What's the smoothest experience for our device? - Google Pixel Questions & Answers

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

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best custom rom for this device

I want to know what's the best custom rom for mi 5s plus
There is no such thing as best Rom, that's very subjective.
I personally like the Nexus Experience ROM the most as it ticks everything I want.
Some others may say LineageOs or MIUIPro, or maybe MIUI...
What is your personality like? I always want the newest os so i use the Lineage 15.1 Oreo 8.1. But i really like customizable roms, if you like it either i can say ResurrectionRemix official is the best, for my oppinion. and don't use the official rom, it drains your accumulator really fast xd Other ways its good but if you need a good work time i don't recomment it.

Android p developer preview OTA and beyond

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!

Need a GOOD 7.0+ ROM for Nexus 5 w/ CWM

I just tried a couple ROMs for the Nexus 5 and was not too impressed. Does anyone have a suggestion for something minimalist, clean, but I can customize from there? I got used to this Nova Launcher and would rather use that, then try to find some developers' Coolest ROM ever creation. Since there is no official 7.0+ from Google, I can't just install as Stock ROM. That seems to be the problem.
Anyone know of a close to stock 7.0+ ROM for Nexus 5?
Have you tried LOS 14.1?
I use Paranoid Android for about almost a year after Lineage discontinued its support for Nexus 5, Rooted but not heavy contained with customization, can last half a day (I do not game on my phone) also security patches is not ideal since the last update of PA was like months un-updated late

New life for my Oneplus One?

Hello,
I'm still using my Oneplus One with the original Cyanogen Mod.
I can definitely noticed the age of my phone nowadays. As I recently discovered that there are stable builds of Lineage OS available for the OPO I started wondering if an updated software would give my phone a bit of a revival. In general it is still in a good condition so I don't really want to just replace it.
Just wanted to hear your thoughts and opinions, if it is worth to update the software or if I rather should start searching for a replacement.
What is there to lose if you first try out the newest LineageOS, which is based on Android 11?
If you do not need things like a better camera or use your phone for gaming, the OPO is still as good as ever. I think my phone is smoother to use than it was 7 years ago because of the LineageOS team's work. Tomoms even has a performance optimized build for the OPO, which I can recommend strongly. Beware that the optimized build is more experimental than the official LineageOS.
Hi, I upgraded my oneplus one a couple of months to lineage OS 17.1 - works well and after adding Gapps is almost like a new phone. it is slightly slower but it gave a new life. little apprehensive for getting lineage Os 18.1, as it says it will be even slower due to software encryption

Custom ROM with UX closest to MIUI

Hi, I've got a Mix 3 because I'm a long time fan of MIUI, but the device is near EOL for official updates. I'm getting kinda tired of waiting for MIUI 12.5 and most likely the phone will remain at Android 10. I'd like to know which of the currently developed custom ROMs offer an experience closest to MIUI, interface-wise, or if they all are more akin to AOSP. I have over 10 years on the modding community, so I'm perfectly used to flashing new ROMs, but it's my first time using a Xiaomi device so I don't know if there are any ROMs that keep the same design language or something close to MIUI.

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