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[KERNELS] Best of the best | .35 | for Newbie | Explanations Guides and Suggestions

This will guide you and teach you too ONLY if you read well rather than just pressing download links!
Now that we had TONS of kernels out there, It doesn't means NEWER = BETTER.
Here you will find useful links to guide on choosing which kernels fits your needs.
This is pointing out and will be guide for those people who dont know what is a KERNEL?
This thread is for those who doesn't know wtf does a kernel is, for those gamers for those on stock roms for those who wants performance for those wants promising benchmark scores etc..
KERNEL? what is it?
In computing, the kernel (from German Kern, nucleus, core) is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level. The kernel's responsibilities include managing the system's resources (the communication between hardware and software components). Usually as a basic component of an operating system, a kernel can provide the lowest-level abstraction layer for the resources (especially processors and I/O devices) that application software must control to perform its function. It typically makes these facilities available to application processes through inter-process communication mechanisms and system calls.
Source|for more info click here
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This shown picture above gives you the basic idea what does a kernel is and
what depends on it.
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Now that you know what a kernel does, its time to know what VSYNC (Vertical Synchronization) is?
Vertical Synchronization, also called Vertical Sync, or simply VSync for short, was primarily required because of the physical limitations of CRT monitors as discussed in the Refresh Rate section. A CRT monitor has to constantly light up the phosphors on the screen many times per second to maintain an image, and can only do this a certain number of times per second based on how fast the electron gun in the monitor can move. Each time it has to redraw the entire screen again, it moves the electron gun inside the monitor from the bottom of the screen to point to the top left of the screen, ready to 'repaint' all the lines on the screen from top left to bottom right, and back again for the next refresh. The period during which the electron gun moves to the top of the screen for a new refresh is called the Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI).
Enabling VSync tells your graphics card to synchronize its actions with your monitor. That means the graphics card is only allowed to swap its frame buffer and send a new frame to the monitor when the monitor says it is ready to repaint a new screen - i.e. during the VBI. Your graphics card and monitor do not have to be in sync; they can still operate properly when VSync is disabled, however when VSync is disabled, you can experience a phenomenon called Tearing in periods when your graphics card and monitor go out of sync, precisely because the graphics card and monitor are acting without regard for each other's limitations.
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For further explanation about VSYNC, redirect here: source
Topic content:
▷Vsync on and off difference
▷FPS and vsync explanation
▷Tearing
▷Advantage and disadvantages
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Now base on my experience, this are the .35 kernels (never had tried .32 so I cant point out which one is good for me) I personally found out useful and those gave me good experience on stock and custom roms.
NOTE: it doesn't means all of this are BUG free!
For stock rom 2.3 | .35 kernel
Vsync off
The smoothest one i found for stock lg rom|voff gives smoother ui transitions and scrolling
Rome-v1.3.3-cfs-vsync-off by zack here
Vsync on
Best one i tried for von on stock rom
paolo's OC kernel V3 here
you'll find the thread here but most of the links are dead
For custom roms, all cm7 based rom (miui, lewa.etc) and themed roms |.35
Vsync on
best ones i tried that gave me performance and really good experience even on games!
Ta-gb-kernel-v1.1 by thachtunganh: here
Roq kernel-IX by Roqu3: here
Roq kernels (for those who doesnt even give effort to search but rather spam and ask anywhere) here! Newer doesn't mean better
Vsync off
for benchmark HOGS and for games who need further more frames for HQ games
PP kernel v1.7 ta-gb 1.2 based, originaly by thachtunganh moded by trettet here (the best for games so far)
Candied kernels by DJnoXD here (voff with variety of touch fixes also good for heavy games but lesser benchmark scores compared from PP kernel v1.7)

Nice tutorial there
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium

sorry ahead about this massage:
listen my english is pretty bad and to read all of this will take me an hour or even more so can you plz recoomend me on the best rom for preformence ? i dont give a damn about battery i just want the launcher transition will be smooth and games to work as best as can.. i dont car even if phone drain battert in 6-7 hours

Great!
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True ta gb 1.1 is best for me.....bugfree.......tried so many kernels....
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I'd be curious to know about ics kernels..I'm currently using redpill and stay with stock kernel but the developer has made a suggestion of not overclocking,but nice tutorial..this should be a sticky
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really helpful for clearing out the basics of kernel..!! Thanks mate..!!

great share!

people can smoeone plz explain which is the bast rom of gaming?( just for gaming i dont care of any thing else )

dokvader114 said:
people can smoeone plz explain which is the bast rom of gaming?( just for gaming i dont care of any thing else )
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GTR.

A good rom like CM and a good kernel as in my suggestions will give you good game experience, as of now I'am on gsnap rom simply because its CM but I like the way its very lightweight.

i confused on my question i meant which kernel is the best for gaming? im curnttly using GTR-V7.8 kernel roq+paolo touch fix

dokvader114 said:
i confused on my question i meant which kernel is the best for gaming? im curnttly using GTR-V7.8 kernel roq+paolo touch fix
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That's great for gaming but u might wanna use PP Kernel by trette that is the best for gaming
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium

Or buy a new phone
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium

lol cant affored a new phone..my perent promised me an iphone 5 but i must wait till it get to israel till then im still using my suckish phone which my suchish friend laugh at
and ty for recommending
and plz pp kernel link ? in google i found just pp kernel but not PP Kernel by trette

dokvader114 said:
lol cant affored a new phone..my perent promised me an iphone 5 but i must wait till it get to israel till then im still using my suckish phone which my suchish friend laugh at
and ty for recommending
and plz pp kernel link ? in google i found just pp kernel but not PP Kernel by trette
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link

dokvader114 said:
lol cant affored a new phone..my perent promised me an iphone 5 but i must wait till it get to israel till then im still using my suckish phone which my suchish friend laugh at
and ty for recommending
and plz pp kernel link ? in google i found just pp kernel but not PP Kernel by trette
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PP kernel 1.7 will give you performance but i dont suggest it on stock cm, may be on GTR but on stock it would only make scrolling sluggish because of screen tearing.

recreation012 said:
PP kernel 1.7 will give you performance but i dont suggest it on stock cm, may be on GTR but on stock it would only make scrolling sluggish because of screen tearing.
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so what do you reccomend on GTR ( WHICH KERNEL?)

> agreed with roq IX and ta-gb 1.1:good:

I have a question I'm on aokp dynamite's ics and the performance is awesome. but some games (not necessary heavy weight) don't start. in somewhere I read that changing the kernel would help. so is anybody here in ics using custom kernels?

[KERNEL] moob v43

Ate too much KitKat?
Download: here
Mirror: here (DontPushButtons tries to mirror as soon as new versions are released. Please remember to thank him)
F2FS help: this post/page
- features my own governor 'preservative' with 702MHz touch/GPU activity boost for responsive UI and smooth scrolling
- in kernel hotplugging (thanks to myfluxi)
- debug stuff disabled
- various safe optimisations
- built on the latest 4.4.3 source (no new source was released for 4.4.4)
- offers reduced heat and better better performance through my original bus speed mod: higher bus speeds at lower CPU speeds allows max FPS at lower CPU speeds, and keeping the CPU speed low is the best way to save power. UV is not the way! (Established 'wisdom' debunked here)
- includes kexec-hardboot patch for multiROM thanks Tasssadar
- includes Fast Charge, Gamma, and Audio-gain mods
- support for F2FS and multirom
User Reviews
- This is the only one you'll need: here
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Objectives
- a high standard of performance
- as power saving as possible, but not compromising the first point
- keeping it simple
- remaining stock-like as much as possible for stability, but I'll add features if I personally want them!
Caveats - Flashing this will void your warranty, and may cause you to grow hairy man boobs, and this is the last thing anyone needs (ladies doubly so). I'm not a developer a such. I can just about program well enough in C to be able to understand what I'm doing. I've taken code from other sources and merged it in. Credit goes to mrg666, myfluxi, morfic, faux123, franciscofranco, hellsgod, ak, stratosk, and of course the hundreds of developers of the linux and android kernel source. I'm so lazy with git that often my commit history gets re-written and the original source of my cherry-picks gets lost. If this is an issue please pm me and I'll try to fix it, otherwise let me be lazy.
I think you should add... - Although I'm happy to hear suggestions, before you start you should be prepared to hear a 'no'. This is a personal project that I'm just sharing.
Source: https://github.com/bedalus/nexus4
Linaro Toolchain: [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098133]click here[/url] thread by @Christopher83 (a15 4.9.x version) Thanks for the awesome work!

bedalus said:
A simple OP for simple KitKat kernel featuring nearly nothing.
http://d-h.st/LAP
- intellidemand governor with 192MHz min freq and 702MHz optimal freq
- useless frequencies disabled
- 2 core minimum when screen is on
- in kernel hotplugging
- debug stuff disabled
- various safe optimisations (take a look at the rather short commit history on github)
The Goal - to make the minimum changes to the stock source required to make a smooth experience that doesn't bake your hands.
Caveats - Flashing this will void your warranty, and may cause you to grow hairy man boobs. I'm not a developer a such. I can just about program well enough in C to be able to understand what I'm doing. I've taken code from other sources and merged it in. Credit goes to morfic, faux123, franciscofranco, hellsgod, stratosk, and of course the hundreds of developers of the linux and android kernel source. I'm so lazy with git that often my commit history gets re-written and the original source of my cherry-picks gets lost. If this is an issue please pm me and I'll try to fix it, otherwise let me be lazy.
Why's this in general? - because I'm not really developing anything. This kernel is more like my personal preference for how a kernel should be configured. I reserve the right to change my mind about what I want. I also reserve the right not to change anything for months on end.
I think you should add... - Although I'm happy to hear suggestions, before you start you should be prepared to hear a 'no'. This is a personal project that I'm just sharing.
There are lots of other fast moving and exciting kernels out there. I want this one to be more like a Daiquiri at the beach. Lazy, slow and probably asleep.
Source: https://github.com/bedalus/nexus4
Linaro Toolchain: [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098133]click here[/url] thread by @Christopher83 (I always grab the latest 4.7.x arm-unknown version) Thanks for the awesome work!
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Wow you're here too? I will try this kernel now!!

TO DO: 2 core minimum

Subscribed. Glad to see a thread for your kernel, its always nice to see a development growing good luck with furthure goals too bad you didnt left marmite as a name, it was so popular in nexus s days.
Sent from Pure Nexus⁴

Yes, a new joke name for a new era of ineptitude! Good to see you as always

Omg bedalus you are here too! Missing the Nexus S days man hahah
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

There's no way I'm running all those benchmarks and power drain tests again! My nexus s is still going strong in the hands of my wife

bedalus said:
There's no way I'm running all those benchmarks and power drain tests again! My nexus s is still going strong in the hands of my wife
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Haha, nowdays its not all about numbers, its about user experience. just a two questions, do you plan to add min 1 core online and abillity to UV?
Sent from Pure Nexus⁴

Glad to see you here dude
Sent from my Nexus⁴

Wow, someone was quick off the mark. I see a download before I even finished updating the OP.
Anyway....
OP UPDATED!
- two core minimum fixed.

alen1901 said:
Haha, nowdays its not all about numbers, its about user experience. just a two questions, do you plan to add min 1 core online and abillity to UV?
Sent from Pure Nexus⁴
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Nope to one core. See the updated op for more info.
UV is a big no-no in my eyes. Remember in the nexus s section I did those battery drain measurements? I didn't find any benefit to it, and it can make your device unstable. It's just not worth it

Nice to see you
always loved your marmite kernel on my nexus s... will try this out as soon as i can
one question: is custom colors included in this kernel?
thanks

@bedalus glad to see you here man! Loved your work on my Nexus S and now on the Nexus 4 too

qaz2453 said:
Nice to see you
always loved your marmite kernel on my nexus s... will try this out as soon as i can
one question: is custom colors included in this kernel?
thanks
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I may have a little mess around with the colours. They look okay to me since kitkat dropped. But while I'm on the subject I think that stratosk had decent colours as default... unless I'm imagining it? Can anyone confirm?

bedalus said:
I may have a little mess around with the colours. They look okay to me since kitkat dropped. But while I'm on the subject I think that stratosk had decent colours as default... unless I'm imagining it? Can anyone confirm?
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Yeah stock colors (which I believe is what stratosk uses) is decent enough. It's definitely way better than when the Nexus 4 was first released.

In that case I think I'll leave it for now. I'm not looking to blaze through commits like the old days

kernel update, see OP
I've begun the process of merging in the mainline commits, but I'm only merging in patches that apply cleanly, and only if they affect code that's actually being built. There's no point cluttering my git repo with commits for code that isn't going to be built in my kernel! I automated the process a little with a fun script. If you're interested take a look at the head commit in my github/maKKo_02
It took me most of the day today to get from v3.4.0 to v3.4.14 so it'll be quite a long time before I get to v3.4.70 but I'll upload a new version every 10 sets or so...

Here's another one: http://d-h.st/6Kp
I can't stick it in the OP right now because I'm using tapatalk and editing is a pain.
I've merged up to 3.4.16 and taken the hellscore zip as a base to ensure the low fq of 192 is available on first boot.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I switched to xz compression so it's reduced the zip size somewhat
Also, does anyone play sword & sorcery? Is it normal for the back to get so hot on this game?

bedalus said:
Here's another one: http://d-h.st/6Kp
I can't stick it in the OP right now because I'm using tapatalk and editing is a pain.
I've merged up to 3.4.16 and taken the hellscore zip as a base to ensure the low fq of 192 is available on first boot.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I switched to xz compression so it's reduced the zip size somewhat
Also, does anyone play sword & sorcery? Is it normal for the back to get so hot on this game?
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Im glad u are here! A couple months ago i asked if u would do a n4 kernel, the awnser was negative... But u finally did it!
Anyway, most games heat up quite a lot the back of the phone, mainly those who require internet connection and/or GPS at the same time
(Doubletaptowake? U think its usefull enough to be added?)
sent from my NEXUS 4 tasting KitKat for the first time

So... could we say this should be the best kernel for battery life for 4.4?
Thanks a lot!! This is what I was waiting for!!

Best Roms for LG 2X.

This is list of best roms for LG 2X.
ICS:
---OptiX ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376412 )
-It's stable and fast.
-Good battery life.
-Camera works great and HDMI rotation is correct.
JB:
---JellyCream ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262782 )
-It's stable and let's say fast
-Ok battery life
-Camera works great and HDMI rotation is correct.
---TheROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420304 )
-It's stable(build 26) and really fast.
-Great battery life.
-Camera has some bugs and HDMI rotation error.
KitKat:
---SlimKat ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551925 )
-It's stable now and incredible fast.
-Great battery life.
-Google camera working great and HDMI error.
Please reply your opinion. :laugh: :laugh:
And hit the THANKS button

Robert detapton
SlimKat
- "stable and incredible fast"???
- "Great battery life"???
I installed and reinstalled it (full wipe).
After 1-2 days it became very very slow and crashes: it became UNUSABLE!

frank4wheels said:
SlimKat
- "stable and incredible fast"???
- "Great battery life"???
I installed and reinstalled it (full wipe).
After 1-2 days it became very very slow and crashes: it became UNUSABLE!
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For me is working great,
What kernel are you using?
And did you overclock it ?
-THANKS-

roc.mateo said:
KitKat:
---SlimKat ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551925 )
-It's stable now and incredible fast.
-Great battery life.
-Google camera working great and HDMI error.
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Is there HDMI error in SlimKat?

yeah,it's in all the custom roms..there isn't in the stock based roms

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I didn't modify 1200 Mh.
I agree with you that Optix and The ROM are good; but they aren't KitKat...
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA Free mobile app

frank4wheels said:
SlimKat
- "stable and incredible fast"???
- "Great battery life"???
I installed and reinstalled it (full wipe).
After 1-2 days it became very very slow and crashes: it became UNUSABLE!
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Did you change from ART to Dalvik? That *might* help... ART is still somewhat unstable, and lags and such depend alot on the kernel you're using. 2.6 is stable but a bit sluggish, 3.1 is faster but hás camera bugs and is battery hungry.
My P990 is better than your Galaxy S, IPhone or any other piece of trash you own!

korgndm said:
Did you change from ART to Dalvik? That *might* help... ART is still somewhat unstable, and lags and such depend alot on the kernel you're using. 2.6 is stable but a bit sluggish, 3.1 is faster but hás camera bugs and is battery hungry.
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Some version ago, ART was the default, but there were problems.
I remember that tonyp wrote that ART could give problems.
In last version the default is Dalvik, so it is non necessary to modify.
Thank you for helping me to understand why I have problems and you haven't.

CM10 "Look Ma! No Hands!" Edition
Pengus' CM10 "Look Ma! No Hands!" edition is definitely missing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058231

oneearleft said:
Pengus' CM10 "Look Ma! No Hands!" edition is definitely missing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058231
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Ok i didn't test it yet so.
But thanks for the info.
:laugh: :laugh:
-THANKS-

MaelstromXC said:
Is there HDMI error in SlimKat?
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Yes as in any other than ICS rom .
-THANKS-

Slimkat options
Hiya,
I was wondering if anyone had any memory options for the current Slimkat, with built in 3.1 kernel (basically out of box settings) that are suitable to keep it running somewhat smooth after a week or so.
The only thing i've been able to do is dumping of the cache, and using the Fstrim command to keep the lag at bay, but this still causes memory drops of some apps, ... like Phone calls being dropped, and keyboard crashing even when I have as much as 40mb of free memory.
I do keep Skype open in the background I need it to keep in contact with someone special. so i've greenified everything else that can be hibernated. except for Viper, and other CPU and kernel managers. ( and ofcourse Skype for above reason)
the phone app crashes alot after one week of use, i don't use other social apps like facebook or whatapp. I only use Skype, and Now browser. with normal Phone and Messaging app.
I may play music sometimes. but when finished I kill the app. allowing everything else to be alright.
anyway. if there is a preferred CPU / Gov / sched / swap / zram combination that is working well for people, I would appreciate some feedback on what works for them, with minimal cache dumping, and memory leaking.
Also. please let me know via PM, if I should post this elsewhere. I'll edit the post and correctly post in the correct thread, without cluttering up the thread.
Thank you.
Necro.

I'm hoping for this info too! Just installed Slimkat and despite it being quick for the first 30 minutes after clean install it gets slower and slower and now even pressing power on can take up to 30 seconds just to get to the lock screen. Yes, it's insane.

necrowakker said:
Hiya,
I was wondering if anyone had any memory options for the current Slimkat, with built in 3.1 kernel (basically out of box settings) that are suitable to keep it running somewhat smooth after a week or so.
The only thing i've been able to do is dumping of the cache, and using the Fstrim command to keep the lag at bay, but this still causes memory drops of some apps, ... like Phone calls being dropped, and keyboard crashing even when I have as much as 40mb of free memory.
I do keep Skype open in the background I need it to keep in contact with someone special. so i've greenified everything else that can be hibernated. except for Viper, and other CPU and kernel managers. ( and ofcourse Skype for above reason)
the phone app crashes alot after one week of use, i don't use other social apps like facebook or whatapp. I only use Skype, and Now browser. with normal Phone and Messaging app.
I may play music sometimes. but when finished I kill the app. allowing everything else to be alright.
anyway. if there is a preferred CPU / Gov / sched / swap / zram combination that is working well for people, I would appreciate some feedback on what works for them, with minimal cache dumping, and memory leaking.
Also. please let me know via PM, if I should post this elsewhere. I'll edit the post and correctly post in the correct thread, without cluttering up the thread.
Thank you.
Necro.
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Buy RamExpander and expend your memory

leekohlbradley said:
I'm hoping for this info too! Just installed Slimkat and despite it being quick for the first 30 minutes after clean install it gets slower and slower and now even pressing power on can take up to 30 seconds just to get to the lock screen. Yes, it's insane.
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Yes you should buy RamExpander and expand your RAM to 1 GB.
And put CPU to 1.2 GHz.
At that settings phone is working great for weeks/months. (tested)
_THANKS_

roc.mateo said:
Yes you should buy RamExpander and expand your RAM to 1 GB.
And put CPU to 1.2 GHz.
At that settings phone is working great for weeks/months. (tested)
_THANKS_
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roc.mateo said:
Buy RamExpander and expend your memory
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I was actually hoping for a app that would help me over clock my CPU, and allow Quad core access, . with Ram increase to 3gb, and turn my Tegra 2 into a tegra 5,
and just have the phone do .. .ya know, .... phone stuff.
but Ramexpander only helps the ram. so its not worth it for me.

necrowakker said:
I was actually hoping for a app that would help me over clock my CPU, and allow Quad core access, . with Ram increase to 3gb, and turn my Tegra 2 into a tegra 5,
and just have the phone do .. .ya know, .... phone stuff.
but Ramexpander only helps the ram. so its not worth it for me.
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WHAAAAT?????
You can increase ram to 1 GB only.
And you cant change your dual core to quad core hahaahhha.
You would have to change your proccesor for that.
OMG

Hahah :d [emoji1] [emoji1] [emoji1] [emoji23]

Hahah

roc.mateo said:
Yes you should buy RamExpander and expand your RAM to 1 GB.
And put CPU to 1.2 GHz.
At that settings phone is working great for weeks/months. (tested)
_THANKS_
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Does ramexpander really give any change in performance?
By the way, I'm using Paranoid Android 4.45 (Kitkat/Kowalski3.1) and overclocking at 1500 Mhz. Quite satisfied.
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Paranoid Android 7.2.3 - AOSPA - OnePlus X

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We’re really excited to announce that we are releasing our Nougat flavour of Paranoid Android. We have a lot in store - with a mix of both features & improvements.
First & foremost, we have moved our code base to be fully CAF based. This brings many improvements to your device. The key improvement here is that Qualcomm hardware is better tuned on the CAF base and with our additional optimizations we can provide a smooth and fluid user experience that will let you enjoy using your device without any lags.
On first launch you’ll notice a clean setup with a beautiful wallpaper from Hampus Olsson who’s teamed up with us again and created several beautiful pieces of artwork. For those of you who don’t know, Hampus is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work stands itself and we’re glad to have him onboard. We have also added several new features and made improvements to the UI of the system that we believe would enhance the overall experience.
Pie
We’ve been working hard on redesigning this key feature of our portfolio and we’re really happy with how it has turned out. The whole design has been reworked and it fits in well with the overall feel of Google’s Material Design. This gives you the opportunity to use more gesture based control for navigating, rather than using the standard Navigation Bar at the bottom of your screen. Expect improvements and additions in the future.
Color Engine
We’re proud to announce our newest feature - Color Engine. Color Engine allows you to seamlessly change the colors of your device to be in Light, Dark (Pixel) and Black modes with a variety of accent colors to choose from. This makes changing the theme of your device really quick without having to install any extra packages on your device.
Major features:
- Reworked Pie
- Color engine
- Immersive mode
- Buttons customization (including navigation bar)
- On the spot controls (OTS)
Minor features:
- SafetyNet Compatibility
- Battery/Notification LED control
- Recent tasks locking
- Battery icon customization
- Google now page in default launcher
- Substratum (OMS) support (Color engine will be deactivated if you use Substratum)
- Quick pulldown
- Various performance and battery improvements
- Display burn-in protection (for OLED screens)
- Double-tap to sleep
- 3 finger screen shot
- More to explore
Device specific features for the OnePlus X:
- LCD KCAL to improve color accuracy & sound control
- OnePlus X custom camera HAL: Resulting in better picture quality than OEM.
- Offscreen gestures
- Alert slider customization
- aptX and aptXHD support
Device specific performance and battery optimizations:
- Replaced MPDesicion with AutoSMP (improves battery life, and performance)
- Custom thermal implementation that keeps the device cool
- Full audio and video offloading functionality
- Optimized task scheduling
- Much more
Note: Custom kernels are explicitly unsupported and will cause issues
unless they state that they are AOSPA compatible or AOSPA based!
Download
Get our latest OnePlus X build here.
Changelogs
As we're getting back into the thread game, keeping up with threads and updating them as per changelogs can be too hectic given our schedule. However, very detailed changelogs always go up on our Google+ page, follow us for constant updates!
Important / Useful links
OpenGapps
SuperSU root package
Paranoid Android Community (G+)
Our kernel sauce (onyx)
As always, we listen to what you have to say. Help us make PA better by submitting good bug reports possibly with a log attached. Learn how to take logs here. Submit bug reports and we'll try to iron out issues as soon as possible - it really helps a lot.
Our device maintainers and CAF caretakers @TheCrazyLex, @xboxfanj, @arter97, @chrislahaye @thecrazyskull are right here at xda. Mention (@) them if you need some assistance and/or when reporting bugs.
Cheers and #StayParanoid!
XDA:DevDB Information
Paranoid Android 7.2.3 - AOSPA - OnePlus X, ROM for the OnePlus X
Contributors
CertifiedBlyndGuy, xboxfanj, thecrazylex, GalaticStryder, thecrazyskull, herna
Source Code: https://github.com/AOSPA
ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: CAF
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2017-07-11
Last Updated 2017-08-19

Installation instructions
We highly recommend you follow these instructions very carefully. Users usually tend to skip a few steps and eventually fall in trouble. Are you with me? Good. Let's get this train going. Just a few things to keep in mind first - If you're coming from another ROM/stock, your system data (not internal storage) will have to be wiped. This includes apps, accounts, messages, call logs etc. There's been some users complaining about different GApps variants messing up installs and causing a ton of issues. Upon investigating it seems OpenGapps Mini/Nano work best. Understand that Paranoid Android is a custom ROM and it might lead to addiction as it's relatively good. We shouldn't be accused of anything just in case your cat starts drinking wine. Things get a little woozy in the Paranoid World.
Disclaimer: Some brain power might be involved if things go wrong. Not a lot though. Only as little as to solve 1+1.
Okay let's get to the main bit. We recommend a full wipe.
Flashing order:
1. Back up to PC everything you would need
2. Reboot into TWRP Recovery
3. Format all partitions
4. Flash AOSPA zip
5. Flash GApps zip
6. Reboot System
Known Issues:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73122749&postcount=447
by @GoogleLover75. Thanks for keeping this up to date!
Introduction by @arzbhatia
Instructions by @thechints

FAQ
Q: Why don't you support custom kernels?
A:Custom kernels tend to ship with changes to the init that harm UX. We focus on delivering the best experience possible so the out of box experience should not be modified. Not only that, but I ship custom hotplugging and a thermal implementation that other kernels do not support.
Q:VoLTE?
A:No. Don't ask.
Q:Will you support Xposed or any deviation of it?
A:Nope. It is a highly insecure platform that can cause several issues.

Great!!
:highfive:

<3

The info page says 396 mb while the file is of 413 mb.
I'm in confusion
Sent from my OnePlus X using XDA Labs

thelostneutron said:
The info page says 396 mb while the file is of 413 mb.
I'm in confusion
Sent from my OnePlus X using XDA Labs
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413mb is correct

awesome @CertifiedBlyndGuy is on fire

There are two builds of same sizes..Which one to download ?

aadnanrulz said:
There are two builds of same sizes..Which one to download ?
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Either. We just keep track of all builds so the latest one is a duplicate of the first for history's sake

Awesome RJ

Site is down

Kaconk said:
Site is down
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Yeah. We are really pushing the thresholds of how many people we can support downloading from the site at once right now. It should come back when the number of people downloading from it decreases

- OnePlus X custom camera HAL: Resulting in better picture quality than OEM.
 @CertifiedBlyndGuy
seriously better then oos?
If this comes out to be true then this will be dream rom for onyx

W!ld said:
- OnePlus X custom camera HAL: Resulting in better picture quality than OEM.
@CertifiedBlyndGuy
seriously better then oos?
If this comes out to be true then this will be dream rom for onyx
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According to my testers, yes. I am not really good at telling camera quality with my eyes
Thank Sultan in part (this isn't his HAL, but I used a bit from him)

CertifiedBlyndGuy said:
According to my testers, yes. I am not really good at telling camera quality with my eyes
Thank Sultan in part (this isn't his HAL, but I used a bit from him)
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That exposure issue of sultans lineage is fixed here?
front camera

W!ld said:
That exposure issue of sultans lineage is fixed here?
front camera
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There isn't an exposure issue here, no
This isn't the same HAL. His adjustments can be found in my device tree here: https://github.com/AOSPA/android_device_oneplus_onyx/tree/nougat-mr2/camera

CertifiedBlyndGuy said:
There isn't an exposure issue here, no
This isn't the same HAL. His adjustments can be found in my device tree here: https://github.com/AOSPA/android_device_oneplus_onyx/tree/nougat-mr2/camera
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awesome
Due to heavy traffic not able to download
Any mirror link?

W!ld said:
awesome
Due to heavy traffic not able to download
Any mirror link?
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No. Wait a bit

@CertifiedBlyndGuy great work bro
This rom rocks i never thought that that i would say this but this might be much better then sultans rom.
Testing...

[OP7PRO] ULTIMATE ROM/KERNEL BENCHMARK Comparison & Discussion - OOS vs AOSP

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So, I'm sure many of us have the burning question of which ROM/kernel any of us should use when it comes to pure performance. With so many ROMs out there, ones based on OOS, Havoc, Paranoid Android, crDroid, OmniROM, MIUI, the list just absolutely goes on. I want to use this thread as a way to inform people of any potential performance gains/loss when it comes to choosing a ROM, as well as just a thread to compare/talk about benchmarks in general.
So I've taken the liberty to run five different setups, (I can take some more as requests, if necessary.) and ran A LOT of benchmarks between all of them to see which ROM provides the best performance. These tests include four various games, some synthetic benchmarks, and storage tests. At the end of it all, I ran all the tests with some pretty heavy kernel based performance modifications that gave a surprising amount of performance gains in some scenarios.
The ROM setups I am using are:
Completely Stock (OOS Beta 11 with zero modifications)
Stock OOS Beta 11 but Magisk / xXx NoLimits xXx 10.1 / Data Formatted as F2FS
HavocOS 3.3 Build 3/17 w/ F2FS
Paranoid Android Quartz Beta 5 w/ F2FS
& Paranoid Android Quartz Beta 5 w/ F2FS AND SmurfKernel 3.5.1 rc17 slmk w/ Overclocks Enabled
All benchmarks were ran under the scrcpy ADB screen mirroring software, and under the settings I've used, it's shown to not provide any amount of performance loss. The command/options I've ran are "scrcpy --render-expired-frames -b 2M -m 768". That makes scrcpy not drop any lost frames (which will increase delay but make frame rate recording much more accurate), have a bitrate of 2Mbit/s, and have a screen height of only 768, which is easy for the phone to do while not incurring any performance loss. Game performance was recorded using MSI Afterburner over the scrcpy window, which isn't THE MOST accurate, but is the only option available due to certain apps not being able to be run under OOS (i.e. KFMARK actually offers these features in app, but crashes on OOS.)
So, lets get started, first, with the gaming benchmarks. I've chosen these games because they are the only ones that are intensive enough on the phone's hardware that can run without hitting the game's frame rate cap. The overclocking kernel of choice for these tests are @pappaschlumpf's SmurfKernel, all my settings can be found here.
GAMES:
Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:
Game 4:
ANTUTU:
3DMARK:
Test 1:
Test 2:
Test 3:
Test 4:
Test 5:
GFXBench 5.0:
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:
Set 4:
Geekbench 5
AndroBench (Storage):
Set 1:
Set 2:
So, what is the takeaway from all this? Which is the winner of the best performing ROM? I think the short answer is, well, no one. Long answer? It really depends. Currently, I don't think ROMs alone can offer any amount of increase in CPU/GPU, giving any extra gaming performance. That seems to be solely up to the kernel.
At a glance, it may look like Havoc offers an immense increase in gaming performance from looking at all of the benchmarks. However, after checking Kernel Tuner, I actually noticed its kernel overclocks the GPU to 675 MHz, (up from 585).
Strangely, OOS seems to offer better SQLite performance than both other ROMs until some serious kernel tweaking is introduced. It may look like xXx NoLimits xXx gives higher storage based scores, but the gains were due to /data being formatted to F2FS. Thus, it seems like NoLimits provides zero recordable performance difference. Not sure what they mean by Speed/RAM optimized. Maybe it's just purely a debloating and keep-more-apps-in-Ram tool.
CPU scores between all ROMs is all within margin of error. I noticed higher MEM/Storage benchmark scores on AOSPA, as well as slightly faster app install times. However I imagine that comes from the fact that it uses the @arter97 kernel, not due to the ROM itself.
So, with all this said, I think the best ROM to choose is whichever one you feel like has the best features / ability to be a daily driver, not what you think will be better performance. I am personally sticking with Paranoid Android because some others have one or two annoying bugs that they haven't squashed and apps like Reachability Cursor and KFMark work seamlessly on it (unlike OOS).

remarkable

I miss crDroid, AOSPA and TreskMOD in that comparison. Good work anyway !

Mystenes said:
I miss crDroid, AOSPA and TreskMOD in that comparison. Good work anyway !
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How on earth did you miss AOSPA?

rejectedjs said:
How on earth did you miss AOSPA?
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Should be AOSiP

Mystenes said:
Should be AOSiP
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AOSiP is based on pure AOSP and doesn't have any official Android 10 releases, it's still running Pie, so I don't want to waste time getting into it. TreskMod is just another mod of OmniROM, which HavocOS is already largely based from. crDroid looks interesting, so I'm currently running it and trying it out for myself and will update with benchmarks eventually.

for a reliable test, you must flash the same kernel with same settings in all roms, smurf kernel for example works in stock and customs.
You have smurf kernel with forced 90 hz, the same setup must be in all customs and is misconfigured, if you have surfaceflinger boost on, you must disable frame commit boost and viceversa.

how about call of duty mobile game?did you test it out?thanksyou

Toni Moon said:
for a reliable test, you must flash the same kernel with same settings in all roms, smurf kernel for example works in stock and customs.
You have smurf kernel with forced 90 hz, the same setup must be in all customs and is misconfigured, if you have surfaceflinger boost on, you must disable frame commit boost and viceversa.
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I know SmurfKernel works on OOS / AOSP, the overclocking benchmarks weren't there to show "Look! SmurfKernel + AOSPA is so much better than others!", it's to show people how much of a difference overclocking can make, for them to make the decision of whether they think SmurfKernel's overclocking is worth flashing for or not. I didn't flash the same kernel to all ROMs because that's not the way the developers intended it to be. If the developers wanted their rom to be best experienced under SmurfKernel, they would have either explicitly stated it or packaged it in with the ROM. For example, the way AOSPA does with arter97's kernel. Flashing Smurf to everything would have defeated the purpose of comparing the ROMs.
xNovaLeader said:
how about call of duty mobile game?did you test it out?thanksyou
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Call of Duty Mobile already runs at it's frame rate cap of 60FPS on our phones, there would be zero difference between ROMs.

rejectedjs said:
I know SmurfKernel works on OOS / AOSP, the overclocking benchmarks weren't there to show "Look! SmurfKernel + AOSPA is so much better than others!", it's to show people how much of a difference overclocking can make, for them to make the decision of whether they think SmurfKernel's overclocking is worth flashing for or not. I didn't flash the same kernel to all ROMs because that's not the way the developers intended it to be, if the developers wanted their rom to be best experienced under SmurfKernel, they would have either explicitly stated it, or packaged it in with the ROM, like the way AOSPA does with arter97's kernel. Flashing Smurf to everything would have defeated the purpose of comparing the ROMs.
Call of Duty Mobile already runs at it's frame rate cap of 60FPS on our phones, there would be zero difference between ROMs.
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isee..thanks for the info..its suck when its come to flagship phone with higher refreshrate..

Wow, that's great! Now it seems almost strange why this wasn't done so far What about battery? It would be interesting to benchmark idle / active drain (maybe in 2 scenarios like chrome browsing and other in gaming?), just a though

spawnn617 said:
Wow, that's great! Now it seems almost strange why this wasn't done so far What about battery? It would be interesting to benchmark idle / active drain (maybe in 2 scenarios like chrome browsing and other in gaming?), just a though
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I would like to do a battery life test but there are so many variables that would really come down to end user experience that I don't think it would be an accurate representation of the ROM's performance. If there's an app that just constantly drains the battery life, maybe I could try that, but I feel like that would take a really long time to post results for since that would be one ROM's results a day.

Thanks for this. I'm currently running OOS 10.3.1AA with arter97 r54 kernel ?? pretty happy with performance and kernel overall.

Best thread I've seen on xda in years. Thanks for this! :good:

Pfeffernuss said:
Best thread I've seen on xda in years. Thanks for this! :good:
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Thanks! Lol, I'm glad it's getting some attention considering all the time I spent wiping and having to restart so much to get all the info!

rejectedjs said:
I would like to do a battery life test but there are so many variables that would really come down to end user experience that I don't think it would be an accurate representation of the ROM's performance. If there's an app that just constantly drains the battery life, maybe I could try that, but I feel like that would take a really long time to post results for since that would be one ROM's results a day.
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PCMark has a battery test which works really well, but it takes like 9 hours to run haha
Would be awesome to see though

Thua far, the absolute smoothest experience Ive had on this phone has been OOS + Smurf + xXx. Without smurf, Ive seen no difference with or without xXx, however with it, the phone is butter smooth, its an enormous difference. Benchmarks on my phone are lower because I keep clocks low to save on battery, however even then the phone blazes through everything. Has a few kinks here and there that are admittedly quite annoying, though, so I am looking into other kernels a bit. Appreciate the post. Ill probably continue avoiding AOSP roms, Oxygen has spoiled me, such a good Rom.

Ruvaldak said:
Thua far, the absolute smoothest experience Ive had on this phone has been OOS + Smurf + xXx. Without smurf, Ive seen no difference with or without xXx, however with it, the phone is butter smooth, its an enormous difference. Benchmarks on my phone are lower because I keep clocks low to save on battery, however even then the phone blazes through everything. Has a few kinks here and there that are admittedly quite annoying, though, so I am looking into other kernels a bit. Appreciate the post. Ill probably continue avoiding AOSP roms, Oxygen has spoiled me, such a good Rom.
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Arter kernel is a rather nippy and no stutters or hickups noticed yet, perhaps give that a whirl!

And how about battery drain ? Sot and idle ?