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Pillama-rom-0.3

Argentinian dev max_choco issued new Pillama-rom-0.3 yesterday (link:http://d-h.st/CLX). He is obviously one of the most recognisable devs around. According to his description main characteristics of the new Rom are:
Deodexed
Zippaling
Mobile Bravia Engine
Sound Settings by max_choco
Longer lasting battery
Better fluidity
3g tweaks
Retouching wifi
Scanning slow wifi
AOSP Clock
Cron script
Jelly Charge (thanks @ zeppelinrox)
Suport init.d
Init.d script (adapted for this terminal accurate)
YouTube.apk updated
Flash player
Removed Smart Actions
Improvements shooting
Lag in the launcher eliminated
Improved GPS Accuracy
Rooted
Busybox included
Added Cron teawk's speed (thanks dev team "conquerver")
Removed notification of the ADB
Sd Card Speed ​​Fix
Kernel Tweak's
Journaling
Governor's CPU Settings
And installation instruction:
Unzip, copy the generated folder to / sdcard / ClockworkMod / backup Login to cwm recovery select backup & restore> restore> select the unzipped folder. then do wipe data, wipe cache, wipe cache davilk and wipe batery stats. Reboot system now.
All credits and rights go to max_choco (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179009). I'm only the messenger. So don't thanks me, thanks him.

Please could you clarify as to what is Jelly Charge?

unuk50 said:
Please could you clarify as to what is Jelly Charge?
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The question should be addressed to the author, he'd know the best. But as he reffered to zeppelinrox regarding this matter, it might be assumed that improvements are regarding charger and launcher. Zeppelinrox describes these changes like features that "makes your phone fast, super snappy with better multitasking".

... here come the roms! ...

Post originial ; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=2191769
thank's for shared...!!!!!

sorry but I've got a problem...
I've the pi-llama 0.2, downloaded the 0.3, unzipped and copied the directory to clockwork mod/backup under "root/data/media/".
booted the phone into CWM 6.0.1.9, BACKUP AND RESTORE, RESTORE, can't open directory and file not found message comes.
It doesn't work with "INSTALL FROM SD CARD" using the ZIP file neither
what can i do?
I'm doing something wrong for sure...
thanx

cinaski33 said:
sorry but I've got a problem...
I've the pi-llama 0.2, downloaded the 0.3, unzipped and copied the directory to clockwork mod/backup under "root/data/media/".
booted the phone into CWM 6.0.1.9, BACKUP AND RESTORE, RESTORE, can't open directory and file not found message comes.
It doesn't work with "INSTALL FROM SD CARD" using the ZIP file neither
what can i do?
I'm doing something wrong for sure...
thanx
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likely copying it to external sd

max_choco said:
likely copying it to external sd
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did it. thank you. working smooth...

Hello,
Tested and adopted !
All is perfectly working !
Enjoy !

My question might be a bit too silly, but I've had an LG Optimus Black and the more you tweaked it, the better it got. However, it started to fade because of the Overclock, gps-wise and 3g-wise, everything was getting really dark. So, I decided to buy once and only an SGS3 and it died 3 days later, it literally died, nobody knows why. It IS a good phone, batter lasts about 8hs, and has a lot of power. It lags, which i didn't expect and it does not perform as well on wi-fi as a true quad core should perform. My point is: whatever it is that you do, the RAZR i does it just so fast, so good, it is like a train, maybe not the fastest and not the biggest but the most efficient. Does this phone get EVEN better by rooting/flashing custom ROMs? I'm starting to think that it just won't. The hardware seems to be polished at its maximum and working in perfect harmony.

nomboly said:
My question might be a bit too silly, but I've had an LG Optimus Black and the more you tweaked it, the better it got. However, it started to fade because of the Overclock, gps-wise and 3g-wise, everything was getting really dark. So, I decided to buy once and only an SGS3 and it died 3 days later, it literally died, nobody knows why. It IS a good phone, batter lasts about 8hs, and has a lot of power. It lags, which i didn't expect and it does not perform as well on wi-fi as a true quad core should perform. My point is: whatever it is that you do, the RAZR i does it just so fast, so good, it is like a train, maybe not the fastest and not the biggest but the most efficient. Does this phone get EVEN better by rooting/flashing custom ROMs? I'm starting to think that it just won't. The hardware seems to be polished at its maximum and working in perfect harmony.
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Hi,
In my opinion it gets better if it is rooted as there are some apps I use like Titanium Backup or Root explorer. Currently I do not see a need to flash a custom rom for some reasons. The phone is fast, stable and the battery lasts for at least 2 days however the architecture is x86 as you probably know. This could be the reason why the phone is not in focus of devs. Nevertheless there is the first custom rom.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191769
Whatever you do, if the phone is running ICS and you are planning to upgrade to JB I recommend to do this first.

Can anyone provide screenshot of the rom please
Sent from my XT925 using xda app-developers app

nomboly said:
My question might be a bit too silly, but I've had an LG Optimus Black and the more you tweaked it, the better it got. However, it started to fade because of the Overclock, gps-wise and 3g-wise, everything was getting really dark. So, I decided to buy once and only an SGS3 and it died 3 days later, it literally died, nobody knows why. It IS a good phone, batter lasts about 8hs, and has a lot of power. It lags, which i didn't expect and it does not perform as well on wi-fi as a true quad core should perform. My point is: whatever it is that you do, the RAZR i does it just so fast, so good, it is like a train, maybe not the fastest and not the biggest but the most efficient. Does this phone get EVEN better by rooting/flashing custom ROMs? I'm starting to think that it just won't. The hardware seems to be polished at its maximum and working in perfect harmony.
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You got a point. It really doesn't get faster, because its already fastest as it could be. But this ROM gave me a better battery performance, and the fact that it its deodexed gives us more liberty to tweak around. But it isn't a must, like in other devices, have a custom ROM to get a good performance. Whit RAZR i its just a choice...
Enviado de meu XT890 usando o Tapatalk 2

Custom brightness coming soon...
Just a quick heads up regarding the brightness settings in this rom: it uses the standard brightness curves, which are far too bright.
I am working on new brightness curves for this rom, which I have working on my phone, and I will make them available very soon.
In the meantime, do not flash my modified framework-res.apk (from Matt's thread) on this rom: the mountpoint settings are different, and it work at all you will likely lose access to the internal storage.

I think the same... I'm a newbie, but I had HTC one S, Motorola Atrix 4g, this one is winning talking about battery and performance all around. I would have appreciated a better camera, but that's it. I really enjoy it, missing just some custom rom for playing a bit with, but Max Choco's has started this way for this great toy.
Thank you...

arman68 said:
Just a quick heads up regarding the brightness settings in this rom: it uses the standard brightness curves, which are far too bright.
I am working on new brightness curves for this rom, which I have working on my phone, and I will make them available very soon.
In the meantime, do not flash my modified framework-res.apk (from Matt's thread) on this rom: the mountpoint settings are different, and it work at all you will likely lose access to the internal storage.
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Any news about the brightness curves ????

Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C) wifi leaks fixed

Hi!
I guess many people like me were experiencing WiFi leaks problems: wifi turned off, scanning etc in settings were denied, but still in power management Android indicated wifi being Active. Getting root and trying many firmwares with the same problem I finally found out what a hell was that. Reason for such bug are two Samsung's packages: QuickConnect and BeaconManager. Deleting them wifi leaks stops(no more unauthorised wifi switching on and draining battery).
So anyone who wanna wix it, delete or deactivate(if without root it's possible) packages named above.
Hope will be usefull for someone else, except me. I wasted over 3 month to find out what a hell was happening to the phone. It's only about SM-N910C model. Other model - I don't know, if the same issue, try the same steps, maybe will also help.
Defect's screenshot attached. Check it out. If you have the same trouble, now you know how to fix it. Quite possible that you can disable those apks without root too.
Added also screenshot(in Russian, but you'll easily find that apps by icon) with apps you need to disable to extend battery life and disable wifi leaks(battery drain).

Hi, I'm on stock Lollipop and I can only Force Detention (sorry, I'm on a spanish ROM) but no delete or deactivate. Will this get rid of these forever or I need to root and uninstall?
Thanks,

slit said:
Hi, I'm on stock Lollipop and I can only Force Detention (sorry, I'm on a spanish ROM) but no delete or deactivate. Will this get rid of these forever or I need to root and uninstall?
Thanks,
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You should be able to deactivate that packs using Setting=>Applications(3-rd from the bottom of menu)=>All. There you'll find these apps and by idea you can switch them off. If it doesn't allow you to turn it of, then yes, only with root. As for me I use SweetROM(custom rom) and special app that completely deletes system apps. If you fail to deactivate them using Samsung's app menu, then you need root and and get from PlayMarket this app - "Root App Deleter" to delete these apks. After that, wifi stops switching itself on and wasting battery without your permission. But remember, that rooting device will void device's warranty. So if you don't care about warranty - best option is to get root and use named app for deleting this packages.

Thanks, planning on downgrading now. Too much hassle with Lollipop

slit said:
Thanks, planning on downgrading now. Too much hassle with Lollipop
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You're welcome. If you care about warranty, then yes, downgrading to kitkat is the best option I guess. But if warranty is not valuable for you, you can root device, install SweetROM (search for it in Galaxy Note Exynos general forum) and delete named packages. As a result, you'll get amazing performance and battery lifetime(even better, then KitKat's one). So just a matter of choice

Sapphire999 said:
if warranty is not valuable for you, you can root device, install SweetROM (search for it in Galaxy Note Exynos general forum) and delete named packages. As a result, you'll get amazing performance and battery lifetime(even better, then KitKat's one). So just a matter of choice
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Yeah, I was considering a custom also, but I'm an audio junkie (that's why I've got the Exynos variant - Wolfson DAC) and am planning on installing V4A with full support. Not enough in Lollipop with using it as a preset in certain apps.
Thanks again!

slit said:
Yeah, I was considering a custom also, but I'm an audio junkie (that's why I've got the Exynos variant - Wolfson DAC) and am planning on installing V4A with full support. Not enough in Lollipop with using it as a preset in certain apps.
Thanks again!
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What V4A is? Maybe it's also portable to 5.0.1 android

I'm on lollipop BOE3 and have V4A fully running with no problem. You need a custom kernel with SELinux set to permissive though. You can try any custom rom in the forums. Almost all have custom kernels.

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What V4A is? Maybe it's also portable to 5.0.1 android
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It's Viper4Android, a low-level audio driver (well, sorta) which enhances greatly your device sound quality

ahmedrehan said:
I'm on lollipop BOE3 and have V4A fully running with no problem. You need a custom kernel with SELinux set to permissive though. You can try any custom rom in the forums. Almost all have custom kernels.
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I do confirm, that it's nicely working on SweetROM V14 (BOE firmware). If you fail to install it over that custom ROM, I'll gladly assist you Sound is amazing and removing named packeges above no wifi leaks, so system is working brilliantly Only stock Samsung's player doesn't support V4A. Screenshots attached. Used also custom kernel with GUI for it's config. You can see kernel name on last sreenshot, it's also taken from XDA. So all components you'll get easily from XDA. A bit of time to spend on system configuration and everything will be brilliant with the latest firmware available. You actually have no reasons to fall back to kitkat.
ATTENTION!!! Just noticed, in case you use V4A as primary audio system, you should also terminate SoundAlive (Samsung's mixer) to avoid sound distortion and dual mixing and to get a more clear sound.
Heh, only problem now... That I used Samsung's stock player and it's not supported by V4A. Any recommendations for nice free audio player, that is not less good then original Samsung's one?
NEVER mind... If SoundAlive package deleted, V4A working nice with stock Samsung's player Cool Reason why stock player didn't work(and developers say it's not supported, is that Samsung's orinal player has own sound effects - SoundAlive. And if SoundAlive is deleted, then V4A works with stock player nicely too

Once you disable SoundAlive V4A works fine. Only glitch i noticed so far is that I have to start V4A to get it enabled in stock music player. If I start playing a song sound quality is regular and then i start V4A and notice the difference in audio quality. Like no autostart for V4A.

Did you enable V4A icon in statusbar? If not - that the reason you have to start it manually
Ahhh and also check out that stock player has AdaptSound disabled, cauze it's incompatible with V4A. And since you use V4A - AdaptSound can also be deleted to avoid conflicts.
Sent from my Galaxy Note SM-910C running SweetROM v14 using XDA free app

Trying out Droid 4 ROMs, and so far LineageOS 14.1 is problematic.

Hi all, I'm considering a move to Droid 4 from Stratosphere II. So far I've rooted it and flashed in the altpart version of SafeStrap recovery. This requires the use of the 20170405 unofficial build of LineageOS 14.1 that I had to dig out of an archive in Germany which uses the WebTop partition as a fat, juicy 1.3GB /system partition for gapps and also leaves me with a full 8.0GB free internal memory. HOWEVER --
Its performance is sporadic. At times it hangs for a long time before doing anything, like open the camera or the browser (I'm using Adblock Plus with the stocker disabled). The camera can take over 30 seconds to load. Often it's so slow to open things I tap on, that I tap on it again thinking it didn't "hear" me the first time, then it processes both taps and gives me more than I bargained for and damn near sends me into orbit over it. It takes some real restraint not to tap twice on stuff, but it's all just wearing me out.
The GoogleNow app is especially bad. It's so slow it's basically unusable. This was true on my Strat-II as well, but going back to the stock version fixed it there -- however I have been unable to transplant that version over to the Droid 4 with TitaniumBackup.
Videos are unwatchable, whether natively produced or on YouTube. They skip, hang, jerk and stutter.
Bluetooth has issues pairing with devices. I've sometimes been able to get things to pair after rebooting, sometimes not. And there's often an audio stutter in there until I reboot -- which seems like a memory problem again.
Wifi doesn't work after a soft reboot.
I tried a newer build (2/22/18) but it was just as bad if not worse. Same with an older 13.0 build. I think the reality here is that there's just not enough RAM to work with. If it had the full 1.0GB available to the OS (instead of the 834MB it actually has) it would probably alleviate these problems, but the video RAM is apparently shared and not discrete.
So my question is, can anyone recommend a well-behaved, solid-performing ROM for Droid 4?

dd350 said:
Hi all, I'm considering a move to Droid 4 from Stratosphere II. So far I've rooted it and flashed in the altpart version of SafeStrap recovery. This requires the use of the 20170405 unofficial build of LineageOS 14.1 that I had to dig out of an archive in Germany which uses the WebTop partition as a fat, juicy 1.3GB /system partition for gapps and also leaves me with a full 8.0GB free internal memory. HOWEVER --
Its performance is sporadic. At times it hangs for a long time before doing anything, like open the camera or the browser (I'm using Adblock Plus with the stocker disabled). The camera can take over 30 seconds to load. Often it's so slow to open things I tap on, that I tap on it again thinking it didn't "hear" me the first time, then it processes both taps and gives me more than I bargained for and damn near sends me into orbit over it. It takes some real restraint not to tap twice on stuff, but it's all just wearing me out.
The GoogleNow app is especially bad. It's so slow it's basically unusable. This was true on my Strat-II as well, but going back to the stock version fixed it there -- however I have been unable to transplant that version over to the Droid 4 with TitaniumBackup.
Videos are unwatchable, whether natively produced or on YouTube. They skip, hang, jerk and stutter.
Bluetooth has issues pairing with devices. I've sometimes been able to get things to pair after rebooting, sometimes not. And there's often an audio stutter in there until I reboot -- which seems like a memory problem again.
Wifi doesn't work after a soft reboot.
I tried a newer build (2/22/18) but it was just as bad if not worse. Same with an older 13.0 build. I think the reality here is that there's just not enough RAM to work with. If it had the full 1.0GB available to the OS (instead of the 834MB it actually has) it would probably alleviate these problems, but the video RAM is apparently shared and not discrete.
So my question is, can anyone recommend a well-behaved, solid-performing ROM for Droid 4?
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What did you expect? it is a ancient phone. Give Sailfish OS a try, or just run CM9 or CM11. If you want a bit newer go as high as CM12.1 or some other 5.1.1 rom. Stop trying to run 2017 software on a 2012 device. Personally I can't wait for my new Droid 4 to come in the mail so I can run Sailfish OS on it. My first goal will be getting alien dalvik to work, then perhaps making my own stable builds.
EDIT: Also about the 834MB of ram, the device does have 1GB of ram, it is just that part of it has been reserved for only system use. This avoids system crashes when you have a lot of apps open, and like you said some of it is also reserved for graphics related things.

dd350 said:
So my question is, can anyone recommend a well-behaved, solid-performing ROM for Droid 4?
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If you stay away from GApps, and use microG instead, everything works quite well (you can even use Play Store) with some Marshmallow and Nougat ROMs.
I'm using Mokee 60.1 (based on LOS 6.0.1) at the moment. With Xposed to enable Signature Spoofing for microG. Bluetooth, video, WLAN, no problem. Of course its slower than "modern" phones and sometimes hangs a bit. I have no experience with GoogleNow.
I'm testing crDroid 3.8.5 (based on LOS 7.1.2) now and I'm considering to change because it seems a bit snappier.
Hope this helps!

Thanks, I hadn't thought about it that way (Gapps being the problem more than the ROM) before. I tried Mokee a few days ago and it was too slow with the Gapps package I used, and I don't speak Mandarin so lots of the menus were... unenlightening to me. I am currently evaluating SlimKat (4.4) with a "normal" Gapps package and it is going really well so far. Just a few more things to test and if all goes well I'm dropping it in the stock slot.
My expectation was that once all the bloat was stripped out that the 13/14 versions would still run decently on this older hardware, but apparently not--even with a pico Gapps. I don't even like the newer versions anyway, and they offer me nothing more than KitKat with a whole lot less performance, so I'm happy to run a KitKat ROM if that is where the performance sweet spot is for a Droid 4... until a new QWERTY slider comes out. Any day now.

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My expectation was that once all the bloat was stripped out that the 13/14 versions would still run decently on this older hardware, but apparently not--even with a pico Gapps.
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OpenGapps really bring the performance down.
I use the Droid 4 with LOS 14.2 as my daily driver, but only with MicroG and the PlayStore app. I wrote about that here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/dr...epartition-t3676476/post73956388#post73956388
(The first step can now be replaced with installing XPosed and the FakeGapps module for XPosed. It wasn't available at the time I wrote the post above).
I also went into the privacy options and disabled background running and auto startup for almost every application except WhatsApp. Now the device runs smooth as butter.
Edit: Almost forgot, one of these overclocked kernels really bring a bit more performance:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-4/development/kernel-nougat-custom-droid-4-razr-oc-t3499366
It depends on how well the CPU inside your device has been manufactured, though. Mine runs very well at 1.4GHz with ultra low voltage - that's a lot more speed and a bit more battery life

That's interesting, I've got a spare for testing I'll try that out on.

I got the OC kernel running, but no luck trying to install microG. The only APK I could find for Xposed was blocked for downloading as "unsafe". Is there a list of valid links for all this somewhere?

dd350 said:
I got the OC kernel running, but no luck trying to install microG. The only APK I could find for Xposed was blocked for downloading as "unsafe". Is there a list of valid links for all this somewhere?
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Xposed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
Flash the appropriate zip-file depending on your Android version and install exposedinstaller3.1.5
reboot (probably not necessary)
Load FakeGapps module in Xposed to enable signature spoofing
wait for FakeGapps module to load then reboot
microG: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/microg-unofficial-installer-t3432360
Flash zip. Installs (latest version of) microG. Installs Playstore to the appropriate (system) directory and sets necessary permissions
If you use a ROM with built-in signature spoofing you don't need steps 1 - 4, just activate signature spoofing in the ROM's settings.
(e.g. crDroid. Note: Flash OC-Kernel and WLAN will work!)
To get things working:
launch microG settings
goto Self-Check
allow signature spoofing for microG by tapping on the text of the relevant menu item
reboot (probably not necessary)
in microG settings enable Google device registration
launch PlayStore and follow instructions to sign into your Google account
opening PlayStore probably fails with error RH-01
clear PlayStore app cache & reboot (sometimes force close PlayStore app is sufficient)
PlayStore should work now
Have fun

belrei said:
Flash the appropriate zip-file depending on your Android version and install exposedinstaller3.1.5
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Where is exposedinstaller3.1.5? I see only an uninstaller.
Load FakeGapps module in Xposed to enable signature spoofing
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How is FakeGapps module loaded in Xposed? I have installed Xposed v89 for SDK25 in SafeStrap but I see no way to configure anything about it.

dd350 said:
Where is exposedinstaller3.1.5? I see only an uninstaller.
How is FakeGapps module loaded in Xposed? I have installed Xposed v89 for SDK25 in SafeStrap but I see no way to configure anything about it.
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App (to load Xposed modules, - not to install the Xposed framework, this is done with the zip you flashed) see "Attached Files" at the end of the respective post (XposedInstaller_3.1.5.apk)
(the uninstaller you saw uninstalls the Xposed framework)
Xposed modules are loaded using the XposedInstaller app
Hope this helps
PS: changed from Mokee (Marshmallow) to crDroid 3.8.5 (Nougat) yesterday successfully. Much better performance. Some random reboots during app install (hope this will stop when everything is set up). Feels like a new phone.

belrei said:
PS: changed from Mokee (Marshmallow) to crDroid 3.8.5 (Nougat) yesterday successfully. Much better performance. Some random reboots during app install (hope this will stop when everything is set up). Feels like a new phone.
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Found it here, will give it a try today: https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-4/development/rom-crdroid-unofficial-n-t3668542

Got microG working with crDroid, looks pretty awesome so far. But I can't get signed in to Google Voice. Without that I'm dead in the water. I need Hangouts as well, and that reports that it needs Google Play Services which is not supported.

I went ahead and did a pico Gapps install, and crDroid actually works really well with it - far better than Lineage does, and then of course all the Google stuff I need to use is there. I'm testing it out with the OC kernel and it had occasional reboots with the ULV 1.4 OC, so I'm dropping back to the LV 1.4 instead to see if that smooths it out. Otherwise it's the best Nougat ROM I've tried yet on D4.

dd350 said:
Where is exposedinstaller3.1.5? I see only an uninstaller.
How is FakeGapps module loaded in Xposed? I have installed Xposed v89 for SDK25 in SafeStrap but I see no way to configure anything about it.
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It'd be so much easier and require much less steps if you just ran Sailfish OS

Galaxyninja66 said:
My first goal will be getting alien dalvik to work, then perhaps making my own stable builds.
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Hi Galaxyninja66,
I've been using SFOS since the Droid 4 version became available, and I love it. On the whole, I manage fine without Android apps, but there are 1 or 2 it would be very useful to have. I had a go at getting AD working, and I seemed to have it set up correctly, but I wasn't able to launch anything If you do get it working, and you get a moment, could you let me know what you did please?
Thanks

moodroid said:
Hi Galaxyninja66,
I've been using SFOS since the Droid 4 version became available, and I love it. On the whole, I manage fine without Android apps, but there are 1 or 2 it would be very useful to have. I had a go at getting AD working, and I seemed to have it set up correctly, but I wasn't able to launch anything If you do get it working, and you get a moment, could you let me know what you did please?
Thanks
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Sure thing. On a side note, how stable is it with GSM international? I live in Ausfailia so the US block shouldn't effect me (at least until I move back). Can you list all the issues you are having with it (the rom in general)?
Does QWRTY work okay on the keyboard?
Does the FM Radio work?
Have they made any progress with bluetooth?
What about this battery issue where it doesn't read the level right?
I want to know it all as I will most likely try to start building this myself.

Galaxyninja66 said:
Sure thing. On a side note, how stable is it with GSM international? I live in Ausfailia so the US block shouldn't effect me (at least until I move back). Can you list all the issues you are having with it (the rom in general)?
Does QWRTY work okay on the keyboard?
Does the FM Radio work?
Have they made any progress with bluetooth?
What about this battery issue where it doesn't read the level right?
I want to know it all as I will most likely try to start building this myself.
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Hi,
That's great, thanks.
I've had no issues with GSM apart from data not working immediately after flashing - you just have to install an app called 'Ofono Log', and select the 'Enable Data' option, and from then on it's fine.
No issues with the keyboard - if the keyboard is open it uses it, and if not, you get the virtual keyboard. I mostly use mine with the keyboard open, as I like a physical keyboard.
I haven't tried FM radio, but will give it a go and let you know.
As far as I know, bluetooth isn't working, but I don't really have any use for it. I will give it a quick go though, and let you know.
The battery thing is a nuisance, but it doesn't really bother me that much. Usually, it only happens after a reboot, so if you don't reboot, you don't usually have a problem. Occasionally, it'll just happen though, and when it does, you just have to reboot a few times until you get a proper reading.
On the whole, it works really well, and I can't think of any other issues I have with SFOS itself. Lack of a decent browser is my main annoyance. I really like the built in browser, but (I think) it's built on a very unstable version of Firefox, and tends to keep doing weird things and you have to keep killing it and starting it up again. There's Webcat too, but I'm not too keen on that, and would sooner put up with the problems with the built in browser.
I'lll edit this when I've tried FM/bluetooth, or if I think of anything else...
Thanks

moodroid said:
Hi,
That's great, thanks.
I've had no issues with GSM apart from data not working immediately after flashing - you just have to install an app called 'Ofono Log', and select the 'Enable Data' option, and from then on it's fine.
No issues with the keyboard - if the keyboard is open it uses it, and if not, you get the virtual keyboard. I mostly use mine with the keyboard open, as I like a physical keyboard.
I haven't tried FM radio, but will give it a go and let you know.
As far as I know, bluetooth isn't working, but I don't really have any use for it. I will give it a quick go though, and let you know.
The battery thing is a nuisance, but it doesn't really bother me that much. Usually, it only happens after a reboot, so if you don't reboot, you don't usually have a problem. Occasionally, it'll just happen though, and when it does, you just have to reboot a few times until you get a proper reading.
On the whole, it works really well, and I can't think of any other issues I have with SFOS itself. Lack of a decent browser is my main annoyance. I really like the built in browser, but (I think) it's built on a very unstable version of Firefox, and tends to keep doing weird things and you have to keep killing it and starting it up again. There's Webcat too, but I'm not too keen on that, and would sooner put up with the problems with the built in browser.
I'lll edit this when I've tried FM/bluetooth, or if I think of anything else...
Thanks
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If there is just a lack of FM radio app that means the qt fm radio app isn't in the patterns.
I can't wait for my Droid 4 to finally get here so i can have a keyboard device!
Does the keyboard backlight work?
Do the homekeys stay off?

Galaxyninja66 said:
If there is just a lack of FM radio app that means the qt fm radio app isn't in the patterns.
I can't wait for my Droid 4 to finally get here so i can have a keyboard device!
Does the keyboard backlight work?
Do the homekeys stay off?
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Yeah, it's a good phone.
The keyboard backlight does work, but you have to set it up yourself - it's in the TMO thread, but I can give you the details if you need them.
Not sure what you mean by 'the homekeys stay off'? If you let me know I'll test.
Will let you know about FM radio and bluetooth sometime today (my time)...

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Yeah, it's a good phone.
The keyboard backlight does work, but you have to set it up yourself - it's in the TMO thread, but I can give you the details if you need them.
Not sure what you mean by 'the homekeys stay off'? If you let me know I'll test.
Will let you know about FM radio and bluetooth sometime today (my time)...
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I mean does the hardware key backlight stay one? you know, home menu search back keys.

OnePlus 7 Pro - Favourite rom and why?

Hey guys.
I've created a thread like this for previous devices and think it's time to start one here too, now that we have a wealth of roms to choose from!
This can be a place to have a general chat about which rom you're currently running as your daily driver and for which reasons, such as stability, features, update frequency etc.
I'll kick it off saying that I'm on HavicOS at present. It's feature-rich, nippy and updates are relatively frequent! Though I do experience the odd bug every now and then, such as the screen not turning on at times forcing me to reboot, some weird camera behaviour and no WiFi calling.
I'm tempted to go back to OOS and use a magisk rom, such as Renovate, just for pure stability, as well as the temptation to try out the newly released Official Resurrection Remix rom!
Your turn.....

I'm really liking Bliss. I've used it in the past way back on my Nexus 5. It's got a lot of features, and runs smoothly!

OOS because best battery life

Stock rom because is a oneplus

Oxygen OS for gestures. Well done, stable, with all i need/want.

I would take Havoc over OOS because of AOSP is soooo nice built and with alot of nice handy features in Havoc. But with alot of bugs in Havoc with gestures, some apps not really optimised for AOSP like they run on OOS and just that OOS just a tiny bit faster in everyway I moved back to stock yesterday and keeping it that way for a couple weeks for more stable updates to Havoc to come before switching back..

With current oos, I don't see the need for other roms, maybe for having some fun.

OOS and throw in a few Magisk modules mods...

OOS is soo smooth, especially with forced 90hz all apps. It makes less then 1% battery difference per hour so it's basically not even noticeable. OOS is so stable and it really doesn't need anything else and anything I do need I can mod or add myself like a Kernel or Magisk mods or some custom tweaks.
With OSS there really is no need for a custom ROM other than for people that still can't let go of just flashing for the hell of it.

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OOS is soo smooth, especially with forced 90hz all apps. It makes less then 1% battery difference per hour so it's basically not even noticeable. OOS is so stable and it really doesn't need anything else and anything I do need I can mod or add myself like a Kernel or Magisk mods or some custom tweaks.
With OSS there really is no need for a custom ROM other than for people that still can't let go of just flashing for the hell of it.
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That's me: a flashaholic! XD I love trying out all the work the devs have to offer. Android has been my hobby since 2009

I've tried all roms and always go back to OOS with renovate ice, forced 90hz, arter97 kernel/f2fs data format and animations set to 0.5.
otherwise Havoc with the Android 10 edge gestures is my fave. Speaking of gestures, is there a mod that adds the Android 10 edge gestures on OOS pie?

Stock OOS. I see no reason to change

LineageOS. Awesome battery life, amazing support, and OTA's

OOS with SmurfKernel, Renovate ICE, Swift Themes, and G-Visual Mod.
This combo works great because of the system-wide dark theme and how fast the phone is. Fastest benchmark ever recorded is SmurfKernel 2.8.0 on OOS, and the UI is unbelievably smooth

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OOS with SmurfKernel, Renovate ICE, Swift Themes, and G-Visual Mod.
This combo works great because of the system-wide dark theme and how fast the phone is. Fastest benchmark ever recorded is SmurfKernel 2.8.0 on OOS, and the UI is unbelievably smooth
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Hi, May i ask what you use om g visual mod? Why use it etc? What dpi do u use and do you have a SS of the mod active? ?

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Hi, May i ask what you use om g visual mod? Why use it etc? What dpi do u use and do you have a SS of the mod active? ?
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I use it for curved corners on UI elements like the notification panel. I use only it's corner mod with the smaller dpi option

So after some indecisiveness I made my mind up and returned back to latest stable release of OOS with RenovateICE and SmurfKernel from HavocOS.
I just admit, everything is just SUPER quick and I don't really find myself noticing missing any features.
There's a couple things that are different and that I kinda miss, such as on AOSP when connected to WiFi and wanting to tether that WiFi connection, you can, whereas on the OOS you can't. Also having to reboot to apply substratum themes, but that's a small thing really.
I'm gonna see how things go, tempted by the latest Android 10 release but will likely wait for stable...

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There's a couple things that are different and that I kinda miss, such as on AOSP when connected to WiFi and wanting to tether that WiFi connection, you can, whereas on the OOS you can't. Also having to reboot to apply substratum themes, but that's a small thing really.
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Forgive me if I am missing something, but this sounds really pointless to me at face value. What is the benefit? Why not just connect to the WiFI directly rather than via the phone?

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Forgive me if I am missing something, but this sounds really pointless to me at face value. What is the benefit? Why not just connect to the WiFI directly rather than via the phone?
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No indeed, I get what you're saying. My work laptop for example can be funny and I find that it won't always connect to a public WiFi (even though I'll use a VPN once connected) but my phone can be connected to it (when my own signal is slower) and then I'd tether that.
It is though a very small thing. I noticed when I came from the Mi 9 that activating hot-spot keeps the WiFi connection alive and shares that, then coming to the OP7 Pro I noticed disconnects (though on AOSP, it didn't)

What's people's thoughts on Android 10 OOS, how you finding it and the magisk roms availability/stability for it?

Question Is it worth it to install a Custom Rom on the Redmi Note 10 Pro?

I got my Redmi Note 10 Pro a couple of weeks ago and I'm really liking it except for some issues. MIUI feels really bloated and sluggish even after using the adb tools to remove most of the pre-installed garbage. Battery life has been really disappointing even after going to 60hz and using low brightness. You also can't use a third party launcher with the full screen gestures and i hate the default launcher. I've been thinking about installing Pixel Experience as I've seen other people having better battery life and performance than on MIUI. It's also stock android so that's a cherry on top, but i don't know what sort of issues it might come with. First of all I don't know if all of my apps will work. I'm also scared that I might brick my phone and I'm not gonna be able to go back to MIUI if there are any issues. Also I might not get regular or quality updates and I don't trust the small team that works on the pixel experience rom more than Xiaomi. Can someone tell me if any of these issues exist and if it's worth it to use a custom rom? Thanks.

it is, I've been using debloated miui11 and 12 on tulip for over 2 years, it is much, much better than original miui. My wife has been using custom aicp on rn4x, and again, experience was much better, than on stock.
Apps will work in 99% cases, if not, there are tutorials how to install them. Stuff that you have to look over the most are banking apps, nfc apps and rn10p miui stock cam (which is actually better, than gcam mods now).
RN10p does not have anti rollback protection, it is generally easier to flash than smartphones based on mediatek cpus, so you must done some physical damage to actually broke this phone.
About OTA's - there are options to install ota updates on custom recovieries like skyhawk recovery project or others to twrp (this recovery does not have that option, as far as I know). If that fails, you can always install new version on top of the old.

Ok thanks a lot! Are there any suggestions you can give me on what rom i should use on the rn10p and can you give me any tips about installing and using custom roms? I'm new to this.

I've just started and installed pixel experience (normal, without plus, not sure, what is the difference between it, since even the size is the same). Firstly, you have to unlock your bootloader in order to proceed. Then make sure you've installed usb drivers for this phone (without it, you cannot unlock bootloader, for example, because miunlock does not see your phone).
About a rom - the cleaner the android, the better (mostly). If you aren't super tied to some special miui-only options (most noticeable being xiaomi account and preinstalled mi forum), then you are free to go. Phone is capable of running even fully packed android 11, so picking the lightest rom without gapps to save space doesn't have much sense these days (it had like 7 years ago, when internal storage was always a shortage). Most cool stuff are call recorder (blocked in official miui and in most european countries), small tweaks with gestures and buttons (most roms have it), tweaks like "long press menu button to torch" etc. You'll have to look for yourself later then, but for now just follow guide to install and read topics before instalation - in most cases if something goes wrong, you should be able to pick that from somebody's story. Also remember about backups of internal storage, music, photos, app installers etc, because all of it is gone with almost every operation.
Generally from MIUI there's one thing that You must take with you - camera app. So far stock is best. There are tutorials in pixel experience thread on how to install it. Also, I highly recommend root - you can make it only after unlocking bootloader, but being able to access deeper areas of system, uninstall unwanted stuff, get rid of ads etc is worth the try, especially if nowadays magisk instalation is really simple. For more advanced users, you could try to install edxposed manager to customize phone even more.

buczek0711 said:
I've just started and installed pixel experience (normal, without plus, not sure, what is the difference between it, since even the size is the same). Firstly, you have to unlock your bootloader in order to proceed. Then make sure you've installed usb drivers for this phone (without it, you cannot unlock bootloader, for example, because miunlock does not see your phone).
About a rom - the cleaner the android, the better (mostly). If you aren't super tied to some special miui-only options (most noticeable being xiaomi account and preinstalled mi forum), then you are free to go. Phone is capable of running even fully packed android 11, so picking the lightest rom without gapps to save space doesn't have much sense these days (it had like 7 years ago, when internal storage was always a shortage). Most cool stuff are call recorder (blocked in official miui and in most european countries), small tweaks with gestures and buttons (most roms have it), tweaks like "long press menu button to torch" etc. You'll have to look for yourself later then, but for now just follow guide to install and read topics before instalation - in most cases if something goes wrong, you should be able to pick that from somebody's story. Also remember about backups of internal storage, music, photos, app installers etc, because all of it is gone with almost every operation.
Generally from MIUI there's one thing that You must take with you - camera app. So far stock is best. There are tutorials in pixel experience thread on how to install it. Also, I highly recommend root - you can make it only after unlocking bootloader, but being able to access deeper areas of system, uninstall unwanted stuff, get rid of ads etc is worth the try, especially if nowadays magisk instalation is really simple. For more advanced users, you could try to install edxposed manager to customize phone even more.
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Thanks a ton for your help! I'll install pixel experience and try it out tomorrow. I'll root it and install the stock camera. Wish me luck.

Zare_ said:
I got my Redmi Note 10 Pro a couple of weeks ago and I'm really liking it except for some issues. MIUI feels really bloated and sluggish even after using the adb tools to remove most of the pre-installed garbage. Battery life has been really disappointing even after going to 60hz and using low brightness. You also can't use a third party launcher with the full screen gestures and i hate the default launcher. I've been thinking about installing Pixel Experience as I've seen other people having better battery life and performance than on MIUI. It's also stock android so that's a cherry on top, but i don't know what sort of issues it might come with. First of all I don't know if all of my apps will work. I'm also scared that I might brick my phone and I'm not gonna be able to go back to MIUI if there are any issues. Also I might not get regular or quality updates and I don't trust the small team that works on the pixel experience rom more than Xiaomi. Can someone tell me if any of these issues exist and if it's worth it to use a custom rom? Thanks.
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I'm guessing, this is a joke, right? right?

LeDiable said:
I'm guessing, this is a joke, right? right?
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Why would it be a joke? Not everyone is master of rom swapping and adb commands freshly out of the box. It is already much higher level than at least some people, who called their phones by Wrong models or keep asking for help, because they screwed their phones badly. Normal questions, if you ask me.

LeDiable said:
I'm guessing, this is a joke, right? right?
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Why would it be a joke?

buczek0711 said:
Why would it be a joke? Not everyone is master of rom swapping and adb commands freshly out of the box. It is already much higher level than at least some people, who called their phones by Wrong models or keep asking for help, because they screwed their phones badly. Normal questions, if you ask me.
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Exactly, Thanks!