close this thread as it's useless and inviting hate. This is not adding any value and it's just bringing disgrace to hardworking developers who are working in their free time without any payment from us to bring out custom roms, tweaked OS.
@ OP stop cribbing and whining. If you really want to be heard, crib n whine on Xiaomi' forum not XDA. Or better, buy ZTE n stay satisfied.

ГАСООП said:
This is absolute state about xiaomi mi a1. not only the company itself does everything to ruin this phone, but the community is the most cancerous one i've ever seen, and trust me i have seen a lot of communities. full of analphabetes spreading fake/false information, or repeating one thing over and over like a parrots... this is joke.. if i were a developer (like Franco) i'd feel insulted being a part of this circus, and drop this community and device..
I wouldn't care if xiaomi provided reliable software, but official roms are like the community - pathetic. i hope i will be able to install some good custom rom (i didnt do this in ages, but mi a1 software is complete utter ****).
one big joke, joke of the android one. well i got tricked, shame on me.
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it's Xiaomi community ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The device is cheap, solidly built, running stock android Oreo, receiving monthly security updates, has a decent camera (which can be improved by root/gcam), has full day battery life, has great audio through headphones, bluetooth calling works fine, wifi doesn't cut out anymore since last update... Apart from the fact it has no NFC, I don't see what all the b*tching is about?

This is the worst topic ever on XDA. Why the hate?

@ГАСООП
This also true for you: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75490272&postcount=2
Even more though looking at what you have done until now for the community here... (just look at the attachment if you don't get it)
Please be an example and not a cry baby and I mean that in the nicest possible way. If you want things to change, be a part of the beginning of that change!

From the Moderator Oka1
To all in this thread.
WE all have had issues with forums and threads from time to time. This does not mean anyone is free to insult the effort people who try to resolve issues or challenges before us, mostly by companies that make the phones. YOU DO NOT NEED TO OWN THIS PHONE
No one is compelling you to own this or any other phone. Get a different phone.
The Rules of XDA are REALLY SIMPLE ......... This sums it up ---
........POST RESPECTFULLY POST ON TOPIC OR DO NOT POST....... simple
That said this thread has run its course
............ THREAD IS CLOSED.........
ГАСООП - be advised do not post in such a trollish manner again- only warning

oneP_6 hasn't had a stable update since nov-1 that's ridiculous

All we're getting is betA updates for the OnePlus 6 yet the 6t is getting stable updates. We're on 902 6t is on 906. That's 4 times now they skipped us. the touch latency really affects how I scroll through Android news, on Black Friday the touch latency was so bad I didn't make it to the deal on time. Don't even think about installing chrome betA . Scrolling does not work with chrome beta. I don't like being the tester phone.
If you're still reading this, that's on you ? I already unsubscribed. ? One & done.

then buy 6T, complaining is meaningless

sky104hk said:
then buy 6T, complaining is meaningless
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I unsubscribed from this thread, but I did manage to see your reply. I did not like the OnePlus 6t, if I did I would have bought it. It's over weight looking & the the fingerprint scanner doesn't work in the cold. You literally have to double tap your screen to turn on the phone every time. That's a joke. There's no LED light and always on display isn't available. That would have been a downgrade..
Nobody even upgraded, everyone knew the OnePlus 6 was the best choice. When I saw the look on asbyt face at the OnePlus launch I knew that the 6t wasn't gonna be awesome. It looks like a oompa loompa

Rebel7022 said:
All we're getting is betA updates for the OnePlus 6 yet the 6t is getting stable updates. We're on 902 6t is on 906. That's 4 times now they skipped us. the touch latency really affects how I scroll through Android news, on Black Friday the touch latency was so bad I didn't make it to the deal on time. Don't even think about installing chrome betA . Scrolling does not work with chrome beta. I don't like being the tester phone.
If you're still reading this, that's on you I already unsubscribed. ? One & done.
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Rebel7022 said:
I unsubscribed from this thread, but I did manage to see your reply. I did not like the OnePlus 6t, if I did I would have bought it. It's over weight looking & the the fingerprint scanner doesn't work in the cold. You literally have to double tap your screen to turn on the phone every time. That's a joke. There's no LED light and always on display isn't available. That would have been a downgrade..
Nobody even upgraded, everyone knew the OnePlus 6 was the best choice. When I saw the look on asbyt face at the OnePlus launch I knew that the 6t wasn't gonna be awesome. It looks like a oompa loompa
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Your thread does not provide any value to this section of the forum. You can move the discussion to any existing OnePlus 6 thread like this one. I also see that you unsubscribed from the thread as per your reply. Discussion is two way communication and this thread does not solve that purpose either.
I would like to remind you of Rule 15 Keep threads / posts on-topic
Whilst a minor amount of off-topic posting may be overlooked, the general rule is that your posts / threads must be relevant to the Forum / thread in which you are posting.
General Forums - For news and announcements relating to your device.
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You and expected to understand the rules and follow them. Thread closed from any further bumps.
Thank you,
Funk

A tutorial or video tutorial for everything

Good day XDA team and comunity.
Title says it all.
I have been in the android world for over 7 years now, as an advanced user, because that is what I am, I do not develop or anything like that, quite few mods, some investigations and fixing things by taking a tutorial here or there and some common sense. Some hard bricked devices back when I was starting to install custom roms and rooting devices.
Now, as far as I can remember, hard bricks came from MY mistake. Never blamed any dev or anyone who provided software that I was accepting the responsibility of installing. The post here, or question right here, would be either for new users or users that are not that new that are not used to use the search button or make some reading. I came to this after watching a youtube video about how it looked a custom One UI rom on redmi note 5 (BTW I do not own a whyred device, I own a samsung but I love to keep on watching the develpment scene). I went down to comments to see about bugs, but I got surprised when I saw the question that made me start this post:
"Sir i cant install a custom recovery in Redmi Note 5/5plus .U make a video about custom rom for RN5 recently.But i Can't Install Recovery.Sir I need help. ASAP!"
or
"Can this rom for redmi 5 plus?"
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that but... Seriously? Starting with not knowing a difference between 2 devices that have a different processor, because the video was for Redmi Note 5/pro (whyred) and not Redmi Note 5/5 Plus (Vince). But well, we all have had the confusion. Here is another one: A video for installing TWRP? That is the real ¿Seriously? Back in the days, we read and a lot! Prior installing anything that modifies the device itself, now, everyone wants a video for everything and do not take the time to read. In my humble opinion, if you start asking for that, without reading or at least making a simple google or xda search... dude, you better keep your device as it is, and I say it by experience. The worst of it all? Blaming developers for the mistakes that we make... and seriously, that is the most awful part of this. I can say that as I have had plenty of android devices, some of them with tons of development, some of them with no development at all.
So, conclusion is, to new users, and users that are used to be given everything, please read, if you don't know something, read, google search, xda search, make sure no one else have had the issue before and that you are the only one with it, so you can advise the rest of us. Some researching has not hurt anyone.
If the post needs to be moved to other side or deleted, please let me know, I just wanted to express how I feel about the community for about 2 or 3 years until now. Hopefully people starts reading.

Jemec26 said:
Good day XDA team and comunity.
Title says it all.
I have been in the android world for over 7 years now, as an advanced user, because that is what I am, I do not develop or anything like that, quite few mods, some investigations and fixing things by taking a tutorial here or there and some common sense. Some hard bricked devices back when I was starting to install custom roms and rooting devices.
Now, as far as I can remember, hard bricks came from MY mistake. Never blamed any dev or anyone who provided software that I was accepting the responsibility of installing. The post here, or question right here, would be either for new users or users that are not that new that are not used to use the search button or make some reading. I came to this after watching a youtube video about how it looked a custom One UI rom on redmi note 5 (BTW I do not own a whyred device, I own a samsung but I love to keep on watching the develpment scene). I went down to comments to see about bugs, but I got surprised when I saw the question that made me start this post:
"Sir i cant install a custom recovery in Redmi Note 5/5plus .U make a video about custom rom for RN5 recently.But i Can't Install Recovery.Sir I need help. ASAP!"
or
"Can this rom for redmi 5 plus?"
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that but... Seriously? Starting with not knowing a difference between 2 devices that have a different processor, because the video was for Redmi Note 5/pro (whyred) and not Redmi Note 5/5 Plus (Vince). But well, we all have had the confusion. Here is another one: A video for installing TWRP? That is the real ¿Seriously? Back in the days, we read and a lot! Prior installing anything that modifies the device itself, now, everyone wants a video for everything and do not take the time to read. In my humble opinion, if you start asking for that, without reading or at least making a simple google or xda search... dude, you better keep your device as it is, and I say it by experience. The worst of it all? Blaming developers for the mistakes that we make... and seriously, that is the most awful part of this. I can say that as I have had plenty of android devices, some of them with tons of development, some of them with no development at all.
So, conclusion is, to new users, and users that are used to be given everything, please read, if you don't know something, read, google search, xda search, make sure no one else have had the issue before and that you are the only one with it, so you can advise the rest of us. Some researching has not hurt anyone.
If the post needs to be moved to other side or deleted, please let me know, I just wanted to express how I feel about the community for about 2 or 3 years until now. Hopefully people starts reading.
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Yeah, exactly, THAT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Everyone, please pay close attention to every word in the post above. It is the wisest advice you will ever encounter when it comes to modifying devices.
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XDA we need you

There are tons of complaints on the official oneplus Nord forum and XDA about connectivity, brightness, notifications and screen issues.
We have sent a lot of logs to help the oneplus team with zero feedbacks.
It's been 3 months and several updates, nothing is fixed. The community needs answers.
Could someone take a look at this and help us being heard by oneplus with an official XDA article ?

All being N00bs ("Cupcakes") and/or first timers coming from Apple: to be ignored.

Yeah, an XDA article could make a difference. Oneplus seems to be ignoring even the major bugs like internet connectivity issue. Its really annoying and ruining the day to day experience of device.
Even after several major updates and submission of complaints and logs, OnePlus didn't fix the issues till now.
Sent from my OnePlus AC2001 using XDA Labs

it's a disaster too many bugs to sell it but oneplus team pays reviewers well

Same here. Most common bug and irritating bug is, google feed/discover won't load while on mobile data. Rest i can live with, but leaves me also by aLOT of question marks!
After all-around, this is my second OP Device, and my last one!
(ps and i don't think that A11 is gonna solve those issues)
My 2 cents..

Forget google feed/discover, I'm even having connectivity issues with other apps

deep7177 said:
Forget google feed/discover, I'm even having connectivity issues with other apps
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Same here! I am facing connectivity issues while playing game, browsing, google feed, google lens via gallery/camera, maps. That is a lot!!

There is already a port of stock dialer for 8t and not for nord please someone port it

Perhaps a thread or even a development section which details learning resources where long time members (like myself) who have been on the scene for years (but can't actually contribute anything worthwhile) can learn how to contribute without getting flamed for asking stupid questions alongside others with a similar mentality?

Absolutely, but had zero spare time to push this kind of things atm

Jamie_Bowen said:
Perhaps a thread or even a development section which details learning resources where long time members (like myself) who have been on the scene for years (but can't actually contribute anything worthwhile) can learn how to contribute without getting flamed for asking stupid questions alongside others with a similar mentality?
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Maybe you find something to your desire at the XDA University:
Tutorials, How-To Guides and More. Learn about mobile phone development, hacking, flashing, rooting and many other topics!
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Oswald Boelcke said:
Maybe you find something to your desire at the XDA University:
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Damn. Looks like I need to learn how to use the search function :silly:

gruikdadude said:
All being N00bs ("Cupcakes") and/or first timers coming from Apple: to be ignored.
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See Oneplus 7 and 7T GPS issues. All swept under the rug.
The 8 Pro display issues? People still recommend it regardless of OP having the utmost worst warranty on this planet.
Random fanboys just pop up if you mention issues and just keep defending the company and I don't know why.
I am baffled by the fact they are so unwilling to see that the current OnePlus phones are really subpar quality. I am a huge OnePlus fan, but even I see that there are many problems.
Like now I want to get a OnePlus, because I really loved my 7 Pro, minus the GPS. But what to buy?
7/7T? Bad GPS. Nord? So many issues. 8 Pro? Display issues. 8T? Already seen a dozen problems on XDA.
Maybe the 8 looks like a viable option, I don't know. Maybe.