[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] l.kunal.m:
Review For Release 10

Hey guys, here's my review for the release 10 along with K^kernel 416mb RAM. I have beta tested it for more than a week as a primary phone. Sit tight with a bowl of popcorn its quite a long review. :p

Performance: First the most important and that's what you wanna know. The performance is great, and it's made for multitasking (well I could run 3 apps at a time that's quite a lot because in JB it was Max 2 that also with one of em stopping so yeah).

But compared to JB there are quite a no of improvements required especially in the animation(for example you can notice the lag and frame drop in the notification drawer). The transitions are good but animations Meh.

Battery life: The battery life is bad like it drains way too much for example I charged my phone 100% and it drains 5-7% within 2 hours without even touching the phone. I don't know why but if y'all could please look into it as well. I don't touch the GPS and the locations service is OFF(Though i used the google now launcher but the Location service is still switched off)

Notification Drawer: The animation frame drop and laginess are mentioned in the performance section.

The font glitch (check the attachment and check the WIFI font its not on a proper line). I don't know whether it's right or not but I found this issue on the LG ui and reviewer mentioned it needed refinement so yeah.

The Poweramp minute seeker or tracker whatever you name it, shows a red bar and once it didn't even show the music I was playing(check the attachment).

The USB connection notification when disconnected directly via wire didn't go away and was persistent(it's a bug was there in JB too. It's not the always but in order to get rid of it I need to reboot the device.)

Sometimes while pulling down the notification drawer there is a slight pause while it animates down like it got stuck in the middle not exactly stuck but you get the idea

Also I love the Forced fast charge option in the notification panel

Music player: I mostly use poweramp and one of the bug is mentioned in the notification drawer section. The 2nd one is that when I'm playing the music while I the app and then when I press the home button there's a second or 2 pause and it also happens when I unlock my phone. (Its evident in both Apollo and Poweramp and it doesn't happen always with Apollo but Poweramp every single time). Also the audio is on slightly lower side compared to JB(if y'all could boost the audio then well and good) :good:

Hotspot: When I switch on my hotspot with 3g the phone heats up like as if i'm using 3-4 apps at a time to heat the phone up. It used to not happen in JB. Kinda unusual :confused:

Keyboard: I love the Aosp keyboard and the Swype functionality which works sometimes. Tried downloading google keyboard as well, same problem. Only swiftkey worked which feels sluggish even on my Nexus and plus it uses way too much RAM that's why if possible could y'all do something about the Aosp keyboard or google keyboard in the Swype functionality I and the whole community would be glad.:angel:

Bugs: There are many bugs evidently in the notification drawer

1) The poweramp and music bug

2) The notification drawer

3)The Aosp keyboard bug

These are the issues I'm facing as of now, if y'all could fix it, would be awesome. Thanks :fingers-crossed:

Conclusion: Overall this ROM is quite good especially for multitasking. Maybe it's because of the extra RAM options which on a serious note helps a lot. If you can go pass the here and there bugs and also slight sluggishness then well you'll be quite happy and plus its kitkat which you can brag about. Seriously appreciate the developers in our community have made this possible on a 2 and half year old device which used to run gingerbread and was abandoned. Kudos to y'all and Thanks again. Be blessed :D