[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SurajH:
5/5 Awesome Rom

Review Of **crDroid 4.4.4** [Unofficial] ROM

- The Most

Customizable

Rom ever with addition to

Better Stability

:good::p

- First thing after install can grasp is the overall performance of the Rom as this is based on latest CM11 resources it's the Most Stable Build.:D

- Having the Rom on my coconut it's changing my mind to use it over my MI 3 because of the Lots of features packed base:p

- Now I'm using this Rom for 3 days and using my coconut as Primary Mobile with skipping MI 3 :cyclops:

- As it's Based on CM11 having Best Battery backup 4.4.4 Rom besides Carbon Rom using earlier :highfive:

Wi-Fi

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Working great & WiFi hotspot also working without any major issues.

*( Some friends commenting about sometimes WiFi drops in CM11 thread BUT I'm not having this issue Strange But True ):eek:

Bluetooth

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Working with ease and Bluetooth Tethering *( Testing );)

Mobile Data & Connection Manager

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Mobile data works perfectly.

Telo Radio (Connection manager) additionally gives features like Screen ON/OFF configurations *( Testing ):)

Lock Screen

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Screen security with slide / pattern / PIN / Password / Gesture options.*( Lockscreen PIN keypad shuffler present )

Battery status option.

Enable power menu option for showing power menu when screen locked secure with PIN.

5 Slider shortcuts.

Lock before unlock.( Show sliders before secure unlock )

Button actions with Home, Menu, Camera buttons with long pressing actions.

Option to disable widgets frames on lock screen.

Options to add custom widgets & camera, Pass, Clock widget.

Blur lock screen.*( Missing )

Notifications on Lockscreen

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Notification Peek

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Peek beautify bridging layers code.

Peek configurable pickup timeout.

Peek configurable wake timeout.

Peek Blacklist.

Lockscreen Notifications

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Option with Pocket mode.

Wake on notification.

Hide low priority notifications.

Dismiss all.

Hide non clearable.

Excluded applications.

Layout

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Notification position & Notification count & Background color options.

Privacy

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Privacy mode which showing ONLY icons of notifications.

Expanded notification view on default OR when possible.

Themes

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As it's based on CM11 all themes applicable from theme store.*( Some part of setting menu not get themed ):rolleyes:

Status bar

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Clock and date customization.

Network traffic monitor.

Battery & Signal style.

Brightness control over the status bar.

Show notification count.

Dynamic system bars

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System bar gradient.

Darker status bar option.*( Difference already stated by pics ):angel:

Notification Services

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Heads up

>>>>>

*( Working )

Heads up ( SlimKat version )

Heads up master switch.

Heads up option to open in floating window.*( Must Try )

Heads up disable on lock screen.

Heads up notification always expanded.

Heads up show pending background notifications.

Heads up at the bottom or top.

Heads up snoozer time.

Heads up notification time out.

Heads up background & text color.

Heads up option for incoming call in background.

*( Heads up dismiss from LEFT remove from all ( status bar and notification drawer ) and from RIGHT dismiss only from heads up )

Hover

>>>>>

*( Working )

Hover master switch.

Hover notification time.

Hover touch to hide.

Hover require full screen mode.

Hover exclude non-clearable notifications.

Hover exclude low priority notifications.

Hover exclude topmost app.

Hover exclude from insecure lockscreen.

*( Hover dismiss from LEFT remove from all ( status bar and notification drawer ) and from RIGHT dismiss only from heads up )

Halo

>>>>>

*( Working )

Halo switch.

Halo policy for white/black listing notifications.

Halo size.

Halo hide after activity.

Halo notification count.

Halo enable message pop up.

Halo pause active app.

Halo ping on unlock.

*Notifications services shortcut looks like Bell icon in expanded status bar.

Notification drawer

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Auto close behavior after last removable notification.

Force expanded notification.

Notification drawer custom background and transparency.

Notifications row transparency.

Notification reminder with flip interval & notify sound.

Smart pulldown.

Brightness Slider in expanded notifications panel.

Quick Access Ribbon.

Quick Setting Panel

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Quick pulldown Left/Right.

Auto close panel.

Smaller tiles option.

Option to enable/disable hepatic feedback on touching tiles.

Tiles Layout option. *( Tiles per row option Missing )

Sound, Network, Screen timeout & Location modes.

Option to hide app’s status bar notification icons.

Launch floating window from notification ( long click ).

Launch floating window from recents panel ( long click ).

Blacklist from floating mode.

Power menu QS tile.*( Simple press to go into power dialog or long press to go into reboot dialog )

Pause, resume or stop downloads from notification area.

Quick settings swipe to switch.*( All area )

Sound

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Live volume steps.

Volume panel configurable timeout.

Volume panel style like Single / Expandable / Expanded.

Quite hours.

Music effects -

DSP Manager

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Center frequency param to bassboost.

Stereo widener effect.

Add loudness enhancer.

Charging sound with vibrate.

Display & Lights

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Auto Brightness option with slider.

Expanded desktop style with disable on lockscreen.

Notification & Battery lights.

Adaptive backlight.

Double-tap to sleep on status bar.

Screen-off animations like electron beam & fade out.

Listview animations & Listview interpolator.

Recent Panel Settings

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Switch Recent Styles

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Stock or SlimKat

SlimKat recent panel.

SlimKat recent panel expanded preview mode.

SlimKat recent with option to show in left side and switch sizes. ( 100, 85 and 70% )

SlimKat recent panel custom colors. ( Panel / Card / Text )

SlimKat recent panel /card / text custom background.

SlimKat recent add favorite mode. ( Click on app icon in recent panel to choose as favorite )

SlimKat recent developer shortcuts.

SlimKat recent floating mode.

SlimKat recent add blacklist interface.

Recent Clear All Button with position.*( Place it in any corner of the screen )

Recent RAM bar mode with color option styles.

Appbar by ChameleonOS

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Appbar with Position, Transparency,Trigger area options.*( Testing ):rolleyes:

Gesture Anywhere

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Any Gesture to open app.

Location & Trigger options.*( Testing ):rolleyes:

Screen Recorder

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Perfectly working with record audio option also *( Tested ):cool:

Buttons

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Power menu - With additional Navigation bar support unlike other ROMs tried earlier.:cyclops:

Navigation Bar

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Navigation bar dimensions.

Enable or disable navigation bar.

Buttons & Layout.

Quick launch shortcuts.

Custom navigation bar recent long press.( none, last app, screenshot, kill app, notifications panel, QS panel, power menu )

Left handed mode.

Pie

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SlimKat Pie controls

Buttons option.

Style & Layout.

Trigger options.

Menu Button visibility.*( How & When want )

Home / Menu / Camera / Volume button actions with long press.

Battery

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Low battery warning options.

Battery back up of this ROM is fantastic on Stand by & changing pattern on moderate to heavy use.:good:

Privacy

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Privacy Guard *( Tested & Working ):victory: & Blacklist for calls and msg.*( Testing ):eek:

Filter notifications & Whisper push.*( Testing ):eek:

Advanced

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Wakelock Blocker.*( Testing )

Media Scanner behavior on boot

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Developer Options

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Advanced Reboot menu.

Long press back to kill with configurable timeout.

Performance

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Great Stability with perfect balance of performance.:good::good:

Force High-end Graphics option to enable Transparent status bar.*( Only for New Friends entry ):D

Call Settings

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Vibrate on answer.

Vibrate on call waiting.

Vibrate on hang up.

Vibrate every minute.

People & Forward lookup settings.

Smart phone call.

Incoming call in background with heads-up option.

Flip to Mute / Reject Call.

Call recording.*( Blocked in some countries ):rolleyes:

- Already installed

Adblock

app.

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Boot animation

resolution problem already sorted out by Dev & solution file given in the 1st page of thread:p​

Thanks to all Devs taking so much effort to alive our devices such high level:good::good::good::good::good:

As per my use of 3 days NO big issue comes so I think our 2011 devices are full proof to handle crDroid ROM so it's be on OFFICIAL basis :D

Hope Dev managed to do that with crDroid team :good:

BEST FEAURES PACKED & STABLE ROM **crDroid 4.4.4**

5/5​

---------- Post added at 05:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:29 PM ----------

Ohhh it's shocking to see Battery back up not good for u actually for me it's the best till date;)