[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] Alessandro999:
Hi Guys,

This thread is made to improve and get the best overall experience from this device since it's the best android phone of 2019 :D

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BEST ROM: For the best smoothest experience i HIGHLY RECCOMEND to all the LATEST WW ROM! Why i reverted back to ww?

Simply because of better google integration,minimal stock UI, sometimes faster app launch and installation( because there are no installation scanner like cn roms),full language support and working notification/youtube on lockscreen! I fixed the higher latency by changing launcher and for better performance and fps on games, ENABLED X MODE! You can enable it with notification toogle!

CPL LAUNCHER: The best stock feeling launcher ever made, smoother than NOVA! Based on pure AOSP code, it's the customized pixel launcher.

If you want a costant buttery smooth animation like IOS , select the ZOOM animation because the stock animation is too much fast and not costant at 120fps . New chinese updates don't allow you to change launcher!! GLOBAL ROM fix this problem!

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Make sure before disable the launcher to have already an installed launcher! Disable both asus launcher and armory gate, however you will face ui crashes!!!

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When you use a third party launcher and you DISABLE with a ROOT APP cn launcher and armory gate , you will have the OREO multitasking back!!! Amazing since it's fast,stock and buttery smooth. PIE asus multitasking is glitchy and unresponsive sometimes. (RECCOMENDED)

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link for disable applications: https://apkpure.com/it/disable-application-root/com.iamaner.oneclickfreeze

DARK 120HZ CHROME: The stock chrome support both dark mode and 120hz. Don't forget to NEVER UPDATE chrome or you will get back to 60hz locked. I notices that

the famous " 120hz FLASHES

" are caused by chrome 60hz and when you go home the UI bumps to 120hz and causes the flashes!!!! it's fixed by using 120hz chrome and 120hz for all system!!!

To enable dark MODE: go on chrome, type chrome://flags and search dark UI . ENABLE that and reboot chrome. Close it from multitasking and open it again. Now on chrome setting you can enable DARK MODE!!!

BLACK THEME/FIX THEMES: Use the CLASSIC black theme to have a stock user interface and save battery life . In cpl launcher, use black theme enabled for app and menu. I reccomend starless amoled wallpaper app for background. it' s a cool app with wallpaper motion scrolling inbuild to avoid static image. To fix themes on WW rom, you need root: use file explorer, navigate to vendor,factory,COUNTRY. Open that file and change from CN to WW. Now go on system/etc/Asusthemes/themes and delete the "HIDDEN" file. Reboot!

BLACK GBOARD: Go on google keyboard setting and set black theme to save battery life and avoid burn in!

X MODE: X mode for overall usage will ramp up the frequencies of all cluster to 1200/1300 mhz and help smoothness a lot ( no dropped frames in general) but with high cpu usage, battery may suffer and drain little bit faster ! i put some images attachment below. The first image is with X mode enabled, the second disabled. I reccomend to ENABLE it. Don't worry for battery, you have a 6000mah and it didn't drain too much. This frequency is used by most oem to implement TOUCHBOOST and make the UI smoother. Costant frequency fix scrolling lag and responsivness. You will have a costant 120hz experience. BYE BYE iphone :D

ROOT/UPDATE STATUS: There is a telegram group with some updates regarding firmware like the 21 images or RAW files. For root you can download the image from asus website and extract with payload dumper in order to access to boot.img , so you can patch it with magisk. Right now i reccomend to all to stay to latest WW rom for reason written before!

From my experience, this phone will receive android 10 maximum and after Asus will stop the updates and only release security patches. This is the history of gaming phones, but in my opinion stay to stock android 9 firmware is the best option if you want the best performance.

The stock initial firmware will be always the FASTEST

: try to compare an iphone 6 with ios 8 an another with ios 12. You will notice the difference in day to day usage!

GCAM: Google camera is available on telegram group but still in beta. On the latest beta version everything work fine except slowmotion

If you want to enjoy to telegram group, there are also available firmware updates,themes...

this is the link: https://t.me/rogphonevietnam2

DEBLOAT: You can easily remove lots of system apps with root like gpay,gfilm,gmusic( you can reistall from playsore if you need) and consume less ram, in order to get a clean stock user interface ! i HIGHLY RECCOMEND to use black youtube vanced to avoid burn in and save battery!

USEFUL TIPS AND TWEAKS:

lower the brightness as much as possible, keep autobrighness ON and 15 sec timeout to avoid burn-in. 120hz help to refresh pixels quickly!

change wallpaper sometimes to avoid static images retention and use GESTURES! Use full immersive mode to avoid navbar and status bar BURN-IN!

use vibration strenght maximum at 75% for every section

for the best audio experience i highly reccomend ROCK/POP PROFILE with +12 bass and +5 high notes

PROTECT YOUR PHONE WITH SHOCKPROOF CASE, TEMPERED GLASS AND TRASPARENT PLASTIC ADHESIVE on backlight logo since if you broke/scratch the phone you must send to china for repair or asus center :confused:

Thank you, have a nice day! ;)