[G3 General] joshtk98:
Cyanogenmod 12.1 review (New)

Hey guys, I’m back with another review of the new version of cynanogenmod 12.1, the new one presented us with a fix for the camera not working and double tap, and all previous fixes such as the Wi-Fi fix all rolled into one package for us to easily install and enjoy on our LG G3S.

After installing the ROM however I found several issues, the camera is obviously a great thing to have, and I’m very thankful, however, the quality of the camera is certainly below that of the quality of the stock camera app using LG software, I’m not sure whether this is a software problem or just the fact it is using the stock camera app, but honestly even the primary camera is very grainy in all conditions, even those with decent lighting, it just looks plain horrible and I hope this can be improved, however the front facing camera is fairly decent, just about right for quality of the actual 1MP lens. The rear camera on the contrary does not produce images of an 8MP camera, it looks more like a 5MP camera to be honest .

I also have experienced sever performance decrease in the while experience, everything is very sloppy for me and slow, I have experienced horrible delay when pressing the navigation buttons, and navigating around, relatively small and undemanding apps such as Instagram and snapchat, is a very horrible experience, taking several seconds to realise when I have tapped a picture of another navigational object, now I’m not sure whether this is just me, or whether, this is the option I think is right, that the ROM is using the bread and butter kernel, honestly this kernel does not improve the performance for me on my phone, in fact it often makes it worse, and with most settings in kernel auditor not actually sticking and just resetting as soon as I close the app. I would prefer using the stock kernel with this ROM as this, in my eyes, would increase the, currently LG stock like performance I have now.

I have also encountered an audio error, I use power amp as a default music player because of its loud sound output and just better performance overall in my opinion, however I have experienced an issue with any music app, when using headphones I cannot place the volume to anywhere near the loudest volume, even without changing the equalizer, the music will, after a certain volume, begin to cut out and eventually cut out completely, now, it isn’t the headphone I’m using because I have tested several earphones and a pair of professional grade Sony overhead headphones, and it happens every time, the is main reason I will be returning back to the original Cyanogenmod 12.1 ROM, not having the camera doesn’t really bother me much as I never really use my camera, though it would be nice to know I have one there to use anyway.

Sorry if I offend any of the developers that are working on these things, but this is just constructive criticism so you guys can improve you products further, again I’m sorry if the does push your buttons, I don’t mean to and of course I am grateful for all the work you are doing, keep it up guys and hopefully we can have a fully functional and great ROM for our phone!

I also attached some sample photos.