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Returned To Stock-Rooted.. Is This The Perfect Blend?

I've Tried All The Major Custom ROM Players..
You know their names.
And for the most part.. they were "Glitch-Free" and fairly stable.
Lots of goodies to play with and adjust.. even one offering the "Pure" Experience.. for those that want it Bare-Boned.
And.. even though they were bloat-free, light in weight and smooth.. there were still complaints about this not working or that not working.. or, users asking if they could have Gestures working as smoothly as Stock.. both Camera lenses functioning etc.. etc.. :crying:
It's in EVERY thread.
I'd been mixing and matching so many Kernel's and ROM's trying to achieve... what?
That's when I decided to Re-Encrypt my software throw on 9.5.17.. and Re-Root the darn thing..
A Fresh Start..
Not only has everything been scrubbed clean.. but battery ( Greenified ) Smoothness ( Nova-Prime ) Customization ( Themes ) all really work better than I remembered.
Even with the bloat.. ( I could remove it.. ) everything transistions just as fast as it did with the customs.
I Can Always Go Back.. to C-ROM's and my Anti ( 3 ) is not an issue.. but,
I really don't see a need to.. Stock-Rooted ( IMO ) offers the best Stability / Customization Combo for the XRN5 / Pro.

For most people including me, it's just being close to raw aosp.
I admire the smoothness of miui edge gestures and some goodies that miui brings. But other than that, i just can't stand the ugly side of it, like why an oem will show ads when i download something with stock browser? I know i can use other browsers, but why would mi do that? Did i got the phone for free? So, they put ads to monetize?!
It's good that now i see threads for debloating miui easily but i don't see myself going back to miui anytime soon. Even now that mia2 Cam's been ported and working quite smoothly, i see no reason to go back.
Btw, it's just personal preference. And if stability is what's someone looking for, they should go stock. But it also can be achieved from aosp roms, no doubt. Highly depends on user and how/what they use it for. I have no major problems with the roms I've tried so far.
Aosip, havoc, dotos, now bootleggers. Aosip is the most perfect solution for me.
Cheers.

Understood..
Tisckkytt said:
For most people including me, it's just being close to raw aosp.
I admire the smoothness of miui edge gestures and some goodies that miui brings. i just can't stand the ugly side of it, like why an oem will show ads when i download something with stock browser? I know i can use other browsers, but why would mi do that?
Btw, it's just personal preference.
Aosip, havoc, dotos, now bootleggers. Aosip is the most perfect solution for me.
Cheers.
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Great Post..
Can't disagree with your opinion..
I have no issues either way as far as browsing is concerned.. even without the use of Adaway Rooted or Non-Rooted variants.
MIUI got the Gestures right... that's for sure. The Customs can't touch MIUI Smoothness and Sensitivity levels.
And Batterylife for me is 13% ( tested ) better going factory fresh as well.
Thank Goodness there is a road for each of us to get to our destination! :highfive:
Cheers.

Been there, done that. I remember the good old days when stock ROMs sucked big time. Not so long ago, I pretty much threw MIUI into oblivion on my RN3 because performance was sub-par. Now, it's a completely different world in which I find myself at home when using Oreo-based MIUI 9 and even 10.
All I need these days is the latest stable Android release, Magisk (+ a couple Modules), Nova Launcher, my apps and I'm good to go.
Gone are the days when I tweaked and tweaked the hell out the HW and SW to get decent performance.

I totally agree with the OP. I tried few of the major custom roms and while they were mostly bug free and stable, oreo based stock miui 9 and 10 beta is simply awesome. Miui 10 beta is giving me the best battery life and the most smooth performance, even with tons of bloatware.

Yeah this is the setup I have used since I got this phone. Stock os is stable and fast. Haven't tried any custom Roms yet . If things go south in miui 10 only then will i switch to other roms

I am waiting to get my bootloader unlocked and want to root stock.
Will I be able to OTA upgrade without losing root? Or what's the process here.

Wish there was a tweaked, debloated, zip aligned stock rom..

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I too think miui is better suited for our device.. btw how to get greenify working on stock miui?

rohanvaja said:
I too think miui is better suited for our device.. btw how to get greenify working on stock miui?
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Do you really need greenify with miui? It has some background and memory management itself, i think greenify is more suited for AOSP LOS etc. But thats just my opinion.

rohanvaja said:
I too think miui is better suited for our device.. btw how to get greenify working on stock miui?
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I agree what Incogn said. MIUI doesn't need Greenify as it is pretty aggressive. But if you want it there is a Magisk module you can download from Magisk Manager itself. It makes Greenify perform way better like it works with Xposed.

jaidev.s said:
Wish there was a tweaked, debloated, zip aligned stock rom..
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Farhadul Haque said:
I totally agree with the OP. I tried few of the major custom roms and while they were mostly bug free and stable, oreo based stock miui 9 and 10 beta is simply awesome. Miui 10 beta is giving me the best battery life and the most smooth performance, even with tons of bloatware.
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Can u suggest me miui 9 or 10 with anti 3 for good battery and pubg

I am using the same setup of stock miui 10 and magisk root can anyone please suggest me a kernel with wireguard support and good performance and battery life for miui

Why u want a chinese spy rom? Every custom rom is better than miui.

RheinPirat said:
Why u want a chinese spy rom? Every custom rom is better than miui.
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Can you point me to a custom ROM which has everything including front and back camera working flawlessly?

deathbearer said:
Can you point me to a custom ROM which has everything including front and back camera working flawlessly?
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Every single rom has back and front camera working. It's the Google camera, that's still partially broken. Use Mi A2 port and everything is going to be fine
Sent from my whyred using XDA Labs

RheinPirat said:
Why u want a chinese spy rom? Every custom rom is better than miui.
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If its spy rom and you are concerned why are you using google apps? The biggest data stealers there are. Im quite sure you also use facebook, so hipocricy here is very high. Even if it was spy rom(which is utter nonsense), they cant steal anything from you that google or facebook already didnt.
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Every single rom has back and front camera working. It's the Google camera, that's still partially broken. Use Mi A2 port and everything is going to be fine
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Stock custom rom camera compared to stock miui SUCKS. Gcam doesnt work on global, and Mi A2 port has 50 pages of user reported bugs, so no, its quite far from fine if you want stability.

Incogn said:
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Stock custom rom camera compared to stock miui SUCKS. Gcam doesnt work on global, and Mi A2 port has 50 pages of user reported bugs, so no, its quite far from fine if you want stability.
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Mi A2 Port works without any Problem on Resurrection Remix 2018.07.23

Suggest me a ROM. Please lol.

So, I'm pretty sure there's lots of threads like this one, but I went through many and just couldn't find what I needed. Anyway, the title clearly explains it. I'm currently on the stock Oxygen OS 2.1.4 based on Lollipop. Kinda got bored and finally thought of upgrading. Am not a noob btw.
1) Of course, the ROM should be fast and stable. I play a lot of PUBG, so performance and stability is a priority.
2) Camera is a priority. I've read that ColorOS blobs are the best. Do any Oreo or Nougat ROMs have them?
3) Features are the least important for me. I can even live with vanilla Android. I'll root it with Magisk and install systemless Xposed anyway.
4) Don't care about having latest security patches or something.
5) OTAs would be nice, if possible.
6) Oreo would also be nice, but I think Oreo ROMs aren't that stable right now, are they? Nor do I think they contain all the features I mentioned above.
All suggestions are appreciated! Please provide links for any ROMs you mention.
The reason I want to switch is because recently I did a factory reset and restored apps with Titanium Backup, which made the device real slow and apps like WhatsApp and many other are constantly misbehaving.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...elp-thread-t2869514/post77260811#post77260811
POST # 3783

se7enlyn said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...elp-thread-t2869514/post77260811#post77260811
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Umm, that's marshmallow
Any chance you could suggest something nougat?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...m-kernel-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-3-t3626403

patp said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...m-kernel-unofficial-lineageos-14-1-3-t3626403
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Thank you. I will definitely check it out this weekend.

adityabanerjee1303 said:
Thank you. I will definitely check it out this weekend.
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Umm, that's marshmallow
Any chance you could suggest something nougat?
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I'm not a big fan of unofficial roms. Might I suggest DotOS? Mr.AK's roms are very well built, daily driver material. This is my current daily driver. The only issue I have is HDR in landscape mode, but that shouldn't be an issue as the camera works as perfect as stock Cyanogen OS 13 (meaning you don't get weird contrast or quality issues as when not using the stock camera app). My favorite feature of the rom is the automatic increased contrast in very bright conditions like the Redmi Note 3 Pro, which improves visibility and legibility in direct sunlight. It can be found here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/official-dotos-v1-0-t3703159

Crossvxm said:
I'm not a big fan of unofficial roms. Might I suggest DotOS? Mr.AK's roms are very well built, daily driver material. This is my current daily driver. The only issue I have is HDR in landscape mode, but that shouldn't be an issue as the camera works as perfect as stock Cyanogen OS 13 (meaning you don't get weird contrast or quality issues as when not using the stock camera app). My favorite feature of the rom is the automatic increased contrast in very bright conditions like the Redmi Note 3 Pro, which improves visibility and legibility in direct sunlight. It can be found here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/official-dotos-v1-0-t3703159
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Uhh, you sure it's alright? Cause in the rom's first thread, it says it's in beta.

adityabanerjee1303 said:
Uhh, you sure it's alright? Cause in the rom's first thread, it says it's in beta.
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I was very sceptical for the same reason at first, but being that I like DotOS from previous device experiences, I decided to try it anyways. Apart from what I mentioned, the ROM is extremely stable.

I'm on DOT O.S atm. Beautiful ROM. Two main issues. Oneplus gesture's (v-torch, o - camera etc) don't work and no nfc.. Shame it's an amazinf rom otherwise.
I find with oreo rom's I seems to always have problems with either nfc or gps or bluetooth. Gestures I can live without. Can anyone recommend a well tested Oreo rom that has these features working?

is general gsi roms good enough

is general gsi roms good enough for our device or is it better to wait for specific rom that is well modified for our device??? In other words is there any general gsi rom that is good enough and has major hardware parts working (camera, wifi, hotspot, brightness, bluetooth... Etc) ???
Thanks

Has anyone tried Havoc OS ROM ?

Generally speaking they're good enough to use assuming you can get them installed on you phone. I was using Phh's unofficial Ressurection Remix Rom for a while, and the biggest issue I had was the fingerprint sensor acting as a mouse button when the screen was on. Otherwise everything was very smooth and worked like what I expected them too. Battery life might have been a bit worse than it was on MIUI. I've had similar results on all of Phh's ROMs, although I haven't really tried images from too many other developers.
Installing them can be a struggle. It seems like half of the time I try to flash one I need to wipe everything on the phone to get it to work, but other times I can flash them with no issues. That's not specific to GSI images though. I've probably wiped my phone (system and storage contents) half a dozen times because I accidentally soft bricked my phone trying to flash something. That's probably more user error more than anything else.
I have also never been able to get gapps to flash on a GSI ROM. I've always had to use ones with them built in.
I ended up going back to MIUI because the GCam mod wasn't working properly, and a large reason for buying the phone was for the camera. I'll probably go back to Treble images once the major ROMs start releasing Pie variants, assuming we don't get some native ROMs first.

Anyone else get a trebble rom to work yet?

merlin21 said:
Anyone else get a trebble rom to work yet?
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I flashed a lot of them. Most have bugs as you can imagine e but that's not the rom's or devs fault.
I had installed
Official Resurrection ReMix
Phh treble AOSP
Pixel Experience version 8.1 and 9
Polaris Pixel experience
Google extended
All with similar bugs/features. The 8.1 versions work pretty well, the pie versions have all the same bugs. But they are daily driver material in my opinion if you can do without some functions. Some of them have enough no working camera, others have trouble with NFC and bluetooth.
Others have distorted sounds (which can be easily fixed).
Just browse the treble development thread and find out what fits best for you.
I'm using pixel experience official 8.1 and 9 unofficial (on two separate MiMix2S) and so far it works for me.
I think the best by now is the official 8.1 PE rom. Most of the things I'm using do work really well. Now I'm eagerly waiting for the Polaris Pixel Experience Pie rom...hope it will arrive soon.
I think we own a not very popular device so devs are rare but there are some of them doing a great job and working on those issues. Maybe some could donate some bucks like I did to keep them motivated and show some appreciation for their hard work.

I've had the best experience with the Benzo 9.0 ROM.

How is the camera on GSI roms? One of the reasons I updated from the mix 2 to the mix 2s was for the camera.
Is it comparable to MIUI?, or total ****?

I am using the AOSP 9.0 rom by @phhusson: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases
Apart from the camera, I'm not aware of any known issues. Bluetooth, NFC, Sound and Calling issues have all been resolved (thank you very much @phhusson). I guess there are other issues I did not hit yet
The camera app I use is from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...ed-p-mix2s-t3838406/post77529938#post77529938
Its possible to take good pictures (without color issues) but some feature like HDR, portrait don't work.
As a base for this rom, I use the most current global beta from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/how-to/miui-based-android-9-pie-t3826402

Firipu said:
How is the camera on GSI roms? One of the reasons I updated from the mix 2 to the mix 2s was for the camera.
Is it comparable to MIUI?, or total ****?
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It's definitely a step down.

Guys check this out!
http://en.miui.com/thread-4114962-1-1.html
I think I should try it!
Any1 tried it? Please confirm if so

jouid33 said:
Guys check this out!
http://en.miui.com/thread-4114962-1-1.html
I think I should try it!
Any1 tried it? Please confirm if so
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So it's basically a link to a ROM we already know...or is there any device specific features included?
If it's the aosp ROM by phhusson it's stock Android and works smooth but lacks some features IMHO. Nothing fancy but a great leap forward in treble development. Great guy developing good and stable roms.

jouid33 said:
is general gsi roms good enough for our device or is it better to wait for specific rom that is well modified for our device??? In other words is there any general gsi rom that is good enough and has major hardware parts working (camera, wifi, hotspot, brightness, bluetooth... Etc) ???
Thanks
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Install this and be a happy little camper:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...pie-testing-pixel-experience-polaris-t3855036
Using it as my daily driver now. Almost all bugs sorted out that bothered me with the gsi images.

kleinholzinferno said:
Install this and be a happy little camper:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi...pie-testing-pixel-experience-polaris-t3855036
Using it as my daily driver now. Almost all bugs sorted out that bothered me with the gsi images.
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Thanks for sharing ill sure try it out

guys check this out!
https://download.mokeedev.com/?device=polaris

jouid33 said:
guys check this out!
https://download.mokeedev.com/?device=polaris
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Please anyone willing to try it give us feedback of how stable is it and what is not working

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Please anyone willing to try it give us feedback of how stable is it and what is not working
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Why don't you try it for yourself and report how it's working? I'm interested too, maybe this has some features I could use.

kleinholzinferno said:
Why don't you try it for yourself and report how it's working? I'm interested too, maybe this has some features I could use.
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Im seeing that they are updating it daily so i said ill wait 1 week and then try it.

Corvus vs. Derpfest (Only opinion) (PocoF1 only)

Hi Good day everyone, I just want to make a small pole for us to have a discussion about this two awesome Master of customization ROMs. Which do you think is more stable or Less buggy and can be a daily driver for a long time
CHEERS MATES!!!
P.S. : No hates let's just share experience. Let's help each other decide for everyone to have an idea
Props to this two amazing ROMs:good::fingers-crossed:

Wrong section, and comparing roms is not good, every rom is good at something. But to answer to ur question derpfest is rich of customization

Stupid thread

Please read the thread
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Stupid thread
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Don't just comment. read the thread. It said don't hate. If you have nothing good to say. Keep that word in your mouth
If you don't like this thread then it is not for you
THANK YOU:good:

Mcha01 said:
Wrong section, and comparing roms is not good, every rom is good at something. But to answer to ur question derpfest is rich of customization
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Not that i am comparing, I just want to know what people's opinion with this two amazing roms. I just found out that HAVOC and EVO X are ones that already been a talk. I just want to see what opinion other users have
Thank you for you comment:victory:

Haven't tried Corvus yet but Derpfest is good. Im using Havoc at the moment. But all ROMS released for Poco are great. Developers have done an amazing job in maintaining and updating ROMs.

Lineage:silly:

I take covus for this one. I just installed it 2 days ago and my review was. Great customization, Gaming mode, Smart charging(you can stop charging when reaches 80%) and good battery.

I can not talk about Derpfest, I have not used it, but Corvus was super smooth and a lot of customization... Than he crashed suddenly after 2 days of tinkering.. launcher stop working and google "some servise" stop working..
Went back to Miui. more precisely Eu Miui but I become spoiled by custom roms and customizations, so I decided to try some other rom. Ended up to Havoc
And I forget to say, all that trip started from Crdroid, which was super smooth but started to have bugs with updates.
That is my 2 cents, i hope it helps someone..

Great review! Thanks!

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I can not talk about Derpfest, I have not used it, but Corvus was super smooth and a lot of customization... Than he crashed suddenly after 2 days of tinkering.. launcher stop working and google "some servise" stop working..
Went back to Miui. more precisely Eu Miui but I become spoiled by custom roms and customizations, so I decided to try some other rom. Ended up to Havoc
And I forget to say, all that trip started from Crdroid, which was super smooth but started to have bugs with updates.
That is my 2 cents, i hope it helps someone..
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This is me with ROMs/computers/smart devices....Tweak them until they break... Start over.

Both rom are stable and both have lots of customisation, but corvus has upper hand because it has some extra customisation options, i used derp for 2 weeks and notice little bit ui lag. The last version i used was 20200316 after that i switched to corvus and still using it and very happy with this rom.

Using derpfest with lawrun kernel 67hz version.. super smooth with great customisation and descent battery life.
Gaming is super smooth too.

for me corvus is the king(for now) earlier my anytime favorite rom was derpfest still it is. I wont say derpfest is bad still its my favorite only thing it lags is gaming experience, games sometime lags whereas corvus is super super smooth! in terms of ui too!!

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I take covus for this one. I just installed it 2 days ago and my review was. Great customization, Gaming mode, Smart charging(you can stop charging when reaches 80%) and good battery.
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Hey buddy, is smart charging fixed on the latest build of corvus?
Been using the initial build of corvus for more than a week, its based on DU and the amount of customisation is pretty good. Battery life is good enough, all san1ty gcam versions are working, smooth since day 1. Im satisfied with this rom
I did try derfest pie a couple of months ago and i believe its one of the best rom for poco as well

Corvus is smooth for me.
I use 0.3x animation scale with slider. Derpfest lacks animation slider.
I treid many roms - Crdroid, Havoc, EvoX, Derpfest, Stagos (doesn't support exFat sdcard), AEX, AIM, Superior OS, MSM (unofficial), Pixel Experience.
In customisations MSM is best followed by Corvus, Stagos, EvoX, Derpfest.
In smoothness I feel Corvus is best followed by MSM, EvoX, Havoc, Derpfest.
For now, I got only issue of bluetooth in Corvus and I am fine with it for now, lets see if update fixes it.

developweb said:
This is me with ROMs/computers/smart devices....Tweak them until they break... Start over.
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Yeah, I hear you 100%

Question Which is the best performance roms for OP 9?

I wonder what is the best room for performance in OP9 even optimization?

There is not a huge difference it's all personal preference.

Stock rom

Debloated OOS and some magisk mod tweaks.

I've tested custom rom my choice is Syberia

Stock or AOSPA imo

OOS

*Syberia is the most customisable and so far seems very snappy.
*Elytra OS The most aesthetic UI and fast kernel
These two ROMs are my choice for #bestROM.
*Pixel extended is the perfect Google experience
*CRDroid is also another one worth mentioning and the Dev is very friendly.
*Stag OS was the first 13 rom and is very stable also
*lineage OS is the most basic Custom rom and easy to flash.

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*Syberia is the most customisable and so far seems very snappy.
*Elytra OS The most aesthetic UI and fast kernel
These two ROMs are my choice for #bestROM.
*Pixel extended is the perfect Google experience
*CRDroid is also another one worth mentioning and the Dev is very friendly.
*Stag OS was the first 13 rom and is very stable also
*lineage OS is the most basic Custom rom and easy to flash.
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Exactly this. They're all pretty great.
For A12, any ROM with OOSCAM and a current security update is amazing.
For A13, ElytraOS is very impressive, and the maintainer is very active in what feedback is given. StagOS As well, but that maintainer is/was supporting A12 and 13 while ElytraOS came in on A13, so has just had more time to focus just on it. Both are great.
And now with Syberia (one of my favorite OP6 roms) on the scene, It seems you literally can't pick incorrectly, all are winners.
All my issues have always come from incorrect OOS update prior to flashing a ROM (see: PEBKAC), Android and/or its various changes itself effecting the Apps I use itself or an underlining bug that's from lineage (that all start with as a base, at least on every OP devices I've run with an android OS) that's out of the maintainers control.
For now, I'm back on Pixel Experience A12, but will return to A13 ROMs once it matures a little further and apps stabilize on it (preferably one with Google AI call screening enabled by default.)
I'd also take note of the few ROMs that offer vanilla builds that allow you to manage your own exposure to GApps, or none at all (ex: CRDroid)

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OOS
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OOS13 is so damn beautiful but hate the idea of trying to root, remove bloat/spyware, optimize it all while in Beta.
I need to try it at least once for a week or so.

nothing beats the stability of OOS.
i use some filming ang photography apps. i have tested these apps with most of the popular custom roms. the apps develop issues that do not happen in OOS.

jmadiaga said:
nothing beats the stability of OOS.
i use some filming ang photography apps. i have tested these apps with most of the popular custom roms. the apps develop issues that do not happen in OOS.
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im not saying you are wrong (im not you, im a nobody), but i would assume this is a place where the majority would probably disagree with that, lol.

applyscience said:
im not saying you are wrong (im not you, im a nobody), but i would assume this is a place where the majority would probably disagree with that, lol.
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ikr
but i can only spek fom my experience.