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Hi guys,
I wrote some time ago here for a combo of rom/kernel, but then I understood the battery of my phone was dead, so I decided to change it for an lg g4. I broke the screen of g4 and it's too expensive to fix, so I decided to change the battery of Nexus 5. I know this is a dated phone, but I don't have money for a new phone or to fix the glass, so now I have to use it.
Now I ask you for rom and kernel for daily use. I would prefer something Nougat based. I used PureNexus and ElementalX on Marshmallow, the last PureNexus seems fluid and stable, but unofficial.
What do you suggest for my Nexus 5?
Thank you for all replies.
XxMK98xX said:
Hi guys,
I wrote some time ago here for a combo of rom/kernel, but then I understood the battery of my phone was dead, so I decided to change it for an lg g4. I broke the screen of g4 and it's too expensive to fix, so I decided to change the battery of Nexus 5. I know this is a dated phone, but I don't have money for a new phone or to fix the glass, so now I have to use it.
Now I ask you for rom and kernel for daily use. I would prefer something Nougat based. I used PureNexus and ElementalX on Marshmallow, the last PureNexus seems fluid and stable, but unofficial.
What do you suggest for my Nexus 5?
Thank you for all replies.
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I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
I use my Nexus 5 for a year now. I tried several roms and kernels and purnexus nougat + elementalx is the perfect combination for me, since it offers the best battery life.
I never had any issues with the rom.
If you turn off gps, sync(especially gmail) and undervolt* the snapdragon 800 and lower the clock a bit( i use 1.7 ghz) you can get about 5 hours of sot!
The phone is still very fast if you dont use slow apps. Even underclocked...
* most nexus 5 work well if you set the lowest value to about 700 and leave the steps up as elementalx sets them
best wishes!
I have found in trying most of the current ROMs that if you want Sprint service you must stay with >6.0 versions. The SIM card read of data on SIM is spotty at best. Some one mentioned it is not "Sticky" will work some times and all the various patches installed at ROM first install don't work...in my case never for reboot after setting up ROM app's and using. My way around this trouble is to use a GSM mvno (FreedomPop) or Tmobile just not good coverage in my local area. I like most of the features of Ver 7.0 + roms
I'm currently running Lineage 14.1 CAF and Noncaf....I like the CAF Battery setting slider for different current/battery drain. The Noncaf can use any Kernel if you like that approach to increase battery Life. In the two N5's one has a new battery and the other old...almost a 3 to 1 difference in longevity so best choice is a aftermarket battery replacement too.
DARK ROM [OMS][Pixel features]
i'm running paranoid android and i find it cool, but however, it's the first ROM i flash on the nexus 5.
i love having the nougat notification system, plus the immersive mode, and battery life is better than stock.
sincerely i don't find useful on the spot control and navigation pie, but that's just something that depends on my usage i guess.
can't understand how to activate floating peek, nor if it's still active in this version
sadly i hoped in something snappier, it looks a little laggy sometimes, doesn't support xposed (causes bootloop) and camera doesn't include HDR+ (installing the google official camera and enabling hdr seems to change nothing, so basically is useless) but many users find paranoid camera fantastic.
i'm trying to understand if there is something faster than this without losing cool features (like notifications), maybe with something based on kitkat/lollipop tweaked?
if someone has suggestions, tell me! btw i'll keep you tuned. still loving nexus 5 and it must survive!
idbl_fanatic said:
I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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Same here. By far the best my N5 has ever run.
do you suggest CAF o nonCAF version?
idbl_fanatic said:
I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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I'm new to using anything but stock. My rooted nexus 5 marshmallow runs fine with a new battery and several xposed modules but I would like to escape from Google surveillance. Is lineage a good choice for that? Do I just download it and flash it through twrp? Are there instructions on how to flash and use Lineage?
What rom is best for privacy?
Thanks.
maybeme2 said:
I'm new to using anything but stock. My rooted nexus 5 marshmallow runs fine with a new battery and several xposed modules but I would like to escape from Google surveillance. Is lineage a good choice for that? Do I just download it and flash it through twrp? Are there instructions on how to flash and use Lineage?
What rom is best for privacy?
Thanks.
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IMO, yes, Lineage OS is a good choice for that. You have to install the Google apps separately, so if you want to be Google-free, you would just not install those. I've been impressed with how well my N5 runs with LOS. Better than with any previous stock version, really. I did keep the Marshmallow camera app, but that was just personal preference. LOS comes with a pretty full-featured camera app of its own.
Are you running the official aosp version or a caf customisation?
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Are you running the official aosp version or a caf customisation?
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I'm running official. I've also been installing the weekly "nightlies."
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Same here. By far the best my N5 has ever run.
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I too am in the position of having to use my Nexus 5 (6P started boot looping) I am running Lineage OS 14.1 and it is running GREAT!
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I'm running official. I've also been installing the weekly "nightlies."
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aren't nightlies more instable than the final builds?
i heard only good things about crdroid based on lineage, i think i'm about to try that
my rom queue is
-crdroid
-lineage(eventually)
-euclideanOS(waiting for a stable that should come in little time)
if anybody could give some feedback about those, it would be awesome
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aren't nightlies more instable than the final builds?
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Theoretically, but I don't think there really are any final builds for LOS (for hammerhead). I kind of want the monthly security patches. I've just kept installing the weekly updates, because I haven't had any problems. There could very well be problems, but I haven't experienced them since installing in...March?...somewhere around then.
BTW, running crdroid right now and it's holy fast, even better than stock, you should definitely give it a try. Wanted to run the caf version to flash also the truesight, but it needed custom bootloader and radio, and I'm still too noob for this.
Right now evaluating flashing the ElementalX, that should work on aosp to get also the fastcharge
If you just flashed the rom, it's usually faster than a rom that you've used for months. The rom shouldnt have too much influence on the speed, the kernel and the cpu governor it uses have the biggest influence. Usually speed comes at the cost of battery life which can have dramatic results on this phone. On caf i could use the charger 2-3 times per day...
I suggest AOSP 7.1.2 + OpenGapps + ElementalX, it's much faster than official Marshmallow, with Magisk you can bypass SafetyNet check and use Android Pay.
Also you can replace the battery with 525666, it's 3020mAh
And you can replace the NAND to 64G
I've tried to enlarge RAM to 3G or 4G, but failed...
The replacement can be done easily only if you're in China, so...
edison0354 said:
I suggest AOSP 7.1.2 + OpenGapps + ElementalX, it's much faster than official Marshmallow, with Magisk you can bypass SafetyNet check and use Android Pay.
Also you can replace the battery with 525666, it's 3020mAh
And you can replace the NAND to 64G
I've tried to enlarge RAM to 3G or 4G, but failed...
The replacement can be done easily only if you're in China, so...
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do you have some tutorial to link about those?
what of this is easily done only in china?
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do you have some tutorial to link about those?
what of this is easily done only in china?
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I only have links in Chinese, if you can read Chinese I can find the links for you.
Because in China you can simply send your phone to any of the maintainers and let them do the work, they can do anything...
edison0354 said:
I only have links in Chinese, if you can read Chinese I can find the links for you.
Because in China you can simply send your phone to any of the maintainers and let them do the work, they can do anything...
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I have found the guide for the battery, but cannot translate it in a decent way via translate
Anyway, could you link them? Are them proven to work?
Dear everyone,
I' ve trapped by the battery issue of my phone. I absolutely love this phone but the battery life is so weak to me. Since my last phone is Mate20p which can be used for 2 days, I feel OP7pro is an only one-day phone and even need to charge twice in a day. However, I find there are so many alternative choices for me like in terms of the kernels, ROMs, etc. I am a new here, just wanna know which project is the best for extending the battery life? Thank you guys so much. Oh, by the way, I expect these projects have not many obvious issues for daily usage.
Kind regard,
jayxiao171735 said:
Dear everyone,
I' ve trapped by the battery issue of my phone. I absolutely love this phone but the battery life is so weak to me. Since my last phone is Mate20p which can be used for 2 days, I feel OP7pro is an only one-day phone and even need to charge twice in a day. However, I find there are so many alternative choices for me like in terms of the kernels, ROMs, etc. I am a new here, just wanna know which project is the best for extending the battery life? Thank you guys so much. Oh, by the way, I expect these projects have not many obvious issues for daily usage.
Kind regard,
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My GM1917's battery life benefitted greatly from just NoLimits Magisk mod debloat. No issues at all. Stock OOS 9.5.11 and stock kernel. Also have forced 90hz and fixed resolution to QHD+.
NoLimits + Renovate Ice + Arter79 kernel has done me wonders. ~ 10%/hr drain on screen .3-.5%/hr drain standby.
Just debloating might improve it...
galaxys said:
Just debloating might improve it...
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what does debloating mean..
galaxys said:
Just debloating might improve it...
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Oh, I know, but I think might be not enough, I tried xXx limited yet.
jayxiao171735 said:
Oh, I know, but I think might be not enough, I tried xXx limited yet.
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Install a good kernel (smurf kernel, kirisukura) and set it up for battery saving
Hello everyone!,
I have been the proud owner of the OnePlus 7 Pro for 1 month now, but I still feel that Screen On Time is expandable.
But also because of the better settings I'm looking for the most suitable custom kernel. Fortunately, there are a lot of busy developers out there who give us a large selection of it. But this doesn't make the decision which kernel to use any easier
I'm just looking for a custom kernel that improves screen-on time without affecting performance in everyday use.
I'm looking forward to experiences with certain kernels & would be very happy if someone would make it easier for me (but also other undecided ones out there) to make the decision.
Many thanks for any help in advance
Kirisakura, because of EAS, common patches, well tuned initial parameters.
Kirisakura.
I also use Kirisakura, but I don't think a different kernel will give significantly more screen on time.
Although it may not be the answer you are looking for, I think biting the bullet and just trying each kernel out for a few days would give you the best answer.
Everyone has different setups/uses on their phones which is why there isn't really a one size fits all type answer for this question.
Yep, try some and compare is your best bet...
Can someone on Kirisakura rom show me what the screen calibration menu looks like. Is it as basic as stock oos?
Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk
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Can someone on Kirisakura rom show me what the screen calibration menu looks like. Is it as basic as stock oos?
Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk
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It's not a rom, just a kernel with a magisk module as a helper
I easily get 9hrs SOT with SmurfKernel. Every decent kernel has a focus. Smurf is overclocking and unified support, kirisukura is EAS, ElementalX is close to stock with a few extra features.
Hello guys.
I bought an 8T during Christmas and I instantly installed LineageOS because I wanted less bloatware as possibile and more privacy, since I read some articles regarding OxygenOS telemetry and sending data back to servers in China.
I also installed a custom kernel which was GREAT, battery drain was super low and it was so smooth, but since latest builds LineageOS doesn't work with custom kernels anymore because WiFi breaks.
When flashing back Lineage's kernel I couldn't help but wonder: am I using the device to its best with this setup? I really miss the custom kernels and I noticed that most of them are supported only on OxygenOS. OxygenOS could also probably have proprietary code that is optimized to the device and full support (for example, I lose the 48 MP camera with custom ROMs. Not a big deal at all, but still)
So what do you guys think? Do you like OxygenOS or prefer custom ROMs? Can I remove enough bloatware to make it a bit lighter and secure? Is it too early to use custom ROMs with this new device?
Let me know what you guys think and what your 8T setups look like!
Thanks.
Latest OOS + root + Bluspark Kernel
Seriously I don't care about some data which will be send back to China. Not even sure if it's real.
I have deactivated all bloatware apps which I don't need or use with swift backup.
Idle drain is about 1% and i can easily reach 7h and more SOT without any other battery optimizations or kernel settings. Wifi, Data, 120hz for example always on.
So far I'm happy with it.
Kollachi said:
Latest OOS + root + Bluspark Kernel
Seriously I don't care about some data which will be send back to China. Not even sure if it's real.
I have deactivated all bloatware apps which I don't need or use with swift backup.
Idle drain is about 1% and i can easily reach 7h and more SOT without any other battery optimizations or kernel settings. Wifi, Data, 120hz for example always on.
So far I'm happy with it.
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The main reason I'm tempted to go back to stock OxygenOS is, as you already know, the custom kernels low battery drain and great performance. I tried both Radioactive kernel and Bluspark kernel and they're amazing. I'm really tempted now to go back to stock; I just hope Oneplus won't be super slow with the updates!
Thanks for your opinion.
I am just using OOS right now, haven't had the time to try and remove/block some bloatware yet. I like oxygen OOS so haven't seen a reason to go to a custom rom. Would love to go google less, but a lot of apps I use require google services to work.
I am quite happy with the stock kernel battery time. But might try out a custom kernel soon, if so which one would you recommend. bluspark or revolution kernel?
I am also sure there will be an increase in custom kernels that support linage OS soon as well, if you just wait.
Qnorsten said:
I am just using OOS right now, haven't had the time to try and remove/block some bloatware yet. I like oxygen OOS so haven't seen a reason to go to a custom rom. Would love to go google less, but a lot of apps I use require google services to work.
I am quite happy with the stock kernel battery time. But might try out a custom kernel soon, if so which one would you recommend. bluspark or revolution kernel?
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I would recommend you to try both of them for a week and judge by yourself. I started with Radioactive kernel which was really good, that's what made me fall in love with custom kernels. I tried switching to Bluspark kernel to see if WiFi worked there, but it didn't, just like Radioactive kernel, so I didn't really use it that much.
But now, if both would support LineageOS (or if I'm going back to stock), I'd go for Bluspark. The developer was really helpful in trying to debug why the kernel wasn't working for LineageOS, he even did 4/5 test builds just for me to try to debug it, even if he clearly wrote he didn't care about debugging custom ROMs.
Also, the features look better tbh, but flashing a custom kernel takes like 1 minute, so you can switch between the two really easily if you want to try both of them.
I am also sure there will be an increase in custom kernels that support linage OS soon as well, if you just wait.
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I'm not sure about that, I asked LineageOS developer and he clearly said he doesn't care about making his work harder just to support custom kernels, and custom kernels developers tried (like eng_stk for Bluspark) multiple times with no success, I think he kinda gave up; he told me it was something he wasn't going to try to tackle.
Tried asking in Radioactive kernel's thread but they told me that "I was lucky it even worked before.....it's not for AOSP roms"
I have tried other custom ROMs, but always ends up going back to Stock. OOS is pretty solid at this point minus a couple of minor issues. Something always doesn't work on custom ROMs
I tried lineage and evolutionX roms but both times moved back to OOS. Its the first stock rom i like. I use magisk canary for root with a few modules and radioactive kernel which gives awesome battery life. I didn't even realize the difference till now. I haven't reinstalled radioactive yet since moving back to stock rom yesterday and the difference is night and day to me.
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I tried lineage and evolutionX roms but both times moved back to OOS. Its the first stock rom i like. I use magisk canary for root with a few modules and radioactive kernel which gives awesome battery life. I didn't even realize the difference till now. I haven't reinstalled radioactive yet since moving back to stock rom yesterday and the difference is night and day to me.
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Blu Spark is pretty good too..Yes, OOS with either Radioactive or Blu Spark gives stellar battery life...Overnight I am losing 0% battery for 8 hours which is unheard of at least for me...
Hmm, I might wait some time to see if some other ROMs come out or I can somehow install a custom kernel, before switching back to stock. But at least I know that OxygenOS is pretty good stock! Thanks for your opinion guys. I hope Oneplus will keep releasing updates for quite some time then.
There is also Neutrino kernel coming. Alpha 3 is already out and as i have heard next update will be beta. I'm gonna test it.
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There is also Neutrino kernel coming. Alpha 3 is already out and as i have heard next update will be beta. I'm gonna test it.
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Oh that's some good news! There isn't an XDA thread yet, right?
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Oh that's some good news! There isn't an XDA thread yet, right?
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Nope.
Im using it right now. It's the first day and it already seems to be better than bluspark.
Idle drain is 0,75%/h. Will check further.
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Nope.
Im using it right now. It's the first day and it already seems to be better than bluspark.
Idle drain is 0,75%/h. Will check further.
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Edit: Idle drain is the same now as Bluspark. Let's see after another day.
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Edit: Idle drain is the same now as Bluspark. Let's see after another day.
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Thanks for the update. I went back to stock OxygenOS and installed Bluspark. I would've tried Neutrino but I noticed it doesn't have a lot of features yet, like it misses Wireguard support and vibration intensity support. Let me know how it goes for you!
Boing7898 said:
Thanks for the update. I went back to stock OxygenOS and installed Bluspark. I would've tried Neutrino but I noticed it doesn't have a lot of features yet, like it misses Wireguard support and vibration intensity support. Let me know how it goes for you!
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So far it's pretty good. Got 9h SOT yesterday at almost the same usage. With Bluspark it was like 8h maybe. They are both great kernel. Performance is similar and also system is very smooth.
Hello!
I want to replace the factory ROM with something better. I had a Xiaomi before and I miss a bit to be able to customize e.g. the lock screen and things like that. I like the Pixel UI so would like it to stay, just need more customization options and better battery life.
What are your recommendations?
Oh and it would be nice if it got OTA updates regularly!
Thank you!
Heckblende said:
Hello!
I want to replace the factory ROM with something better. I had a Xiaomi before and I miss a bit to be able to customize e.g. the lock screen and things like that. I like the Pixel UI so would like it to stay, just need more customization options and better battery life.
What are your recommendations?
Oh and it would be nice if it got OTA updates regularly!
Thank you!
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My recommendation would be for EvolutionX, here's what I posted it their forum recently:
"This is the first custom I've ever flashed on my Pixel 7 Pro due to being very content with stock rooted and ASOP Mods to fulfil my customisation needs.
I must say I am very impressed! Installation was smooth and I didn't even need to 'faff' around with patching Magisk due to the simplicity of adb sideloading Magisk (note: for some reason the apk renamed to having a .zip extension didn't work, I needed to simplify it's name to "magisk.zip" which flashed perfectly. I was able to flash Kiri kernel via FKM (either perhaps because May stock had the relevant disabled flags or maybe EvoX just allows custom kernels to be flashed out of the box?).
There is a wealth of features which is great to have and everything just works! With the Kiri kernel everything is super smooth and even on the first overnight settling it was pulling 0.5% p/h battery, which I presume may only but improve over time.
Highly recommended, a big thanks to all involved in this rom "
And to add, battery life is for me considerably better. I know Google pushed a fix recently regarding the Google app, but on May factory release I was getting bad drain and prior to the fix, flashing Evo along with Kiri kernel solved that. All running smoothly!
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My recommendation would be for EvolutionX, here's what I posted it their forum recently:
"This is the first custom I've ever flashed on my Pixel 7 Pro due to being very content with stock rooted and ASOP Mods to fulfil my customisation needs.
I must say I am very impressed! Installation was smooth and I didn't even need to 'faff' around with patching Magisk due to the simplicity of adb sideloading Magisk (note: for some reason the apk renamed to having a .zip extension didn't work, I needed to simplify it's name to "magisk.zip" which flashed perfectly. I was able to flash Kiri kernel via FKM (either perhaps because May stock had the relevant disabled flags or maybe EvoX just allows custom kernels to be flashed out of the box?).
There is a wealth of features which is great to have and everything just works! With the Kiri kernel everything is super smooth and even on the first overnight settling it was pulling 0.5% p/h battery, which I presume may only but improve over time.
Highly recommended, a big thanks to all involved in this rom "
And to add, battery life is for me considerably better. I know Google pushed a fix recently regarding the Google app, but on May factory release I was getting bad drain and prior to the fix, flashing Evo along with Kiri kernel solved that. All running smoothly!
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Thanks for the recommendation! I've been looking at the Evo X, but I've read some negative reviews about the battery life. Kirisakura kernel makes better battery life in my opinion, I don't think it's the ROM. I have it up now with factory ROM, noticeably better battery life than with factory kernel.
But I'm looking for a custom ROM with good battery life by default, I don't want to root and change kernels.