I haven't been on the Android scene in over an year and I am keen on moving back to Android, most likely via the 6P.
My favourite custom rom was ParanoidAndroid which I was sad to hear went on to join OnePlue and do the Oxygen OS. Most other custom roms websites I visited hasn't updated since April-July 2015. For me, one of the unique joys of owning an Android device is flashing custom roms, sometimes a new one every day. However, from what I see, other than the custom roms build by individual members, I don't see a group doing custom roms anymore. Am I wrong?
Regarding mi mix 2s android p preview, Does it mean my device will become like pixle and recieve OTA updates as soon as they come out? Android 8 then 9 then 10... Etc
Stable Android P will see the reintroduction of MIUI, they put too much development in MIUI to allow you to use pure Android P, just like all manufacturers do. it's a shame tho, i would love this phone with pure android
barcode99 said:
Stable Android P will see the reintroduction of MIUI, they put too much development in MIUI to allow you to use pure Android P, just like all manufacturers do. it's a shame tho, i would love this phone with pure android
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I'm not a religious person but amen brother!
The device really rocks even with the developer preview. I can't wait to have an aosp rom for this device! Coming from Nexus devices ever since I still love the look, smoothness and bloatware free android experience.
Maybe Google can force manufacturers to let people choose between stock android and their own UI. Chose at first startup and you're good to go!
kleinholzinferno said:
Maybe Google can force manufacturers to let people choose between stock android and their own UI. Chose at first startup and you're good to go!
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it's not going to happen, bro. it's like Microsoft forcing everyone to use Edge instead of Firefox and Chrome. They paid license fee and the hardware manufacturers make money by all means necessary. GUI is one of those. I personally do not care about GUI, i had LG, HTC, Samsung and Sony phones. I choose best performing device on the market based on design, spec and camera. I use Smart Launcher on all of them and just delete/hide all bloatware. MI 2s is the one i like this year, i run preview on it for a month, it's keeps crashing and camera app lost all MI 2s advantages so i am back on MIUI Global now. All other developer ROMs i tried, including MIUI10 is just full of bugs. Depends what you want to use your prone for... i used it primarily for business, stable ROM is more important that new bells&whistles half of which doesn't work. I got preview for MIUI10 and it's far from even something usable on a daily basis.
I am sure we will get something closer to pure android soon, Xiaomi really making headlines by allowing all kinda testing on this phone, it's good marketing strategy. i like it, but from what i saw so far, Global 9.5.19.0 is the one for me
You're absolutely right about that!
They can't force the manufacturer to let people choose. Which is of course a bad thing and by that I mean to force them.
I tried the miui global ROM 9.5.15 and it's stable and working but it has too many restrictions for me. I just like the stock android and not this iOS plagiarized version.
I'll wait for the custom ROMs. I run lineageos on my Samsung note 10.1 2014 because the original firmware made the tablet unusable. Lags as hell and you can't even uninstall all this bloatware without root.
Nice to see different tastes, that's what's makes the development strive for new solutions. Which is obviously great! So everybody can choose what fits them best!
@barcode99 thanks, i guess there is no way but to wait for lineage OS rom
jouid33 said:
@barcode99 thanks, i guess there is no way but to wait for lineage OS rom
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When snapdragon 845 sources are released(properly first week of july) aosp roms are right around the corner. Additionally the brightness bug with treble roms is fixed but the fix is not implemented yet, so the future looks bright
It's worth mentioning, the final 1/2 developer previews are actually pretty stable, I had a Xperia 3 that got the Nougat Dev Previews and Sony decided to stop with Dev Preview 5 and not release a stable version, but I used Dev Preview 5 as my daily driver and had 0 issues with it
TheInfiniteAndroid said:
It's worth mentioning, the final 1/2 developer previews are actually pretty stable, I had a Xperia 3 that got the Nougat Dev Previews and Sony decided to stop with Dev Preview 5 and not release a stable version, but I used Dev Preview 5 as my daily driver and had 0 issues with it
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until someone port MIUI camera app or release it standalone i would go with MIUI ROM, all camera ports i tried suck. That's pretty much the same problem for all manufacturers since camera hardware is differ from one to another
I'd also love pure android on the mix2s. But I guess miui is just the only kinda "downside" for this great device. And besides I think miui 10 is reaaally sexy, especially the multitasking!
Small question, but I suspect that it is going to need a big answer.
First of all, I would be happy if there is a site or post that already did the comparison, and I would be quite happy if someone would link the site or post as my Google-fu might have been inadequate.
I also realise that I am comparing a stock ROM and custom ROM. I custom ROM sometime has the advantage of getting support by community developers for longer.
But keeping in mind that I do use various Google Apps (and would therefore install some form of GAapps with Lineage), I was wondering if there are certain features in Lineage I might miss in the Pixel UI, or vice-versa (for instance, if I was to install GCam on Lineage and use it on a Pixel phone, would I get the same thing as I would with Pixel UI?).
And while I am at it.. is the Pixel Experience to the Pixel UI the same thing as say, stock MIUI ROM and xiaomi.eu, or is something very different under the hood?
Thanks.
Just ordered a Pixel as a backup phone, and I wanna get a headstart and know what the smoothest possible experience is at the moment for our phone.
I don't care what Android version I'm on, don't really use any new features past Android 8. I just want the smoothest experience for the phone.
Should I run the stock Android 7 or 8? Or is the Android 10 update actually smoother on this old device?
Don't mind flashing a custom ROM, but not just to be on a higher Android version or to get more features, only if it's nice and smooth and stable.
Anyone's recommendations or 2 cents is welcomed let me know! I'm excited to tinker with the device.
PE 10 is great choice
If anyone is looking for an answer to this after some trial and error LineageOS 17.1 seems to be the smoothest experience. Android 11 ROMs aren't there yet. Unless you go back to Oreo or Nougat this seems to be the smoothest option. Shoutout Lineage DEVs
This is my first OnePlus device so excuse my ignorance. Looking at all the posted ROMs they all seem to be AOSP or Lineage-based. I was curious why none of them are OOS-based. I actually like a lot of the features of OOS, both Android 11 and 12 flavors, I was just hoping there might be a ROM that addresses some of the bugs or that adds refinement (because let's face it, OOS 12 is seriously half-baked). I have always had HTC or Samsung devices so I'm used to seeing most major ROMs actually based around the stock skin.
IMO one reason is that we don't have enough sources for OOS12, and building custom OOS 11 ROMs doesn't make any sense now as Android 12 is out. I'm not a dev so maybe it isn't true but i think it would be more complicated to install or build etc. these OOS based ROMs, with the recent changes to Android it's already pain to install AOSP based ROMs.
If you ask me it would be better to have a CAF based ROM instead, as they are optimized as OOS 11 was, but has the latest patches and stuff, also we should have sources for that... But i guess it's still easier to build from AOSP base so it is what it is
Yeah that makes sense. I guess I'll just stick with OOS 12 then. If I wanted a Pixel I would have gotten one and in fact I was between Pixel 6, S21 FE, and OnePlus 9 when I saw that all three were $599 on Amazon. Got the 9 because I wanted to try something new (and I didn't trust the Exynos modem in the Pixel 6). OOS isn't perfect but I like it more than AOSP and especially Pixel's Android 12 implementation.
Same question is mine why not os12 custom rom available? But not pixel etc
In stock based
Does OOS12 still have that brown tinge in the GApps? It drove me nuts.
Superguy said:
Does OOS12 still have that brown tinge in the GApps? It drove me nuts.
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That's set by your wallpaper. Either change the wallpaper or use LWP+ or Repainter to change the colors. It's an Android 12 feature called Material You.