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UPDATE: Database 3.0 can now be found here
Someone asked me to create a thread here for my custom ROM comparison database, so that's what I'm doing here now.
A few words from my side so you know what to expect of it and clear things up.
This is the original text I posted on my blog, so I'll just put it up here as well.
At the end of last week, I asked on G+ what to do next, an app comparison or a new custom ROM review. On of the first answers that got my attention was someone asking for a custom ROM comparison instead. I thought about it for a while how this could works since I can’t show them off side by side and it would be difficult no matter what. While thinking along I also remembered one post on YouTube where a viewer gave me the constructive criticism on the videos getting too long, especially the part where I listed all the features in the video review. I told him I am aware of that fact but I still haven’t found the right solution to make the videos shorter without missing any important specs. After some more thinking the idea of the comparison database was born.
The idea behind the database
Creating a database that contains all the available features clearly visible and quickly to access for everybody was actually the hopefully right solution. Using it I don’t need to waste anymore time on rattling down the whole list in my video… this saves me a whole lot of time but of course also you. And if someone wants to know if a specific feature is available in the reviewed ROM he can just quickly check the database and look for it, it’s as easy as that. Of course this method also allows me to focus more on the important aspects of the ROM itself.
Creating the database itself took quite some time for sure but in the end I think this is the cleaner and smarter solution for everyone. I hope this to get a helpful tool for everyone to easily find the right ROM for himself that suites him the most.
I did 2 videos, one quickly explaining the purpose of the database itself and an additional one explaining some of the more important custom ROM features so that people who are maybe new to custom ROM flashing know what to look for. If you see any feature in my database and wanna know what it is for or what it does, leave me a comment. I will then either quickly explain it if possible or collect some of the requests and make another “features explained” video.
Here is the link for the database (it will also be attached to every upcoming custom ROM video as well as the matching article), it will be updated with every upcoming custom ROM video review. I am no professional in text editing, so if someone is maybe bored or wants to help me out in making a better and more professional appearing database to improve it, please contact me, I’d really appreciate it.
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Features of the database
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- detailed list of all possible custom ROM feaures (~100 at the moment, constantly growing)
- containing 13 of the most popular ROMs + stock Android ROM + Xposed Framework to compare with each other (list is still growing)
- a lot of useful additional informations like links to downloads, ROM's websites, G+ communities and much more
- everything is sorted logically and color coded for fast and easy comparison
- all features have a quick explanation, expecially helpful for custom ROM beginners
- a lot of maintainers to keep it updated as good as possible (12 maintainers at the moment) - always looking for more, feel free to join
- constantly working on improving and enhancing the database
here is the link to the database 2.0 - thx to @parker09
some additional videos to explain the whole thing again...
Please feel free to leave any comments.
I'm a real Google docs noob so if someone maybe wants to help me clean it up and polish the style, just contact me.
And if this thread is posted in the wrong section, please just let me know.
UPDATE new host
Updates
Update
I read the posts here and on the portal and wanna set some things straight.
I do the database including the reviews in my free time, but besides that I´m also blogging,doing app/device reviews, how to´s and similar stuff so time for the database is therefore limited. That´s the reason I can´t progress with the database as fast as I would like to, also my way of testing takes up a lot of time.
I will of course try to do it as frequently as possible and of course ROMs like AOKP and Omni will follow in time.
That´s it for that.
Regarding mistakes and such, I know the database isn´t flawless but I´m not doing errors on purpose. About missing features of certain ROMs, it is possible some ROMs now have features that weren´t available at my time reviewing it but it´s almost impossible for me to keep track of all changes since I use different ROMs all the time and can´t always go back to already reviewed ones.
Update 2
Big change, after all what I read, I finally decided to make the database open to edit for public. Everyone can add ROMs and changes as he wishes to. I only ask users to be resposible and keep everything clean. Feel free to make new entries or correct errors if found. I think this is the best way for the database to grow.
The 2nd change is the move to another design made by @parker09 that is way nicer and better in my opinion.
The old one will still stay but won´t be updated anymore I think. So don´t forget to change your current link to the new one.
BIG THX to everyone in advance who decides to particate on working on the database, I hope the new way is a win for everyone.
Update 3
Sorry to say but the open to public idea wasn't the best it seems since the database somehow got messed up a bit. I want to prevent this from happening that's why I have some rules now to hopefully keep things clean and right this time.
Everyone is still welcome to participate in maintaining the database but has to do following now in order to get permissions to edit.
This reason for the rules is so I can better keep track of what gets changed by who and I know which parts are getting updated and which not.
How to get permission to edit?
Please contact me via PM on xda with the following title...
maintain custom ROM database "your email adress" "your google name" (the name that will appear when editing the document)
- Please also write down your name and email again within the pm just to be sure
- Please tell me which ROM(s) you would like to maintain or what you plan to edit.
- Please tell me if it is ok to add you to hangouts, this would make the teamwork faster and easier
Rules for maintainers
can now be found directly in the database
I want this so I have a list of all the maintainer and know who does what, so things don't get mixed up like 2 people editing one rom at the same time getting each other between in their way. This gives me a better overview so I can track the changes.
THANKS TO
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n3ocort3x - AICP Team member
owain94 - PACman Team member
vedantgp - CyanFox Team member - Special thanks for a lot of groundwork&more
josegalre - Special thanks for a lot of groundwork&more
jrudyk
msn.debord
louisjms
lordbalmon
septigation
l3v14n
Thank your for publishing it here as well. This will be helpful for all of us. :good:
SlimBean has Breathing SMS. I should know I ported it (its in MMS settings)
cordell12 said:
SlimBean has Breathing SMS. I should know I ported it (its in MMS settings)
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Maybe it didn't have it back when I reviewed it or I missed it. Will change it later. Thanks for the heads up
Can you add what you can do with stock+GravityBox? Then people can see which benefits they can get without flashing roms.
Hi nimrodity,
please make it available as a online tool for all ROM makers, so that they can update it as and when possible. and then there's no need you to update it.
Nice I did a column for Paranoid Android (as best I can - some features I don't know what they do) but did as best I could so if you want to copy & paste it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...VoZ1l0bWxoYnVzek9oNnhlWXc&usp=drive_web#gid=1
On the second sheet I started one ages ago and that's the style I went with, and you hover over for what their options are.
Interesting, but what I would really love to see is developers from cross-ROM platforms joining hands
Lastest Carbon have got Paranoid PIE.
Small adjustments
You had a really great idea by doing this. I once search for something similar to this spredsheet and didn't find anything useful...till now!!
You did a wonderful job!
I just noticed 1 small thing and my other point is a suggestion:
1. In CM10.2 you have an option for the vibration intensity only, so maybe you could add to the "vibration" section: yes, but limited.
2. My suggestion would be to add another "spec" for the ROM. It would be "screen color/gamma calibration". It's a very interesting feature and CM10.2 (latest nightly) has it.
What do you think?
Thanks
Keep up the good work!:good:
maxver0 said:
Lastest Carbon have got Paranoid PIE.
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I know but it didn't back then when I reviewed it. I can't always update the database especially with the old review build date. It would be too hard to keep track of all.
Thanks for Your work... Hope You will add more ROMs to this database and I hope other members will help You to get the info You need for awesome ROMs like:
Purity...
crdroid
XenonHD
Liquid Smooth
Vanir
Carbon
Illusion
beanstalk
Jellybam
... and more AOSPs
... ... ... ... OMNI
Purity, Vanir, Jellybam and XenonHD should be simple to track because devs keep the same MODs&features... little changes on every new build
More difficult to track other ROMs that add&remove features very often
I can't help You because I'm a Stockish man and I won't try AOSPs for now
Thanks for useful database, It will sure help me when I will going to flash new rom
felix1234 said:
Can you add what you can do with stock+GravityBox? Then people can see which benefits they can get without flashing roms.
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Doesn't really make sense since it's all about custom Roms but I already thought about doing a separate review for the blog.
Not sure about your idea, will think about it though
itechengine said:
Hi nimrodity,
please make it available as a online tool for all ROM makers, so that they can update it as and when possible. and then there's no need you to update it.
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As you can see by my simple list I don't know much higher about docs and I have no clue how to do such a tool. The idea sounds really cool if someone knows how to do that and wants to help out just contact me
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Nice I did a column for Paranoid Android (as best I can - some features I don't know what they do) but did as best I could so if you want to copy & paste it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...VoZ1l0bWxoYnVzek9oNnhlWXc&usp=drive_web#gid=1
On the second sheet I started one ages ago and that's the style I went with, and you hover over for what their options are.
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Will check it later. If you see my YouTube channel you see my PA rant. I don't really have that much interest updating the database with PA since I'm not really a big fan of the to work. Nothing personal but I just can't get warm with their Rom
@nimrodity
Great work. Important factors when choosing rom could besides features be "RAM usage on clean install and no tweaks/installed apps" and benchmarks based on the same conditions.
But anyways, awesome work :thumbup:
pemell said:
@nimrodity
Great work. Important factors when choosing rom could besides features be "RAM usage on clean install and no tweaks/installed apps" and benchmarks based on the same conditions.
But anyways, awesome work :thumbup:
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Sorry I won't including benchmarks since they have nothing to say about performance in daily use. They are no important factor for me. Same for the rest, also I mention performance and such in my video reviews, don't plan on adding that stuff directly into the database though
On Cyanogenmod it says :
Volume Music Controls : music controls visible only but not with volume buttons.
You can control the music with the Volume buttons whilst being locked.
And if Poweroptions refer to the "menu" that shows when pressing the power button, you can en/disable airplane mode and select "Screenshot". And you can switch between Silent/Vibrate/Sound Profile.
Why no MIUI?
Great work! Just one little nag - why no mention of MIUI? It's distinct feature set should surely warrant a review, but that's just my opinion.
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Great work! Just one little nag - why no mention of MIUI? It's distinct feature set should surely warrant a review, but that's just my opinion.
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My database is far from being complete, I just started . I chose my Roms randomly until now. Miui is still possible to come
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I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed (countless other scenarios apply here). Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in the product you find here before flashing it. You are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you (seriously, I will laugh really hard!). Your warranty will be void if you tamper with any part of your device / software.
Introduction:
MoKee OpenSource is based on the Google AOSP and CyanogenMod project. We update our source code frequently to keep up with the latest development, and not forgetting to merge in special features of our own at the same time.
The Mfunz Forums launched this project on the 12th of December 2012, and is committed to make this ROM better and better.
Since this project is open source, anyone interested can participate in the development. Newcomers are always welcomed!
Types of Releases:
MoKee OpenSource has 4 kinds of releases: official release, beta, nightlies, and unofficial builds.
Official release: This version is tested throughly by developers and users, so it is the most stable build
Beta: When a device is newly added, there will be beta versions for testing, but there might be unknown bugs and problems
Nightlies: Nightlies are compiled automatically by servers, so it will have the latest features but beware of uncompleted works
Unofficial builds: These builds are compiled from source or ported by non MoKee developers
Official Releases:
MoKee Open Source supports many devices, but the developers may not have all devices in hand, so if there are device maintainers that can help out, the official releases will be decided by them, MoKee Open Source will only maintain the nightlies to ensure the usability of the ROM. However, for devices with no device maintainers, MoKee Open Source will decide when to release official builds or nightlies. Therefore, if you have a device maintainer, please get the official releases from your respective device maintainer's thread or nightlies from MoKee Open Source.
Features:
Incremental updates
OTA updates - update on the fly!
ListView animations
Multi window
Calendar - with lunar and solar calendars
Lunar calendar in lock screen
Task switching sidebar in recent apps (the list will increase if you install supported apps)
Bulk SMS recipients
Adjustable SMS font size
SMS sending delay
Smart dialing
Speed dialing
IP dialing
Custom carrier name
Network speed in status bar
Built in timer in Apollo - determine when to stop playing music
MoKee NotePad
MoKee Setup Wizard
Active Display
HALO
Adjustable navigation bar height
Unique Power Saver functions!
Custom screen off animations
** Not yet merged
PIE control
Auto hide status bar
Smart capture
Preview option in launcher (similar to the preview function in launchers found in Play Store)
Many more! Since we are constantly adding new features, see changelogs to keep updated!
Links:
Official Site:
http://www.mfunz.com
Statistics:
http://stats.mfunz.com
Bug Tracker
http://issues.mfunz.com
Changelog
http://changelog.mfunz.com
GitHub
http://github.com/MoKee
Code Review:
http://review.mfunz.com
Installation Instructions:
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Flash ROM
3. Flash Gapps
4. Reboot
Issues with themes:
Please refer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577469
Donations:
http://www.mfunz.com/en/donations/
Credits:
- MoKee Developers: http://www.mfunz.com/en/contributors
- CyanogenMod
- AOSP
- Koush for open-sourced SuperUser
- ParanoidAndroid for HALO
- Slim Roms
- @gimmeitorilltell for helping me through some initial build errors
XDA:DevDB Information
MoKee 4.4 (Unofficial), a ROM for the AT&T HTC One X
Contributors
Black!Jack
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: 2.14/2.15
Based On: CyanogenMod/MoKee Open Source
Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2014-02-10
Created 2014-01-25
Last Updated 2014-02-10
Downloads
Mod Edit: Download links removed.
GApps Downloads
PA GApps
BaNkS GApps
Recovery Downloads for 4.4 Roms
CWM
TWRP
Changelog
All MoKee changelogs can be found HERE.
Z1cK said:
Look cool. Downloading... Will report feedback. Good job !!
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I hope you enjoy it. I have been running it for quite a while and I have no complaints.
A Q&A thread has been started for non development related questions, requests, chatter etc...
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2623699
Let's all try to keep this thread clean!
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OK. It booted fine and everything is working well. :thumbup:
Sent from my One xl
gimmeitorilltell said:
This looks great! I'm excited to see that I was able to help someone out! This rom looks promising and it seems like it's gonna be a busy thread for you. Congrats!
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Thanks to you my friend! I appreciate your help. It was nice to have someone to "steer" me in the right direction; and not actually "drive" me to my destination. Logic prevails yet again!
Z1cK said:
OK. It booted fine and everything is working well. :thumbup:
Sent from my One xl
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Of course it is!
And just so that everyone knows, this DevDB project includes some important tabs at the top.
Screenshots
I have uploaded a bunch already, and I plan to add a whole lot more!
Downloads
In addition to my dev-host account, I will also be uploading them to XDA - you can find them in this tab; complete with md5 checksums.
Q&A
Pretty self explanatory. Let's keep anything not development related there; after-all, that is what it is there for! I will ask mods to move posts that do not belong here there. Repeated requests to the same people will get you BlackListed and ignored. Really, it's not that big of a request!
If your post disappears, it was probably moved to the Q&A Thread for this ROM, since the OP has asked that this thread stay dev talk, and questions etc go into the Q&A thread.
Thanks.
Madcat8686 said:
BJ, WIFI works for me and so does ADB. I am really digging this Rom. Battery life is phenomenal as I have come to expect from 4.4.2 Roms.
I saw one minor glitch when I first was setting up the Rom. The "X Remove" stayed at the top when I was removing a widget. It eventually went away after a reboot but I consider this cosmetic at best and it never happened again.
Other than that I have nothing but thanks for the outstanding Rom to report.
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Great to hear. As this was sort of a dry run I didn't add or take anything away from the initial build. However, moving forward, I will be adding some useful features, and removing some unneeded nonsense. At the top of the main ROM page there is a tab for Feature requests. If you, or anyone else has a request for something you would like to see added, or subtracted, please put it there. It will be easier for me to keep track of everything that way. I have already received some great suggestions and look forward to receiving more. Please remember that I do this with my free time, and that I am not obligated to make all changes requested. That being said, I will do my best to accommodate "reasonable" requests. Thanks.
Additionally, at the top of the main ROM page there is also a section for Bug Reports. Please try to place all bugs, or possible bugs there. Again, this just makes things easier to keep track of. And as always, logcats are always appreciated when reporting issues.
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk
Black!Jack said:
Great to hear. As this was sort of a dry run I didn't add or take anything away from the initial build. However, moving forward, I will be adding some useful features, and removing some unneeded nonsense. At the top of the main ROM page there is a tab for Feature requests. If you, or anyone else has a request for something you would like to see added, or subtracted, please put it there. It will be easier for me to keep track of everything that way. I have already received some great suggestions and look forward to receiving more. Please remember that I do this with my free time, and that I am not obligated to make all changes requested. That being said, I will do my best to accommodate "reasonable" requests. Thanks.
Additionally, at the top of the main ROM page there is also a section for Bug Reports. Please try to place all bugs, or possible bugs there. Again, this just makes things easier to keep track of. And as always, logcats are always appreciated when reporting issues.
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Sweet. Will do. I can't for the life of me think of anything to add I really like it as is but I'm sure there is room for improvement. Tomorrow I'll be taking the phone into "Cell reception hell" and we will see how it handles a lot of red lines in reception. There have been a few Roms that couldn't hang there.
And as for the free time, I take my hat off to you sir. I am pretty much in the same boat and I have to manage my time accordingly. I really want to churn out a Rom as well. Any tips and note you have would be much appreciated. I have Pheonixita's guide and a few other guides from the Android dev thread but I'm not there yet.
I envy you! JK (You are my hero right now though!)
Ok. Two days in "cell signal hell" and here's what I got. The phone only rebooted twice when the signal was weak or not present. I say "only" because other Roms rebooted multiple times during weak to no cell reception unless in airplane mode.
I captured a Logcat and I hope it is useful. Funny thing is, I'm not totally convinced it was a reboot because the phone woke up as usual but when I checked the battery status there was a gap with a red signal status underneath it.
I also included a screenshot so you can see when it happened.
The battery still had 40% when I plugged it in to transfer files so it's been pretty good.
For others, this is after extended periods in and out of extremely weak to no cell signal which is tough on any Rom. Even when the phone was stock I had reboots and shutdowns because of this.
I ran the 3.18 RUU and wiped my SD card last week to clean out the phone so I know the hardware is working great.
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Ok. Two days in "cell signal hell" and here's what I got. The phone only rebooted twice when the signal was weak or not present. I say "only" because other Roms rebooted multiple times during weak to no cell reception unless in airplane mode.
I captured a Logcat and I hope it is useful. Funny thing is, I'm not totally convinced it was a reboot because the phone woke up as usual but when I checked the battery status there was a gap with a red signal status underneath it.
I also included a screenshot so you can see when it happened.
The battery still had 40% when I plugged it in to transfer files so it's been pretty good.
For others, this is after extended periods in and out of extremely weak to no cell signal which is tough on any Rom. Even when the phone was stock I had reboots and shutdowns because of this.
I ran the 3.18 RUU and wiped my SD card last week to clean out the phone so I know the hardware is working great.
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I'm no expert with logcats, but right before AndroidRuntime started its shutdown process it looks like it was trying to load "xposed" binary 47. What xposed modules are you running?
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Black!Jack said:
I'm no expert with logcats, but right before AndroidRuntime started its shutdown process it looks like it was trying to load "xposed" binary 47. What xposed modules are you running?
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I running greenify and CPU temp in status bar. I wonder if one of the Greenify experimental options caused it?
Black!Jack said:
Of course it is!
And just so that everyone knows, this DevDB project includes some important tabs at the top.
Screenshots
I have uploaded a bunch already, and I plan to add a whole lot more!
Downloads
In addition to my dev-host account, I will also be uploading them to XDA - you can find them in this tab; complete with md5 checksums.
Q&A
Pretty self explanatory. Let's keep anything not development related there; after-all, that is what it is there for! I will ask mods to move posts that do not belong here there. Repeated requests to the same people will get you BlackListed and ignored. Really, it's not that big of a request!
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Nice Black!Jack your first KitKat! I thought about this one, but Ive got something else special coming.
Amazing rom, fantastic job.
wait what ? rom is all that but I think I am having a problem
the ringtone thing ... when its on vibration it works but when its on ringtone (there is sound) and some one call me I hear nothing and I cant notice my phone ringing ...
Never had that problem on this ROM. Did you clean flash?
Sent from my Evita
Getting ready to brunch new build now! Removed Asian apps. Attempting to integrate battery bar. Any last minute requests before I start the build? No promises though.
FYI... The work iPhone really sucks. Trying to be open minded, but not seeing anything that wows me. Mediocre at best, and definitely behind the times in features... From what I can tell so far. Oh, and you have to pay for everything. Pffffftttt. At least I got to keep my One XL too!
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Black!Jack said:
Getting ready to brunch new build now! Removed Asian apps. Attempting to integrate battery bar. Any last minute requests before I start the build? No promises though.
FYI... The work iPhone really sucks. Trying to be open minded, but not seeing anything that wows me. Mediocre at best, and definitely behind the times in features... From what I can tell so far. Oh, and you have to pay for everything. Pffffftttt. At least I got to keep my One XL too!
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk
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The only APK I can think of would be F-Droid (open source play store equivalent). This Rom is outstanding. I don't see how this day can get any better. I picked up a Grouper for 30 bucks like new. The guy just didn't want it and never used it. lol.
P.S. Don't forget to let us know if it's a boy or girl!
I've got a new build ready. Uploading now.
This one is still completely stock. Bouncing between edits and housework (prepping for the baby). Hopefully tonight I can release the more feature packed version i have been envisioning.
Hello everyone, after a great success on building roms for bacon device. I've decided to share my work with other devices. So now I come to bullhead! After positive feedback on the rom today I'll publish here the rom.
Kernel and Device tree are untouched so everything should be working smoothly. You can use a custom kernel in case you like, but i'll only give support to stock kernel as I do not yet own an device. So CM bugs are basically also our bugs, and from what I know there is none. Still I'm open to suggestions.
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GAPPS
Features:
Updated SQL to 3.11.0.0
Optimized SQL code for faster Read/Write
CM Super User (for now is the most stable one)
Kernel with F2FS support
Improved Code of frameworks
Optimized Build with custom toolchain on ROM and Kernel
Optimizations for our chip
Improved sound with speex resampler
Improved bionic with many optimized libraries (faster rom)
Improved Art with upstream patches
Optimized native frameworks for our device
LZMA updated to the latest
Proguard 5.2.1
Google Webview
F2FS ready for data and cache
Immersive mode
Expanded Notifications
CAF Task Manager
Snapdragon Camera
Network Monitor
More coming soon
I'm a very praticle user, and my aim will be to get a very fluid stable system, at same time with speed and battery, keeping most stock possible with the optimizations which will improve for real our experience.
Thanks
As you might know, all credits go to CyanogenMod Team.
Source Code
If you like my work, please consider a donation.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What changes have you made between versions?
A: All changes made are the same as CyanogenMod ROM which can be found here: http://www.cmxlog.com/13/bacon/ and all manual changes will be also stated on 2nd post.
You can also check on Settings --> About where is all the changes .
Q: What is LZ4?
A: Read here about the project: https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4
Q: Was latest build used LZ4?
A: This is still under testing and I'm working on it. It'll be on the test folder.
Q: What is the test folder?
A: Unstable, and test builds where I seek to study a new configuration to enhance user experience.
Q: Why don't you always share change logs?
A: Limited time. Sorry about it.
Q: Why do you many times ask for donations?
A: Well... This work is free, and as you know if you like it and on your own free will you think I deserve and currently wish to help me out as I am currently going to become unemployed and as also I study for my Masters in Finance , I believe is only fair. While you use, I'm testing and investing my time on it. Should be rewarded because of that right? Is only fair.
Q: Do you receive alot of donations?
A: Since last year until today I've received around 300 euro. But I've invested 1000 hours on these android builds. That gives a ratio of 30 cents an hour.
Q: Why do you still invest on android since it doesn't provide you any feasible income? I would have already quited!
A: Basically this forum makes me relax.
Q: Will you leave cm builds when exodus is released ?
A: I didn't plan on giving my cm builds, but if exodus prove to be superior why should i have double work right? Only time and users will tell.
Q: I'm confused. I have no clue which build is the latest!
A: You can always download again!
Q: Your site have ads why?
A: Need help on extra wealth to survive. Leave some clicks while you visit is only nice.
Q: I want more from the rom!
A: Me too!
Q: Why you sometimes ignore users?
A: I never ignore, just don't have time to answer all. Please help one another and also use search button. I think you prefer me learning to bring something nice than post all the time right? hehe
Q: I have so many questions to ask you!
A: I can provide many answers! Just ask!
Q: Can I PM you?
A: Only when is urgent!
Q: How to report bugs?
A: Our bugs are CM bugs. Report on JIRA: https://jira.cyanogenmod.org
Q: Are you CyanogenMod maitainer?
A: No, just an user which wants to have better builds possible. But would be nice to see CM adding me to the contributions list.
Q: Why Slim gaaps? Open Gaaps are so much cool!
A: Open Gaaps has provided many unstable issues which makes the phone unusable until a clean format. Slim gaaps have shown to be better on that.
Q: Why some buttons of UKM don't work?
A: Need time to improve that..
Q: I want an update app to auto update roms. To lazy to check the thread!
A: I understand, for now is not feasible to do it as I need time to analyse and understand best solution as I update tool-chains regularly and also is not my priority. Remember time is limited for me.
After positivive feedback i've opened this thread. New build in 2 hours Please wait and download.
#vızzz
thank you so very much
Cool can't wait.
Is up. let me know.
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Is up. let me know.
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Hey dude, ran some of your CM builds on OPO.. always smooth... good to see you here! Downloading now.
Very excited for this! Thank you!
Btw only kernel I didn't add yet f2fs. Will add next week with time.
This is the Rom I'm waiting for
Hopefully you will keep updating it since most of the roms stop updating after 18 months.
Apart from f2fs fstab, which you may already know about, everything seems to be working fine. Great job as always. Big thanks!
Will test some more.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
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This is the Rom I'm waiting for
Hopefully you will keep updating it since most of the roms stop updating after 18 months.
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Since the chip type is the same I'll merge some optimizations to the kernel from bacon. I should have at least one more year of my time to this stuff
On the 02.02 build i had issues with camera, but I think it was something wrong with my setup. On the latest build everything is OK. I'm eager to see what base you'll choose to work with in the future. Since you're using ubertc as a toolchain you can certainly try Ubermallow which I think it's the most up to date Aosp build.
Please give feedback Thanks.
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Please give feedback Thanks.
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What's the deal with 0.92x for animation? Is this something you choose arbitrary or just because?
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What's the deal with 0.92x for animation? Is this something you choose arbitrary or just because?
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I choose.
Chronzy said:
Hey dude, ran some of your CM builds on OPO.. always smooth... good to see you here! Downloading now.
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Things improved alot... Secrets are beeing found each day
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Very excited for this! Thank you!
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Thanks! Let me know how it goes.
Outstanding. No issues at all. Battery is amazing.
I'm really appreciated for ROM developers' work! All these guys working really hard and give to all of us ROMs, with useful features and tuning. But...
Take a look on every first post for almost every ROM. Long-long-long list with huge banners like DISCLAIMER, CREDITS, FEATURES, etc. Are you really sure that your users can estimate your work looking on this "(des)infographics"?!
I'm personally, like thousands of other visitors, are looking for ROM, at first - without bugs, which may be vital for them. For example, ROM with excellent design and unique features is absolutely useless for me if there is a sim switching bug is exists in it. Just imagine situation: I switched off one of my sims and found that the only one way to return it back to work, is "reflash ROM"!!! Why? Bcz it's "a well known bug". Relay great case to get this knowledge, for example, right during going out of a plane in unknown country which you decide to visit first time in you life and left without any communication channel! )))
May I suggest to all ROM developers and regular ROM users list on ROM's first page or here in this thread very short text list with list of ROM's bugs and possible solutions for them, if any exists?
As I know, now there are following bugs that may be critical for lot of users:
fast charge - not working or working but haven't indicator in status bar.
root - buil-in or must be installed separately? Which one SuperSU, Magisk, or other one?
NFC & safetynet test - can this ROM provide wireless payments?
VOLTE - is it working?
sim switch off/on - you switching off one sim and then can't bring it alive even after reboot.
flight mode - after switching it off you must reboot your phone to make new calls.
led indicator - it may not work at all, may partially work with one blue color, can be tuned by LightFlow or other app
double tap to wake up - is it working from the box or required external app?
one key (energy saving switcher on left side) - is it working?
dark video - when switching from photo mode to video, picture and video itself becomes noticeable darker than photo.
finger print actions - don't work, work after reswitching navigation buttons, work with registered FP only.
huge bluetooth power consuming - showing more than 10% while in fact the weren't any device connected and BT wasn't in use.
Please review all above in my list ant type for us short report about their current state in your ROM.
And one more point: dear ROM builders, please do not use bugs descriptions like "same as lineage OS 14 from ....". When you publish your ROM some bugs may be present in other ROMs too. But later, in those other ROMs their authors may fix some of them, while in your ROM they still may left, because you haven't update it. Please don't confuse your customers and don't force them to scan all threads trying to find answers. You know your bugs - please simply list them. And maybe community will give you advice how to fix them (like in case with FP from HigwaySatr).
ViperOS lacks updates. Otherwise, it's a great rom really
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ViperOS lacks updates. Otherwise, it's a great rom really
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unfortunately "great" - it's only your emotion. To get facts - try to check every item from my list in your "great rom" and you will find at least "sim switch of/on" and "dark video" issues.
DotOS looks similar to ViperOS but it haven't "sim switch of/on" issues. but DotOS development already stopped (
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unfortunately "great" - it's only your emotion. To get facts - try to check every item from my list in your "great rom" and you will find at least "sim switch of/on" and "dark video" issues.
DotOS looks similar to ViperOS but it haven't "sim switch of/on" issues. but DotOS development already stopped (
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Then, can you suggest a ROM that has the fewest bugs, besides great battery backup?
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can you suggest a ROM that has the fewest bugs
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it was done in my previous message - DotOS. One more choice - LOS from HigwayStar. As I found these twos are both without "sim switch off/on" bug. But they have some other bugs (f.e. dark video).
Now I switched from DotOS to HigwayStar because HWS still working on it, and DotOS is freezed.
comunity said:
I'm really appreciated for ROM developers' work! All these guys working really hard and give to all of us ROMs, with useful features and tuning. But...
Take a look on every first post for almost every ROM. Long-long-long list with huge banners like DISCLAIMER, CREDITS, FEATURES, etc. Are you really sure that your users can estimate your work looking on this "(des)infographics"?!
I'm personally, like thousands of other visitors, are looking for ROM, at first - without bugs, which may be vital for them. For example, ROM with excellent design and unique features is absolutely useless for me if there is a sim switching bug is exists in it. Just imagine situation: I switched off one of my sims and found that the only one way to return it back to work, is "reflash ROM"!!! Why? Bcz it's "a well known bug". Relay great case to get this knowledge, for example, right during going out of a plane in unknown country which you decide to visit first time in you life and left without any communication channel! )))
May I suggest to all ROM developers and regular ROM users list on ROM's first page or here in this thread very short text list with list of ROM's bugs and possible solutions for them, if any exists?
As I know, now there are following bugs that may be critical for lot of users:
fast charge - not working or working but haven't indicator in status bar.
root - buil-in or must be installed separately? Which one SuperSU, Magisk, or other one?
NFC & safetynet test - can this ROM provide wireless payments?
VOLTE - is it working?
sim switch of/on - you switching of one sim and that can't bring it alive.
flight mode - after switching it off you must reboot your phone to make new calls.
led indicator - it may not work at all, may partially work with one blue color, can be tuned by LightFlow or other app
double tap to wake up - is it working from the box or required external app?
one key (energy saving switcher on left side) - is it working?
dark video - when switching from photo mode to video, picture and video itself becomes noticeable darker than photo.
finger print actions - don't work, work after reswitching navigation buttons, work with registered FP only.
huge bluetooth power consuming - showing more than 10% while in fact the weren't any device connected and BT wasn't in use.
Please review all above in my list ant type for us short report about their current state in your ROM.
And one more point: dear ROM builders, please do not use bugs descriptions like "same as lineage OS 14 from ....". When you publish your ROM some bugs may be present in other ROMs too. But later, in those other ROMs their authors may fix some of them, while in your ROM they still may left, because you haven't update it. Please don't confuse your customers and don't force them to scan all threads trying to find answers. You know your bugs - please simply list them. And maybe community will give you advice how to fix them (like in case with FP from HigwaySatr).
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It amazes me how anyone can post anything on this forum...
Can't you just dislike this post?
It amazes me how anyone can post anything on this forum.
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can't understand - are you serious or ironic? but it seems to me - the last one.
if so - let me tell you: I'm really tired of the same dumb process:
discover "new" ROM at this forum -> backup currently running OS -> install new ROM -> make primary setup for it -> test that vital for me feature isn't work -> say 1-2-3 (un)censored words or sentences -> reboot to recovery -> wipe all installed stuff -> restore previous ROM with less bugs inside it -> one more time promise to myself no more trying unknown ROMs -> but... still watch for new releases.
ROM developers have enough time to draw useless first post dividing images, but appears so busy, to spent 2-3 mins for test above mentioned bugs and with real proud post their ROMs with the comment like "my ROM contains the only 3 bugs of total 12"? ))
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can't understand - are you serious or ironic? but it seems to me - the last one.
if so - let me tell you: I'm really tired of the same dumb process:
discover "new" ROM at this forum -> backup currently running OS -> install new ROM -> make primary setup for it -> test that vital for me feature isn't work -> say 1-2-3 (un)censored words or sentences -> reboot to recovery -> wipe all installed stuff -> restore previous ROM with less bugs inside it -> one more time promise to myself no more trying unknown ROMs -> but... still watch for new releases.
ROM developers have enough time to draw useless first post dividing images, but appears so busy, to spent 2-3 mins for test above mentioned bugs and with real proud post their ROMs with the comment like "my ROM contains the only 3 bugs of total 12"? ))
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If you're so dissatisfied, don't change ROM's then.
Hey. There's a good bugless(ughh) ROM it's called stock ROM. If you're not satisfied You can actually tell anything to them cuz you have paid for it. Have you tried that?
If you're so dissatisfied, don't...
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my question was not about my satisfaction. it was about statistics - how many bugs from my list and which ones have every ROM published here.
I don't required recommendations or suggestions. I will be glad to see simple answers about each of 12 item - bugs exist or not. from anyone who had test them by himself )
Let me show answer example that I'm expected on:
LOS 14 from HigwayStar
fast charge - working but haven't indicator in status bar.
root - Magisk 16 built in ROM installation script
NFC & safetynet test - working, my payments were accepted lot of times. installing xposed module broke safetynet test (
VOLTE - supported, but I can't test bcz of absence 4G
sim switch of/on - working.
flight mode - after switching it off you can make new calls without any bodymovements.
led indicator - working out of the box. you can setup 16 mln colors, blinking speed and delays.
double tap to wake up - working from the box.
one key (energy saving switcher on left side) - may work, but ROM author decided to switch it off in latest release
dark video - when switching from photo mode to video, picture and video itself becomes noticeable darker than photo especially for dark scenes.
finger print actions - work after reswitching navigation buttons, even without registering FP.
huge bluetooth power consuming - showing more than 10% while in fact the weren't any device connected and BT wasn't in use. simply calculation issue, bcz battery isn't really draining by sleeping BT.
it's not an example. it's my real report about ROM that I'm currently using.
this report may be also about my DotOS usage, but i switched from DotOS to HWS because DotOS - frezed, and HWS - still under development.
Do you know what all bugs(super annoying) the stock ROM have? Did you bust into Lenovo forum and post things like this?
If yes then wait for their update (rip in advance)
If no then go try that and tell me if somebody gives a #@!*
This ROM development is nothing you own. It's developer's hobby which they do in their free time. So creating a thread like this with such a demanding attitude is crossing the line.
You said about the long post on every ROM like intro and blah. Blah. You should read them.
* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* Third World War, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
If you think you can make something better do it by contributing towards ROM development.
Wow! So much angriness for one simple question! )))
Dear Senior Member Siva Mk, let me ask you why you are wasting your time and writing to me one more "long post",
You said about the long post on every ROM like intro and blah. Blah. You should read them.....
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instead of provide us answers for my question, if you have any one?
You are right - no one owes nothing to nobody! at this and all other forums.
I DON'T REQUIRE from somebody, and from ROM developers especially - any warranties and immediately fixing all existing and not existing bugs. Please reread my very first sentence in first post.
I'm really appreciated for ROM developers' work! All these guys working really hard and give to all of us ROMs, with useful features and tuning.
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I simply want to get help from other users (or ROMs' authors) and collect in one place info about ROMs critical bugs, which maybe helpful for all of us here, to choose ROM, most appropriate for himself.
I have a question - I had asked it. On my previous post I gave an example of answer that I expected. If you haven't such answer - please don't grow Universe entropy and simply ignore my posts and topics. Let we all stop this flooding, and will concentrate on help one to another
How many threads like this are going to be opened ? And who are you to tell developers what to do or bemoan the lack of bugless ROMs ? Ask a mod to close this thread because it's useless as no developer cares about your opinion. This is one of the reasons why there should be a down vote button on XDA like there is on reddit.
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How many threads like this are going to be opened ? And who are you to tell developers what to do or bemoan the lack of bugless ROMs ? Ask a mod to close this thread because it's useless as no developer cares about your opinion. This is one of the reasons why there should be a down vote button on XDA like there is on reddit.
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He's just another one who wants attention
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And who are you
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I'm one of the users legion. I'm those who use ROMs which developers creating not for their own using. As far as developer decided to publish his ROM in the Internet, he MUST be ready to answer the questions about his ROM.
Let me repeat once more to be completely clear:
1) I don't want to test on my own phone ALL published here ROMs.
2) I asked ROMs' users or their authors help in checking and reporting existing of some vital for lot of users bugs, that MAY be present in these ROMs.
Why did you all pounce on me (instead of check and report bugs existing)?
Am I asking anywhere at least one ROM developer to immediately FIX bugs in his ROM?!!
One simple question with pre-prepared themplate to make answer as easy as it possible. Are any criminal in my 12 items bugs list?
Once more I'm urging all to switch from hollywaring to finding bugless ROM or at least clarifying which bugs are exists in each ROM.
Nice thread, Sorry there is no bug-less rom available for P2 right now ?
For me the only rom that has no bugs is stock mm 6 even stock nougat for me has a bug that Lenovo can't solve till now linegue os by HWS is the best with minor bugs that does not affect daily drive
comunity said:
I'm one of the users legion. I'm those who use ROMs which developers creating not for their own using. As far as developer decided to publish his ROM in the Internet, he MUST be ready to answer the questions about his ROM.
Let me repeat once more to be completely clear:
1) I don't want to test on my own phone ALL published here ROMs.
2) I asked ROMs' users or their authors help in checking and reporting existing of some vital for lot of users bugs, that MAY be present in these ROMs.
Why did you all pounce on me (instead of check and report bugs existing)?
Am I asking anywhere at least one ROM developer to immediately FIX bugs in his ROM?!!
One simple question with pre-prepared themplate to make answer as easy as it possible. Are any criminal in my 12 items bugs list?
Once more I'm urging all to switch from hollywaring to finding bugless ROM or at least clarifying which bugs are exists in each ROM.
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Dude seriously if all people have a attitude like yours developers will just stop building roms altogether.
To get more android ROMs 11 and 12 I need the support of the community and the way to give it is by testing my builds
I am currently unofficially maintaining moto e5+ havocOS and working on the creation of the 4.9 kernel which will be a huge improvement on the existing roms with new additions like EAS and more which will allow better performance, battery life and why not a small or medium overclock when I figure out how to do it right.
This also opens the way to stable android 12/L builds (remember that the current kernel 3.18 is not supported on android 12 and while the builds do start they are quite buggy.
for the work with 4.9 I am receiving a great help in the development from marcost22 but in addition to developing the kernel if it is not tested it is a waste of time, we are doing everything possible so that the device does not die and if you want that is yours time to help
there is currently no 4.9 support for hannah and ahannah so if you want to be a tester and you have that variant the builds will take time to arrive as I have to spend some time adding the dtb and first I prefer the kernel to be somewhat functional
in case you were wondering the builds with 4.9 already start but have some issues like audio, fp, gps, vibration and the camera can't record video, once that is fixed we will start working on adding support for the remaining variants and stuff like EAS and frequencies, after this I will build havoc with 4.9 and start working on android 12/L
I don't usually look at xda's private messages much, so it would be better if you send a message to @STKUser , if you don't know things like how to get logs don't worry because nobody is born knowing and everything can be learned.
With the help of the community great things can come, stay tuned.