UI aside - best stock ROM on any phone I've ever had - Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)

Really surprised but this is by far the best stock ROM I've ever had on any phone ever. The UI is not really to my liking but I can work around that with a different launcher and whatever but man the ROM itself is just amazing - it has all the features I'd flash a custom ROM for built right in. I really don't find myself wanting to root to flash custom ROMs.
Some things I've noticed that remind me of custom ROMs (cyanogenmod, AOKP, etc.) and tweaks that people usually do:
- Battery percentage in status bar is just an option - simple
- Vibration profiles - different types of vibration and can even do custom
- Vibration intensity for all haptic feedback
- Extended power widget that scrolls in notification bar
- Notification that phone is fully charged and to unplug
- Notification that you've connected to Wifi and a hidden ongoing notification (only see when you pull down shade) of the name of the Wifi AP that you're connected to
- Power saving mode that includes CPU downclock, GPU downclock, etc. Never seen that before on stock ROMs
- You can still have a shortcut screen and then go to a lock screen. Stock ICS doesn't allow this - if you have security you lose features of shortcuts, etc.
Anybody found others? I'll update as I find things.

good feedback, i am just thinking if you have the notifications running won't that drain your battery faster? how you doing on battery life with the features you running?

I had 3 hours of screen time last night (I only got it yesterday) from a full charge and it was only down to 50% so pretty good. Standby is great so far and overall battery seems very very good IMHO. Will need a week of use to know for sure.

www.theverge.com/2011/08/15/samsung-hires-cyanogenmod-founder-steve-kondik/
It's nice to see that Samsung utilized his input in their flagship product.

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Best rom with Sense 3.5?

Hy,i search the best rom with HTC sense 3.5
There is a rom with the dormianx kernel and app2SD?
Now i use a CM7.2 rom with the dorimanx kernel and it's very fast and have a great battery use. So i search something like this but with HTC sense
If someone can help me i'm very gratful
Try coredroid the battery is gr8 also the speed ;-)
I would suggest Team Blue DROID rom
If version 7.9 is stable with the lockscreen I would say MwakiousRUNNINGrom.
LOVED that rom, specially version 3.0 but now I am looking for a Rom that has Tweaks (RCMix3D Tweaks) and Beats Audio.
the MwakiousRUNNINGrom has this, but is so unstable in the lockscreen, sometimes it works and sometimes not.
I'm using the Sense 3.5 rom from Team Blue Droid at the moment (Beats won't work ), but when MwakiousRUNNINGrom 7.9 is out I really will give it a try (again....)
Vinny1994 said:
If version 7.9 is stable with the lockscreen I would say MwakiousRUNNINGrom.
LOVED that rom, specially version 3.0 but now I am looking for a Rom that has Tweaks (RCMix3D Tweaks) and Beats Audio.
the MwakiousRUNNINGrom has this, but is so unstable in the lockscreen, sometimes it works and sometimes not.
I'm using the Sense 3.5 rom from Team Blue Droid at the moment (Beats won't work ), but when MwakiousRUNNINGrom 7.9 is out I really will give it a try (again....)
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beats audio doesnt work on any rom unless you have beats audio headphones
its all a figmant of imagination that beats audio will work on the hd2
@Kameirus (yeah I pressed quick reply instead of quote lol)
Guess it will never really work on the HTC HD2 because it doesn't have the hardware for it.
But, I do hear a sound difference on the rom "SENSATION XL V 3.0 stock ALL IN ONE" by haldric with my friend's Beats Solo headphone.
Yes, I also think thats really weird.
Vinny1994 said:
@Kameirus (yeah I pressed quick reply instead of quote lol)
Guess it will never really work on the HTC HD2 because it doesn't have the hardware for it.
But, I do hear a sound difference on the rom "SENSATION XL V 3.0 stock ALL IN ONE" by haldric with my friend's Beats Solo headphone.
Yes, I also think thats really weird.
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excatly you hear the difference with beats headphones
not the stock headphones or phone speaker
thats why it was removed from the TBD roms
not many of us can afford 200 dollar headphones lol
team blue droid, IMHO
all work but not without some bugs, ... but this is the best =) thanks to creators
I've been using it since I saw sens ROM
Kameirus said:
excatly you hear the difference with beats headphones
not the stock headphones or phone speaker
thats why it was removed from the TBD roms
not many of us can afford 200 dollar headphones lol
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Haha, I lolled at that last line
I am also looking for a Sense with Tweaks + Beats because I want to buy a "Beats by Dr. Dre Beats Pro" for my girlfriend's birthday.
But ofcourse if the Beats Audio does not work it doesn't make sense to get her this headphone.
The only thing that made music sound better trough my stock headphones is Volume + (Sound Boost) the payed version.
thanks to all I'm trying the team blue v3.4 but for me it have to much bugs i think i will return to my old cm7.2
But if will be corrct all the most important bugs I will be happy to give an other chance at team blue's rom
Ansem said:
thanks to all I'm trying the team blue v3.4 but for me it have to much bugs i think i will return to my old cm7.2
But if will be corrct all the most important bugs I will be happy to give an other chance at team blue's rom
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and what bugs would they be
my feedback on TBD 3.4
Hi,
some feedback I have on the TBD ROM:
* overall acceptable experience, but not bug free
* still have to reboot about once a day, system freezes from time to time
* had to set settings/power/sleep mode to off. Otherwise the phone seems to loose the settings/wireless&networks/Mobile networks/always-on mobile data setting.
* had to switch off facebook live updates. Serious battery hog.
* had to set settings/power/power mode to normal. Economy mode seems to freeze the phone when battery level is too low, and prevent restarting.
(very weird bug: did not want to start with battery X which ran down the day before, but did so with battery Y. Still, both batteries had about the same charge level. Had to push reset to get the phone starting with battery X. And yes, tested both with 10 sec off battery interval, so reset should not have been needed)
* it does not want to sync mail overnight, even with the correct settings in setting/accounts&sync on the individual accounts, and sleep mode off.
* SMS delivery notifications do not work: settings keep coming back to 'off'. Think I've seen it working once, but no more.
* built-in wifi and USB tethering do not work. wifi tethering beacon info does not publish WPA (and therefore makes it impossible to connect) and above that, it makes the phone crash when enabled for the 2nd time in a row. USB tethering keeps saying it is unable to activate. Using Barnacle now (which also complains about wpa).
* android rants, very probably not TBD related:
* calendar notifications in the notification bar do not disappear when read from the calendar directly. I now have to acknowledge meetings twice.
* tasks and notes do not sync seamlessly. Too many apps involved, too many flavours, too many clicks/taps. (using MyPhoneExplorer for the moment)
Not business ready.
overall impression of this android version compared to WM:
+: better apps, web sites with flash, better on line experience. side by side agendas.
-: slower, more bugs, less battery life, more hussle
But hey, I still stick with it after 4 days, so it's no too bad. Will try a faster SD card, to see how it behaves then.
(Using stock TBD 3.4 in NAND, latest CLK, class 4 SD card, from fresh clean latest WM official rom )
hansboot020 said:
Hi,
some feedback I have on the TBD ROM:
* overall acceptable experience, but not bug free
* still have to reboot about once a day, system freezes from time to time
* had to set settings/power/sleep mode to off. Otherwise the phone seems to loose the settings/wireless&networks/Mobile networks/always-on mobile data setting.
* had to switch off facebook live updates. Serious battery hog.
* had to set settings/power/power mode to normal. Economy mode seems to freeze the phone when battery level is too low, and prevent restarting.
(very weird bug: did not want to start with battery X which ran down the day before, but did so with battery Y. Still, both batteries had about the same charge level. Had to push reset to get the phone starting with battery X. And yes, tested both with 10 sec off battery interval, so reset should not have been needed)
* it does not want to sync mail overnight, even with the correct settings in setting/accounts&sync on the individual accounts, and sleep mode off.
* SMS delivery notifications do not work: settings keep coming back to 'off'. Think I've seen it working once, but no more.
* built-in wifi and USB tethering do not work. wifi tethering beacon info does not publish WPA (and therefore makes it impossible to connect) and above that, it makes the phone crash when enabled for the 2nd time in a row. USB tethering keeps saying it is unable to activate. Using Barnacle now (which also complains about wpa).
* android rants, very probably not TBD related:
* calendar notifications in the notification bar do not disappear when read from the calendar directly. I now have to acknowledge meetings twice.
* tasks and notes do not sync seamlessly. Too many apps involved, too many flavours, too many clicks/taps. (using MyPhoneExplorer for the moment)
Not business ready.
overall impression of this android version compared to WM:
+: better apps, web sites with flash, better on line experience. side by side agendas.
-: slower, more bugs, less battery life, more hussle
But hey, I still stick with it after 4 days, so it's no too bad. Will try a faster SD card, to see how it behaves then.
(Using stock TBD 3.4 in NAND, latest CLK, class 4 SD card, from fresh clean latest WM official rom )
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Don't waste your money on a new SD card if you don't already have one, it shouldn't make any difference to your experience. If necessary, move all of your heavily used apps to internal storage, this will make them less buggy and more responsive, and will allow them to load much faster on boot.
APN error for SFR (France)
Hi,
just to let you know, the built in APN definitions are wrong for SFR (France) in TBD 3.4:
APN 'full internet'/sl2sfr should have 'APN type' set to 'default' and not 'default,hipri'.
Otherwise 3G/3G+ won't turn on, and negotiation at data connection start will take longer. Being stuck to Edge and GPRS is a bit of a shame...
hansboot020 said:
Hi,
some feedback I have on the TBD ROM:
* overall acceptable experience, but not bug free
* still have to reboot about once a day, system freezes from time to time
* had to set settings/power/sleep mode to off. Otherwise the phone seems to loose the settings/wireless&networks/Mobile networks/always-on mobile data setting.
* had to switch off facebook live updates. Serious battery hog.
* had to set settings/power/power mode to normal. Economy mode seems to freeze the phone when battery level is too low, and prevent restarting.
(very weird bug: did not want to start with battery X which ran down the day before, but did so with battery Y. Still, both batteries had about the same charge level. Had to push reset to get the phone starting with battery X. And yes, tested both with 10 sec off battery interval, so reset should not have been needed)
* it does not want to sync mail overnight, even with the correct settings in setting/accounts&sync on the individual accounts, and sleep mode off.
* SMS delivery notifications do not work: settings keep coming back to 'off'. Think I've seen it working once, but no more.
* built-in wifi and USB tethering do not work. wifi tethering beacon info does not publish WPA (and therefore makes it impossible to connect) and above that, it makes the phone crash when enabled for the 2nd time in a row. USB tethering keeps saying it is unable to activate. Using Barnacle now (which also complains about wpa).
* android rants, very probably not TBD related:
* calendar notifications in the notification bar do not disappear when read from the calendar directly. I now have to acknowledge meetings twice.
* tasks and notes do not sync seamlessly. Too many apps involved, too many flavours, too many clicks/taps. (using MyPhoneExplorer for the moment)
Not business ready.
overall impression of this android version compared to WM:
+: better apps, web sites with flash, better on line experience. side by side agendas.
-: slower, more bugs, less battery life, more hussle
But hey, I still stick with it after 4 days, so it's no too bad. Will try a faster SD card, to see how it behaves then.
(Using stock TBD 3.4 in NAND, latest CLK, class 4 SD card, from fresh clean latest WM official rom )
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Nice information u have there, i just completed download the TBD v3.5 and looking for review... Thank god i read this thread.... Anyway thanks
Sent from my mighty HTC HD2

[Q] Turn off CPU status notification

I just installed the latest (( ROM )) Sacs Custom 4.3 Rom 1-26-14 V5.5 ultra onto my GS4 and I love the ROM. I love the ROM and only have one complaint and I'm hoping it will be easy to resolve. There is a nearly constant display of CPU usage in the left side of the Notification panel. It is flashing numbers about every 5 seconds. When I open Notifications I also see a small bar just below the widgets that displays status for CPU0-CPU3. I assume the two are related.
Anyway, I want to turn it off since it crushes my battery display, burns through my battery faster, and is generally annoying. I have not been able to find a way to disable this...feature. I don't see it in Pimp My Rom although I am wary to mess with anything in there.
Can someone please tell me how to turn this off. It's driving me crazy.
Thanks,
S

Features Lost With Nougat?

Hey I just had a few questions when it came to flashing a custom Nougat ROM at the moment. If anyone could answer them that would be great I am on stock Marshmallow right now and not rooted or anything. But I am thinking about flashing a custom ROM if there are benefits.
What features do we lose when we are coming from stock? (Moto Display/Gestures mainly)
How's the battery life compared to stock?
Any issues calls/texts/signal/wifi/bluetooth?
Is there an audio problem with most of the ROMs?
How is the camera on Nougat?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance to those that respond
Jyjieng11 said:
Hey I just had a few questions when it came to flashing a custom Nougat ROM at the moment. If anyone could answer them that would be great I am on stock Marshmallow right now and not rooted or anything. But I am thinking about flashing a custom ROM if there are benefits.
What features do we lose when we are coming from stock? (Moto Display/Gestures mainly)
How's the battery life compared to stock?
Any issues calls/texts/signal/wifi/bluetooth?
Is there an audio problem with most of the ROMs?
How is the camera on Nougat?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance to those that respond
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Whether or not you will benefit from a custom ROM will depend on you and your expectations.
Ambient display is the alternative/replacement to Moto display and some ROMs and add-ons allow for gestures.
As far as your other questions, these vary from ROM to ROM and user to user and the set ups they have (apps, kernel, customization, etc.) The best thing to do is read through the threads for the various nougat Roms and determine for yourself if they will meet your specific requirements...then test them for yourself.
aybarrap1 said:
Whether or not you will benefit from a custom ROM will depend on you and your expectations.
Ambient display is the alternative/replacement to Moto display and some ROMs and add-ons allow for gestures.
As far as your other questions, these vary from ROM to ROM and user to user and the set ups they have (apps, kernel, customization, etc.) The best thing to do is read through the threads for the various nougat Roms and determine for yourself if they will meet your specific requirements...then test them for yourself.
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Thanks for the reply. I know I made a really big generalization here I was just wondering with other people's mileage whether Nougat helped there battery life or not, etc. But thank you
Here's the lowdown:
As far as features, you would probably gain a few that you don't really need (like the ability to use themes, and control the audio levels) and battery will be roughly the same, if not a little worse usually (stock ROM is more optimized). A few features will be slightly different (like ambient display instead of moto display) and you'll also gain access to the hidden LED inside the top speaker of this phone. That's right, the MXPE has a notification LED! Can you even imagine? But it's there!
LineageOS is a good choice if you want to test out nougat, it's very stable at this point and is easily the cleanest ROM in my opinion (no bloat, feels like stock android). Battery life is pretty good but it drains a lot more on standby than stock does. Remember when you flash a non-stock rom you will also have to flash google apps. I like the stock or "super" options because they also give you the pixel launcher.
Root adds a whole new world of possibilities, with the ability to modify or add functionality you wouldn't normally be able to access. Like changing CPU governors (for better battery or better performance). LineageOS comes unrooted, and personally I keep it that way for maximum app compatibility (Pokémon Go, many streaming video services, and some banking apps don't work with rooted devices). If you wanted to play with root you could flash the root .zip file or just flash supersu like I think most people on XDA do.
As far as issues, every ROM has different quirks. I can tell you that often times the hardware drivers for custom ROMs can be hit-or-miss. Right now LineageOS (and anything based on LOS) is very stable and doesn't have many bugs, but that can change anytime. Any time your ROM updates it could potentially add a new quirk/bug. As of the latest nightly (2/21/17) I have not seen any significant bugs. No issues with Bluetooth or cell service (AT&T) and all gestures work (twist for camera, chop for flashlight, wave hand over screen to silence ring, ambient display, etc) GPS also works well. The only quirks I've noticed on this build is the camera takes a little longer to start up (sometimes up to 7 seconds) and occasionally my cell signal will say I have zero bars for a few seconds even though I still have service (no dropped calls/dropped web pages/etc).
Sean89us said:
Here's the lowdown:
As far as features, you would probably gain a few that you don't really need (like the ability to use themes, and control the audio levels) and battery will be roughly the same, if not a little worse usually (stock ROM is more optimized). A few features will be slightly different (like ambient display instead of moto display) and you'll also gain access to the hidden LED inside the top speaker of this phone. That's right, the MXPE has a notification LED! Can you even imagine? But it's there!
LineageOS is a good choice if you want to test out nougat, it's very stable at this point and is easily the cleanest ROM in my opinion (no bloat, feels like stock android). Battery life is pretty good but it drains a lot more on standby than stock does. Remember when you flash a non-stock rom you will also have to flash google apps. I like the stock or "super" options because they also give you the pixel launcher.
Root adds a whole new world of possibilities, with the ability to modify or add functionality you wouldn't normally be able to access. Like changing CPU governors (for better battery or better performance). LineageOS comes unrooted, and personally I keep it that way for maximum app compatibility (Pokémon Go, many streaming video services, and some banking apps don't work with rooted devices). If you wanted to play with root you could flash the root .zip file or just flash supersu like I think most people on XDA do.
As far as issues, every ROM has different quirks. I can tell you that often times the hardware drivers for custom ROMs can be hit-or-miss. Right now LineageOS (and anything based on LOS) is very stable and doesn't have many bugs, but that can change anytime. Any time your ROM updates it could potentially add a new quirk/bug. As of the latest nightly (2/21/17) I have not seen any significant bugs. No issues with Bluetooth or cell service (AT&T) and all gestures work (twist for camera, chop for flashlight, wave hand over screen to silence ring, ambient display, etc) GPS also works well. The only quirks I've noticed on this build is the camera takes a little longer to start up (sometimes up to 7 seconds) and occasionally my cell signal will say I have zero bars for a few seconds even though I still have service (no dropped calls/dropped web pages/etc).
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Thanks for all the information that really helped me out. I will most likely stay stock due to the fact that battery life is important to me. It's hard to get good battery when the phone is in your pocket and doze doesn't work during movement.

Personal comparison, let me know which one you like best and which one you recommend

I have been switching between different ROMs in the past four months, I'm now a long time redmi 3 user since I have mine since it came out in 2015, even though is smashed a lot I have no plans for a new phone at this time LOL
Let's go to the point
Resurrection Remix 5.8.5
A nice ROM, everything works right after installing and is pretty smooth, in terms of customization this one has everything you can imagine and you can't too
what did I like
The posibilities of tweaking the status bar, plus it gives your phone a longer life span in terms of software, as it will get longer support.
Doze mode
What I did not like
UI Lagging/stuttering eventually, when using chrome and typing something in a webpage is such a nightmare (this happens always), as the text takes up to 5 seconds to appear
CPU Sleeping bugs sometimes, soemtimes it takes a longer time to wake the processor, causing an unbearable lag, is eventually fixed by locking and unlocking the screen again. and sometimes i have to force reboot
Bluetooth battery barely shows on random devices, and is not accurate
Lockscreen (I like AOSP a lot, but the lockscreen replacing your wallpaper when music is playing is just ridiculous)
Camera lacks some image quality
MIUI 8.1.1.0 by Xiaomi.eu
The ROM I probably will keep using for a really long time, has no rival in terms of smoothness, and offers longer battery time no matter what you use it for, and what is better, without letting you down on performance. Even is on Lollipop, this one keeps pleasing me
What I Like
Performance, the UI is smooth and launcher never lags
Battery life, I'm a heavy user and this by far lasts longer than any other, is obvious at this was specially designed for the chip it runs on
Integrated Clean Master/CM Security/Whatever it is
Themes, endless personalization out-of-the-box
specific Xposed Framework for MIUI (by @SolarWarez) newer versions have always conflicted with themes and modules
XMIUI by the same developer, no words needed, is the GravityBox for MIUI plus extra functionality
Lockscreen, I like the album art over the screen, not as background and the player as notification
Hidden CPU power mode selection (Use QuiclShortcutMaker to access it, removed on newer versions above 8.1.1.0)
What I did not like
I'm using a non OEM replacement display and very often I have to force-reboot (in RR it bugs but at least I can get to the reboot option and reboot safely)
Could be Marshmallow at least
Some weird bugs when using Magisk (I use system root as I don't give a damn about SafetyNet)
After dalvik cleaning some apps have a "rough start"
I remember having the best battery life (with the screen off) with RR-UNTEST, but eventually I gave up and budged myself back over to MIUI 9. There's honestly not much reason to use MIUI 8 outside of being able to use xMIUI, but if you're fine without what it brings then honestly the xiaomi.eu rom is pretty much the best one to go for. This phone is essentially good as dead now, unfortunately. If I remember correctly, Xiaomi have announced that it's not going to be receiving a major version upgrade (i.e. no MIUI 10) and because of it running on Lollipop, it's stuck on the January 2017 security patches. Custom ROM development has largely stopped completely, save for the build bots that are still chugging away (see: LineageOS 14, AOKP and Mokee) and a stable version of LOS 15 that doesn't haemorrhage battery extremely quickly hasn't come despite the long wait. There's no reason to not stick with standard MIUI 9 now and to be honest, soon as I've saved up enough, I'm going to be jumping ship to a different phone.
In my case, best for R3 is MIUI 9.5 from MIUI.eu. Great, great battery life and all work like a charm. There is no any single lag/bug on my phone.
Tried many custom roms, but always back to MIUI.eu.
I got little worm in my ass and want to try RR 5.8.5 with chtholly kernel and AOKP with same kernel and GovTuner...but I know that will be back to MIUI.eu

LG V20 Oreo review

After a lot of waiting and holding onto the reviews to find out if I am going to install the oreo update or not, finally I did the installation. The reviews of the people having tried were quite mixed and I never got any full review of the update from anyone so I thought to write it down for someone like me looking for such review.
The installation went well and smooth. I have a Korean version of LG v20 with f800 model. I installed the f80020e with security patch level of August 2018 and then I checked for further update and found that there is another update of around 650mb which then changed the software version to f80020f. I did the factory reset (hard reset with button combinations) to start fresh.
Now here are the things which I liked and which I didn’t like and then the things which I miss from android noughat.
Things I liked:
1. The whole UI is smooth now, with flattened everything. There is a good change in UI but not a major one from nougat. You might find some changes very interesting but there are just some color changes and nothing much.
2. The system settings menu is bit changed. Some settings locations have been changed. For example, the lock screen settings used to be under display tab but now moved under system security settings. I think LG felt that lock screen is not a part of display but rather security. Strange though.
3. Apart from settings menu changing and flattening of notifications panel, there is nothing else. Everything is pretty much same as that of android 7.
4. App permissions settings is now very well organized. I have a good look onto which sensor or permission is given to which app by default and which is necessary and which is not. For example, a text app has nothing to do with my location so I turned it off. Similarly, a phone app has nothing to do with camera. So, on and so forth. App permissions can be controlled very well.
5. Notifications panel now categorized the notifications into tabs. Though I didn’t feel it very useful. The reason is, I go into each app manually and customize the notifications by myself. This way I know which notifications will come and which will never show up. For example, I don’t like push notifications from Instagram because I don’t use it much so I have turned them off. This feature is useful for those who install the app and use it with their default settings and then their notifications panel is clogged and then oreo comes into action.
6. Navigation bar can now be hidden with the dot button in the extreme left. I really liked that.
Things which I didn’t like:
1. The first and the most important. Battery life is bit weird. The battery now drops more frequently than noughat. This thing is quite frustrating as I was extremely concerned about this by reading the reviews and was afraid of facing the battery life issues, which happened even though I did the factory restore and started fresh.
I have been noting the battery usage in the battery section and mostly it is the OS parts which are using battery more rather than apps.
2. The battery saver was always there from android lollipop onwards. I loved this feature that when the battery level hits 15%, it kicks in and status bar and navigation bar will go orange and battery saver is turned on. The transitions are turned off and this way I could survive for some time until I reach home and charge it. This feature is somehow changed now. The battery saver is there but it doesn’t kick in automatically at any lower levels. It is either ON or OFF. If it is ON, then it is working even when battery level is in upper limits and it will turn off every animation. So I have to turn it on manually when I see battery level going down. This is what I hated the most.
3. Another frustrating element is, LG’s screen ghosting feature is still there and I have installed the sfilter app which keeps it away by running over the screen. Now the oreo keeps pinching me that sfilter is running over other apps (which I know) but that notification popup is annoying. If I turn that notification off (by sliding to right or left on notification) it will turn off every such notification from other apps which are running on top. Android noughat was very simple.
I am not very happy with the update and might go back to noughat. But it depends. I am giving oreo sometime to calibrate the phone so that the battery drop can be calibrated and trying to adjust myself with it. Let’s see.
awaisagha said:
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1. The first and the most important. Battery life is bit weird. The battery now drops more frequently than noughat. This thing is quite frustrating as I was extremely concerned about this by reading the reviews and was afraid of facing the battery life issues, which happened even though I did the factory restore and started fresh.
I have been noting the battery usage in the battery section and mostly it is the OS parts which are using battery more rather than apps.
2. The battery saver was always there from android lollipop onwards. I loved this feature that when the battery level hits 15%, it kicks in and status bar and navigation bar will go orange and battery saver is turned on. The transitions are turned off and this way I could survive for some time until I reach home and charge it. This feature is somehow changed now. The battery saver is there but it doesn’t kick in automatically at any lower levels. It is either ON or OFF. If it is ON, then it is working even when battery level is in upper limits and it will turn off every animation. So I have to turn it on manually when I see battery level going down. This is what I hated the most....................
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I confirm the above. Especially the battery saver behavior is strange. I hate this.
I also have a feeling that that when switching between different pages of settings menu the phone is slower than with Nougat.

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