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[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scutterflux:
Is there a solid comparison of the 3 main OS's, what's the preference and why?

(I've looked and can't really find one)

I'm on Lollipop right now and kind of miss KitKat for some reason.

KK I think was simpler somehow letting it run a bit cleaner without so much background noise yet just as functional as LP and MM, it feels like Sony put more effort into catering KK for the Z3 than LP or MM.

LP seems the most refined and polished, and does have more optimizations, I'm getting great antutu scores with it using slim 4.1 with some additional tweaks.

MM still haven't tried the latest and greatest, still seems like too much work to get it to where I would like it with these half baked releases and problems and functional losses I keep reading about.

I get that with each release most of us get excited (myself included) to try the latest and greatest thinking it's going to be an improvement, but what has actually improved and what has been lost? KK was stable with a few extra audio features had good start-up times and seemed snappier even though Antutu tells me LP is better and then there's Marshmallow...

What's your opinion? Any good threads I missed covering this topic?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Emotion:
I kind of miss KitKat too and I did go back for a while, the reason I came back to MM Concept is because KitKat isn't perfect either. The notifications are miles better on LP and MM.

I agree that KitKat was simpler and Android 4.4.4 is probably my favorite version.

Antuntu and other benchmarks don't mean anything for daily use unless you play 3d games. There are videos on you tube showing that kitkat is faster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx06yJMVT-U

Faster boot on kitkat was due to Dalvik, since Android 5.0 default runtime is ART. But I don't see why is that important, we don't boot our phone 10 times per day, do we?

I don't think there is a discussion on the forums about this, I would like to se it too but I think that people just jump to latest and greatest software...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miichaell:
Month ago I had Xperia Play wit GingerBread, now I have Z3C wit LP. I've tried LP and MM deeper. It's a big difference from GB. KK is much closer to GB, more "classic Android". Lolipop has much better SystemUI and almost all modifications is for LP. For KK there is only few mods for sound and that's all. I like KK cause backward compatibility too. On newer Android many older games like FIFA 12 are unplayable.

Time for Marshmallow will come in future. Today I don't see any advantage to use Android 6. There are no apps or games requiring it. Almost all apps want max 4.4. Speed or multitasking is in my opinion the same in all of the three versions - honestly Z3C has too much power that few percent in terms of performance is useless. The only reason to use MM is Xperia X camera framework in SLIMM 1.9 ROM (but this version is too buggy) - on the other hand, for Lolipop there are Z5 camera files.

Generaly the best from these three is (in my opinion) Lolipop. It looks nice, it's "reskined" Kittkat with some new and better features, has biggest fan support, it's stable, fast and complete - all features working as they should and nothing is missing. Almost all Xposed modules are compatible or has version that is compatible with Lolipop. Marhsmallow breaks the classic - some features are on different places, are little bit different at all and some of them aren't there completely (stamina - in latest build is only "something" like stamina; Dualshock 3 support and so on). There is to much to improve. Kittkat is for old school users, which want better compatibility with older apps or want to play SHIELD games, cause they don't run on Lolipop or Marshmallow in my case.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scutterflux:
I just installed KK for a go, and it's pretty snappy, I don't miss lockscreen notifications from LP because I don't use them. All the functions I use are still there and with Xperia Xposed all the UI tweaks I like are still available. I'm not sure I'll notice an improvement in battery life because it was still pretty good on LP but I'll watch for that as most reports tend to favour KK in this department. I was thinking about what you (Miicheall) said about gaming, and there's this game I've been wanting to try for awhile (Army of Darkness Defence) and could never get it to work on LP, so I just installed it on KK and hey what do you know it works!
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miichaell:
I have to correct myself - SHIELD games like Half-Life 2 or Portal are playable on Lollipop - on MM not. Many games working on KK but on higher version not. So good luck and have fun :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techguyone:
KK was the best by far for stability, battery life and function - as long as you're ok with the horrid KK restrictions on SD card functionality. I wish I'd stayed on that, and that's after being on LP & MM,.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revontheus:
LP Is very stable, battery is great if you decide to take effort and install greenify and limit app permissions and wakelocks. Marshmallow honestly at this point is not that good with most users reporting the Doze feature being somewhat useless
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techguyone:
You're having a laugh LP was the worst OS update by Google for some time, it's been beset with nothing but trouble.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scutterflux:
I know this is not the norm according to reports but monitoring battery usage with 3c toolbox LP in idle is drawing less ma than KK in idle, both are set up with stamina... same settings with sync, gps, and lte off, about 50% brightness... Go figure. I'm using both with Moly82'm debloated versions for comparison so that could have something to do with it. LP shows about 100 more apps when booting VS moly82's KK version too so that isn't factoring in as an advantage with battery life.

I'm also liking the ability for 32-bit audio output in lollipop which is wonderful and does make an audible improvement with Neutron, Camera mods for lollipop are better as far as I can tell, however now I can't play that Army of Darkness game.

I tried some MM versions and I hate the swipe for app search feature and the mods and tweaks I like aren't there yet so I will continue to wait on that, but it does seem like the smoothest version of all.

They are all giving me problems with the stock email attachment feature, is there something wrong with an update or something?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffDaddy_d:
I held onto KK as long as possible until my phone had to be sent in for warranty due to a speaker failure. The Sony repair center loaded the latest version of LP onto my phone and it was actually bug free (unlike the early versions). However, it never had the battery life of KK. When using the phone, it had the same rate of battery drain as KK, but when idle, it seemed to drain twice as fast as KK. It seemed like Stamina mode in LP only gave me the equivalent battery life of KK without Stamina mode. SO, with KK, I could get 2 days of usage without stamina, and nearly 4 days with it. Both of those numbers were cut in half with LP.

I put up with it for as long as I could though until about two weeks ago. I finally flashed KK onto my phone again and WOW, it is refreshing to no longer worry about my battery throughout the day. Plus, the pull down notification menu in KK is way better! It's so annoying to have to swipe down twice in LP/MM/N. Plus, ticker style notifications are far less intrusive than the banner style in LP/MM/N. Finally, I just like the black background with white text that is displayed in the pull down menu. It seems so much cleaner to me than the grayish-green that LP/MM/N uses.

The one thing I miss about LP is the banner notification for phone calls when you're using the device. KK takes over the whole screen and is very intrusive. I downloaded an app that tries to mimic this LP feature, but it only works 80% of the time. I still plan to stick with KK until I upgrade to a new device in 2017.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwstas 13:
Which are the sd card restrictions you mentioned?! I'm using my sd card without problems on Kitkat (for a week now) and I do only care about the mass storage mode,a feature that is provided on both KK and MM versions.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffDaddy_d:
Only system apps can write to the external SD card for some reason in KitKat unless you're rooted.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boojay:
I definitely think KK has the best battery and is the most stable, but I wish there were more (or any, really) camera mods for it. You have to be on at least LP for there to be any decent mods, although I do think KK has the smoothest image stabilization for video recording. However, image quality takes a big hit.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwstas 13:
Hadn't mentioned that, guess I don't need this one. Kitkat still runs smoothly by the way.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliebigpot:
So given that there are camera mods only for LP and MM - which OS has given you the best battery performance in your experience?

Isn't it worth upgrading to MM just to be sure to have all latest security patches?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -CRO-Maher:
For me MM is the way to go, just flash any of custom stock based MM roms and run slimcore debloat, I'm having great battery performance lasting me whole day (i get 4-6h of sof with 70% of that beeing youtube) and it seems like the most fluid and eye pleasing experience, and for camera mods, I would only suggest unlocked camera, others are kinda gimmicky, but best and only way to find out what suits you is to try it yourself, you can see that in this thread only we have a lot of divided opinions.

Good luck :)
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AMABOSs720:
I just unlocked my bootloader, flashed twrp, installed CM 13 on a T-Mobile Moto E 2015 4G LTE. It was all fine and good, but then I tried to install the google apps from gApps. I had the file in my storage. Logged into the recovery and hit install. I selected the zip file and I keep getting an error, "cannot unmount /system it is in use" What can I do? People say to flash a new recovery. There are no adb drivers for this. My computer recognizes the phone but adb command line does not. Please help me
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
The /system mounting issue seems to affect some people using official TWRP. Try using squid2's custom TWRP instead.

You can flash a new recovery two ways:

Method 1: Download squid's TWRP and copy the .img file to your microSD card. Boot the phone normally and install Flashfire from the Play Store. Give it root, select flash recovery, browse to your microSD and select squid's TWRP, reboot into recovery.

Method 2: Download and install/unzip Minimal ADB and Fastboot, download squid's TWRP to your computer and place the .img in the Install/Unzip directory, boot your phone into the bootloader (Pwn+Vol Down), connect to computer, open a command prompt in the Install/Unzip directory, type in "fastboot devices" and see if your device is listed/connected, then type "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" (or whatever the filename is) to flash it. Once it gives you the OKAY, disconnect and reboot the phone into recovery.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevvvoliveira:
Hey,

I just wanted to know: is it possible to downgrade to 4.3 from the 41.1A (5.1) bootloader?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
You can go back to KitKat, however the Stock Motorola OTA Update system is in no way designed for down-graders.

If you accept an official OTA Update, you will join the others who have done so, and end up with a

phone destroyed beyond repair

.

If you flash the factory firmware images - you will get constant notification nags to update.

This zip when flashed via TWRP will disable OTA Updates:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62399952&postcount=674​

The Optimized KitKat ROMs here are the safest choice:

[ROM][4.4.4][STOCK][FLASHABLE ZIP] Stock Motorola KitKat ROM Collection​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevvvoliveira:
So I can't go to 4.3 anymore?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Apologies. No, Stock Jelly Bean 4.3 is not possible once you upgrade the Bootloader. You should be aware that there is a serious Battery bug with anything less than Stock Android 4.4.4 - the phone will randomly shut off without warning.

There are no custom ROMs (i.e CM) based on Android 4.3 available for Falcon that I am aware of.
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] raymond_bqg:
While using Kernel Auditor I am seeing other options like GPU,Screen,I/O Scheduler,Thermal,Low memory killler,Entropy etc.Is there any good setting of these options to make mi 4i more user friendly(I mean good performance ,less heating and good battery backup....Lol)?Or the default setting is good.
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] Sharan A.:
Try this-

For Balanced/Power Saving:

GPU: conservative

I/O Scheduler: zen

For Performance:

GPU: performance

I/O Scheduler: deadline

Tell me what you find good :)
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] raymond_bqg:
Thanx for ur reply. Maybe late.....or....too late.Bcz I have lost(actually stolen) my mi 4i . :(

And I posted the question when I was a pure noob.

BTW thanx again.
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] Sharan A.:
Oh sad to hear about the phone :/

And you're welcome!
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] Prince Gupta (PG):
For gaming and power saving ??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] LiRi2000:
Hi i just bought a redmi note 3 sd version and i unlocked it officially, installed Alka recovery, and when i install MIUI based Rom or the official one. My phone boots normally but when i try to reboot my device, the device keeps showing Mi logo and it reboots to Mi logo again and again and again....till battery dies. Tried installing AOSP or CM13 but it looks im the only person that has a problem with fingerprint in both ROMs.

Pleasee helpppp.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] putrairlangga:
Hey, what kind of problem do you have with fingerprint compatible ROM?

Because I have problem with fingerprint compatible ROM too (always stuck in Mi Logo after flash)

And when I flash MIUI (Official or ROM based) it always reboot randomly, but random reboot always happen every 5-10 seconds phone booted up, it also happen in AOSP 5.1.1

This phone is driving me crazy

I can't use almost every single ROM

- MIUI & AOSP (random reboot)

- CM13 with fingerprint compatible (can't booted up / stuck in mi logo) and then can't enter recovery until it to re-unlocked and reflash TWRP again to able enter recovery

The only ROM I can use are CM12.1 and CM13 with fingerprint uncompatible, it can booted up normally (maybe because the bootloader still not relocked) but the battery drain like crazy

Android OS/System used battery usage more than SOT

Wonder someone can fix the problem
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] LiRi2000:
Today i will try installing ROM with fastboot and delete twrp,supersu everything and relock bootloader and then i will try everything from the begining.

And i want to try the new Flyme Os because it has fingerprint scanner working.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] LiRi2000:
I tried everything but i still get the bootloop problem so Im gona install chinese developer ROM with MiFlash and im not gonna root or install anything :,(
[XDA Assist] JeffG79:
I have no idea whats going on with this site but threads aren't showing up full they are only showing up with a single post

http://s33.postimg.org/mzk1o2cb3/aaaaaaaaaaaaa.png

Edit: how can i make the pages show up with more than one post? it's annoying having to continuously press next to view the next post before they would show up with a full page of post now its down to one :/
[XDA Assist] JeffG79:
test
[XDA Assist] Kdio:
Hi J89613

Thank you for using XDA Assist.

I wasn't able to verify the links you are accessing but I may say:

- The below link is the "Thread Link" where you should see all the thread

http://xdaforums.com/general/xda-assist/confused-t3393095

- Each post has its single link where it's shown alone (#2)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67187008&postcount=2

- And the same post shown together with the rest of the thread (#2)

http://xdaforums.com/general/xda-assist/confused-t3393095/post67187008#post67187008

Could you please try the above links and report back the behavior obtained?

Nice regards.

.
[XDA Assist] JeffG79:
Only on my phone I can have multiple post of a thread on a single page

http://s33.postimg.org/57aiwy4i7/13396822_1626660880988412_1210945328_o.jpg

But for some reason on my computer it's only one post per page, for example if I want to the the next or previous post I have to click next or previous

http://s33.postimg.org/nfrm9u9fz/cccc.png
[XDA Assist] Kdio:
Hi J89613

Please, access your Edit Options at Control Panel. Search for "Thread Display Mode" and change from "Threaded" to the value you feel more convenient as the below image shows:

Best regards.

.
[XDA Assist] JeffG79:
I recorded my desktop so you could see its not working

https://streamable.com/lcom
[XDA Assist] Kdio:
Hi J

I've told you to change FROM "Threaded" and not TO it.

Could you please select in that drop down the option "Linear Oldest First" and then report back?

Thanks you.
[XDA Assist] JeffG79:
Bingo that worked, sooooooooo much better woo-hoo

Thanks
[AT&T LG G3] jrodbrown58:
So I know that a 128GB will work but has anyone used anything bigger? And is there certain brands to stay away from? I was gonna get 128gb PNY off Amazon but wanted to see if I could go bigger.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] plantunes:
Hi.

I bought a MI5 today...it was a "used" one...because it was on the hands of a friend for a day or two.

I know that the ROM that is installed is not an official one, becaus it has Portuguese, and the official one only has English and Chinese...and the GLOBAL ROM has Brasilian...and not Portuguese.

I tried to reset the device but...that didn't work out very well. It cleans some things but does not wipe completely the device. It even boots normally to the home screen.

If I try to enter recovery, the phone turns off as soon as the MI logo turns on.

What do you all sugest me to do?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] TheUltrametricSpace:
The security got improved, there is a new recovery.

You can reset from settings, so that's fine. Make sure that your MIUI Account is logged in.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Mudig:
Here is what I've tried:

- checked the settings to see if search history is paused or disabled

- Uninstalled to factory and this does work for a little while but then the Youtube app reverts itself back to the updated format and stops saving search history(I've disabled auto-update).

I don't understand why this happens. Help?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] starbase64:
Settings > Google > activity settings
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Mudig:
Tried that. Everything that needs to be enabled already was.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] pelon90005:
I have an LG g4 and it's never been working for me. It only shows search history from my computer browser.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] bsims85:
I noticed this problem for a while last year on a different phone. Sometime ago, I believe there was option to merge your YouTube with Google plus. If you declined, there was a separate account created for YouTube. I now have two accounts for YouTube when I click on the accounts option. One doesn't track my history and the other does.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] DonDizzurp:
Download mode is annoying. I hate Odin. I'd prefer using the terminal/command prompt.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
I was looking through the forum the other day and i found this, it is a way to keep the screen on during a call for the kaiser:

I have looked fr the mentioned registry entry int he hermes and i cannot find it, but there must be an equivalent somewhere.

Does anyone know of how to do this?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] JR_de:
Have you tried to create that key?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bennec83:
no i didnt think to try, can you just do that?

i have just tryed, im not sure if i did it correctly but it didnt do anything (i think i did it wrong!!)

can anyone help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doctorex1:
hey guys suggest me a stable cm13 rom with great battery life :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
ROMs are a very subjective matter.

What works great for one may be bad for you.

Also, pretty much every Android 6 ROM has Bluetooth problems.

If you're looking for lots of features and customizations, Resurrection Remix and Cyanide are the way to go.

For performance, Optimized CM13.

Battery-wise they are all decent.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebby91:
Hello can someone tell me a i9505 custom rom for gaming ???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaduNastase:
At the moment i am having a bit of success with Omega Roms (i have v19 based on 4.3 jellyB). Pair it with a kernel that lets you customize most things in CPU and GPU (like kernel KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW) and you are good to go :fingers-crossed:

You can choose from different versions of roms and kernels based on virtually any stock rom. Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I suggest JDCTeam's AOSP ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebby91:
Thank you verry much ill try both roms but the one with the omega rom do o have to flash on my own the custom kernel ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaduNastase:
yes, the kernel is sepparate. There is already a nice kernel in Omega, but the KT one is better as it gives you acces to more tweaks ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebby91:
My modem is newer or older i don t know ... I had lolipop roms i sawd i have to flash another modem but can i install modem without computer ?
[Note Edge Android Development] freeza:
Reserved
[Note Edge Android Development] gflipunit:
Thanks :good:
[Note Edge Android Development] mallorca40:
:good: for Edge FY Version?:confused:
[Note Edge Android Development] minnaing:
Can i flash on N915G ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gokhanbilgin:
Dead battery replace
[Nexus 6P Accessories] eraser0:
hey, i am looking fo a charger OEM, since i have forgot mine in the hotel

so what is really concerning is that i have found a seller on ebay is selling OEM charger for $17!!!

i am asking if this can be true since in my opinion Aliexpress is more trusted than ebay " at least i can see the feedbacks"

This One

And this one

and what is your openion on this

SONEic - USB Type-C AMAZON

I know Amazon is safer since they have banned all uncertified type C cables....
[Nexus 6P Accessories] HueleSnaiL:
Basically every charger is made in China and since Huawei is a chinese company and these ebay sellers are from China, it wouldn't surprise me that these chargers on eBay are legit although in my experience I would advise caution . As for the charger you have linked on Amazon, I haven't tried that one but I bought this one and haven't had any issues so far.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] eraser0:
I don't trust eBay either,,

As for your charger dose of give you the same charging speed?
[Nexus 6P Accessories] ttminh1997:
To be brutally honest with you, and this may seem a bit elitist and privileged to some, but I wouldn't trust my $600 phone with anything but an original charger or one bought directly from Google, and not Huawei, not ebay or amazon, and this goes for both chargers and cables.