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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DJ_Bizarro:
if i wanted diamond rom, i would buy a diamond.. i mean i appreciate the work but whats up with some kaiser roms for the kaiser
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hjlow:
if you look, you will find some new non-diamond roms
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Kraize:
L26's Diamond v9 is not a diamond rom. It's a kaiser rom that just looks like a diamond rom. You should get that. It's from an official kaiser rom rather than from a diamond rom.

Kraize
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nutcake852:
Some people want a diamond but can't get it. This is just a great way to get that diamond look on the Kaiser. The rom choice is yours.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Kraize:
I also suggest you go for the lite roms if you don't want the diamond appeal and such.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nonfatmilk:
I haven't flashed any of the diamond roms, because of their lack of stability. I'm sticking w/ dutty's APR29 WM6.1 Hybrid. I like it :) A bunch of people have flashed back to this rom
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] raiisak:
Try garmins or romeo, duttys/leo`s or hyperdragon, or any other of the non diamond port -> non diamond series. There are many out there :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gqstatus0685:
seriously. Useless post.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] NotATreoFan:
Great picture.

To the OP: Cook one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] offroad88:
I loaded the Diamond rom and now my GPS lags looks like it will only update my maps when I stop.:eek:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gqstatus0685:
Every rom is going to have bugs. There are fixes you just have to search. I'm pretty sure you can go to google and type in "gps problems kaiser" ..You know what I'll do it for you!!

Look at the top results... start there.

I would go in one of those threads and search within the thread for your problem, if you can't find it. Ask the question in that thread. You'll have other people with GPS problem willing to assist. Geez... It doesn't take long for the love of god. I searched, screenshot, uploaded to photobucket and made this post in less than 5 minutes. (maybe because I type fast) but still you get the jist of it.
[Moto G7 Questions & Answers] DrWu:
I fiddled with it while over-tired and inadvertently installed 'standard' LineageOS when I'd meant to install LineageOS for MicroG. And I did not note the error until I had invested considerably more time setting up all of my pet apps. And I haven't yet started using this phone as my every-day so I thought it would be best to rebuild from scratch using the Lineage for OS MicroG ROM rather than patching the LineageOS kernel. Take the time to do it right the first time so I don't have to find the time later to do it over, capisci?

Except that while I was doing all this configuration/customization it occurred to me that I really would have liked to have kept some of the features of the stock Motorola ROM, such as facial recognition and waving my hand in front of the screen while in screensaver to cause the clock to appear momentarily. Not to mention I'm not feeling the love for some of the default LOS apps. So I thought I would at least look into the possibility of going back to the stock ROM, applying the signature spoofing patch and MicroG to it, and using Android Firewall to limit the proprietary apps phoning home to Mother.

So my first question is, is it even possible? Can I apply the "signature spoofing" patch to the stock ROM? I'm running LOS 16.0 now so I've already got the bootloader unlocked, TWRP recovery flashed, and the phone is rooted with Magisk (which I am modestly familiar with). And if it is possible, how is it done (to include sources for the patch file(s)?

Second, where can I get the stock ROM? I've already downloaded ROMS from three different sites claiming they were the correct build# (PPOS29.114.16.5.2) but when I tried to flash them (through TWRP recover) all three failed for signature errors. So I don't know if there's actually a problem with the ROMs or if there's some trickery I need to use so flashing will ignore the error.

Thanks for your time!

Sorry, one edit needed. The error message trying to install a stock ROM is "Invalid zip file format", not a "signature error" as I originally wrote.
[Moto G7 Questions & Answers] DrWu:
I got a stock ROM installed and it seems to be working okay. I used RSD Lite running on Windows (didn't know they still made Windows) to perform a "fastboot flash." Using one of the same three files that had errored out for invalid zip when I tried to flash them from TWRP recovery.

And now ... off to root and put MicroG on it. The current plan is to give Nanodroid a shot. If anyone has a better idea, please speak up.
[Moto G7 Questions & Answers] HT123:
I am not sure what most of your first post is about? is the signature just what the phone reports itself as. If that is the case then imagine you could spoof it in the build.prop. If not, sorry man.
[Moto G7 Questions & Answers] DrWu:
Sorry, I mis-remembered the error. I ran it again and the actual error was "Invalid zip file format", not a "signature error." Which I got around by switching to a Windows host and flashing using RSD Lite rather than adb.

But that phone suffered a catastrophic SIM/SD card slot failure and had to be sent back. I've ordered another G7, and I'm well-rehearsed in unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone, but I'm still looking for a school-approved method for 'patching' the kernel to support signature spoofing so I can install and run MicroG. From my research I'm I'm given to believe this is best done using Nanodroid, so if anyone has a better idea, please let me know.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] LogaN Kat:
Hey guys, based on your liking

Which ROMs do you think are the best for battery, performance and UI in Oreo, pie and 10, as well as a kernel that would suit for that

I want to stick with a ROM as a daily driver, I'd mostly need battery but I don't want to compromise too much on UI for that.

I'd really love if it's unofficial since I don't want to keep updating all the time.

I'd really appreciate your answer :good: :D
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] asadazmimaz08:
You can choose from havoc 3.x, Pixel Expirience, and Resurrection Remix.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] metelhammer:
In my opinion there is nothing like best because almost all ROMs give good battery backup, mostly like 8 Hours+ SOT on mix usage. battery backup would reduce if used always on mobile data and so does the SOT.

I would recommend you havoc 2.x and 3.x others are also good and provide almost good customizations but since you don't want to compromise too much on UI for that then this is good options you may wanna try.

And for Oreo based ROM as far as i remember dotOS was giving great battery backup and SOT, almost like 9 hours or sometimes 9 hours+ of battery backup.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Bismuth83:
Havoc os
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] LogaN Kat:
I've tried most roms now lineage, havoc, colt, revenge, descendant, bliss, dot, rr, pe. I haven't tried miui caf and globe editions. Because they have Gapps within them. And tbh, I didn't like any of them. Except lineage. Every rom was awesome in their features etc. But I saw if there's features the battery is to be compromised. If features and battery both are to be there, the rom asks some password I didn't set. And some roms didn't even let me boot itself, not just that the roms also somehow broke the recovery, after it said "my password was wrong and I had to erase data", like booting to recovery went blank screen. I am sorry if I was offending anyone.

Lineage on the other hand, was the best. The rom made the phone go supercool I mean the temperature of the phone was very low even while having a video call. Although given that there are like 0 'extra awesome' features, the battery life was almost up to 20-23 hours. So I'll consider this rom to be the best.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] zkoz:
Did you try aicp?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] MohdAhmed:
20 - 23 hours! You've got to be kidding. My mom uses just YouTube vanced on wifi, she's on pixel experience Android 10 and she only gets 4 hours of sot.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] LogaN Kat:
Sot in los android 9 is around 10 hours.

I know almost all android 10 roms won't give anymore sot than 5 - 6 hours which is why I said los was best
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] MohdAhmed:
Sir Can you suggest me the best rom for sot, I don't care about the android version, and I don't care about gaaps, because my mom only needs YouTube and whatsapp. And please tell what battery mod and tweaks should I do?

Some suggestion would really be appreciated sir.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] LogaN Kat:
You can't get an official los in Oreo so .. you can try pie .. no tweaks necessary. Just have Pico version of gapps, because, WhatsApp and YouTube needs play services. And if you want root for vanced YouTube use that it won't affect battery life. Just try to keep your storage space as minimum as possible like checking on the option to not download WhatsApp pics and v videos until you press download for all chats. Rest leave it as it is. Also is better do good charging practices that way your battery life and efficiency is good
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] MohdAhmed:
Ok, thank you Sir.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] abhishekarora:
I am looking to install lineage OS. Could you please tell me (or provide me the link) of which lineage OS version you are talking about?

P.S. - Currently on official MIUI ROM
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Zmijakudlata:
Is better than official? I want to use my Santoni as a dedicated navigation device, so I'm looking for a rom with the best battery life and Google Asistant.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] McJohn.br:
When you say "battery life", it is taken into account how long the phone stays on the screen on, not the screen off (in standby).
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Just wanted to catch your opinion on the real benefits of buying the 16 GB variant as opposed to 12 GB model. Make abstraction of the storage capacity increase, just assume that you don't really need 512 GB as long as you have expandable storage (via microSD) to use if really needed.

I am thinking of arguments justifying the additional RAM increase, considering that 12 GB is already more than enough for multitasking., even for running 2-3 RAM-intensive games at the same time ;)

Looking forward to your opinions! :):good: Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
More ram - better dex experience?

Better for "locking apps" in the ram (new feature I guess for s20 series).

Smoother gaming?

Better for recording 8k?

More ram for buffing video?

Buffing online radio?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] chetly968:
Is the "locking apps" feature available for all S20 phones? Someone in the YouTube's had mentioned it was an ultra exclusive. Lots of times those guys are wrong though.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
Not sure. I'm getting the ultra so I couldn't care less. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
So are you getting the 16 GB version?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
Oh yeah. I wish they offered a 1tb version. I'd be all over that.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Ok, but assuming that you don't run 2 games at a time, or use dex at the same time with 8K recording, or buffing online radio.... is the incremental 4 GB really worth buying? I mean obviously this depends on real world usage, but still...
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
Likely not worth it?

Also would depend how long you keep the phone? More ram would be a better future proofing option?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Right point here. Future-proofing on this hardware is very tempting and viable.

I guess the real question is: if, let's say, you record 8K or buff high res video or run dex or play a high demanding game, BUT one at a time, with no superposition between such memory/processor-hungry apps, will the phone perform faster/smoother/more efficiently (battery-wise) in the 16 GB config, as opposed to 12 GB setup? Ignoring multitasking, focusing on single-tasking.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
That's a good question. I don't think that can be answered without tests.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
Definitely the bigger number. Bigger is always better, right?

What's future proofing?

Most of you will be trading your (S20 Ultra) in for a maxed out Note 20 in August, right? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Yes, bigger is generally better. The point is if bigger is really necessary or not (i.e. overkill) for certain usage patterns.

Future proofing means ensuring that you get the most advanced hardware/technology specs at a certain point in time in order to ensure that your device will not be outrun by future devices very time soon and will support more demanding future apps. In our case, if you buy the 16 GB variant, for sure you will not need to upgrade your phone for the next couple of years, RAM will likely be more than sufficient for running any apps that could possibly be launched in the future, no matter how memory intensive they would be.

I personally am not a Note fan, I don't use the sPen.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Virgo_Guy:
@ 16 gigs -

- In theory, yes better..

In practical usage, I highly,highly doubt it.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Davey Dual Sim:
Well worth the extra RAM, I'm getting this phone 12GB purely because it's my main work tool and use some ram hungry apps all day, being able to put the main 3 in RAM with larger brighter screen and larger battery is well worth the money .

I spend 9 hours a day using a phone
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
I was being sarcastic. ;)

16GB is pure marketing, nothing more.

By the time 16GB is relevant on mobile devices, the CPU would be so outdated and slow.

Storage OTOH, matters more than anything.

8K video at decent bit rates; 200Mbps and up, uses a LOT of storage. As will better multichannel audio.

8K seems to be a gimmick at first but when you look at how much info you have in each frame, and there are 24 of them each second, it makes it so much easier to get a still from that video that simply wouldn't be possible by shooting pics with the regular snapper. Serious DSLR users are laughing, but you can't fit one in your pocket! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Davey Dual Sim:
Storage irrelevant to me as everything I do is saved in the cloud
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] bomp306:
Until you have no signal coverage.

As commented with he increase in camera specs it will consume a lot of data. 8K will default to internal memory so for me it's important.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Internal memory or microSD card, which can be up to 1 TB. From this perspective, choosing the 16 GB RAM model just because it has 512 GB internal memory does not seem necessary. Well, unless you cannot use a memory card because you have 2 SIMs inserted in the hybrid slot and your carrier does not support eSIM :D

Hence, IMO the real choice is between the two RAM sizes, rather than internal memory specs.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
Internal memory is MUCH faster than ANY microSD card!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
But you still use internal memory for storage, isn't it? So what's the deal? Where does faster internal memory help?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
When you use a microSD for camera storage (direct write) it will become very apparent it's slower. When you have to write out multiple GB files it makes a difference. Uncommitted writes either lags you out or makes the process doing so become unresponsive which is something you don't want on the camera. This is why professional video cameras use the fastest flash storage possible! 8K with its higher storage requirements just will make it worse. Can't wait until (phones) have 2TB storage! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] dasers13:
Sticking with the 12. It's already overkill for a phone so I'm going so save myself a little bit of money.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] bomp306:
I secured a 20% discount so went for the highest possible. Hoping to make this my first phone to own in excess of 12 months, changed yearly since 1997....
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
Memory scheduler wont let you keep more apps in RAM just because you have more memory so in my opinion the 16GB version is just a show off and actually the S20 Ultra is a product to compete with Apple later that year. If Samsung achieves this, they will be ahead of them even if there is a half year gap and can rub their nose with "we made a better phone although you had more time".
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
You're talking about when you add them to the list to exclude then correct?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
Apple is rumored to bump iPhone 12 ram up to 6GB so even at a paltry 12GB, they're still double the fun in this game. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
Yes but on Android 9 it didn't work that way. On Samsung's Android 10 there is an extra menu when you can select apps that are to be excluded from RAM management.

Apple's operating system is also linux based but it is a closed environment which is much more optimized so it does not require that much RAM. On the other hand Samsung has Dex and this amount of RAM might be helpful but let us be honest, probably noone will run some rendering software etc. on a phone but I would love to see that on the future because now I am more than happy that they keep supporting Dex and I do not own a private laptop anymore thanks to it.

On one hand I hope that S20 Ultra will pass or be on the same level with iPhone 12 when it comes to overall feature/usage experience. Of course iOS combined with A14 will rock them numbers in benchmarks but maybe it will be a good kick for Apple to start to be a real player like they used to be in the past. I know that there is a lot of typical hate between Apple and Android users but we can both agree that Apple used to be more innovative and they were pushing the industry more and now there is some kind of a shift.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
Of course it's an Apple to Oranges comparison (pun not intended) but I bring it up because the average Joe just sees a number. This is why we have 1000 watt audio amplifiers! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
Yeah I know what you mean. I work as IT Admin and I see that phenomenon every day. With S20U it is gonna be the same, WOW 108MPX and they will never notice that the phone is in pixel binding mode :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
Same as my 10e. It allows me to add over 10 to that menu. So why would the s20 ultra not allow the same as the 10e?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
I did not say that mate :)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
You said it wouldn't let you keep more because of more ram. How does it determine how many then?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
By that I meant that a user will not achieve the moment when he or she actively uses so many apps that take all the 12GBs of RAM and switch between them constantly in order to maximize the performance output. Because of that the RAM Management is going to free up that huge amount of memory so it is logical that the additional 4 are an overkill for every day use. It is right to assume that S20 will be able to lock more apps in memory than older phones with that feature but not that much to feel the difference between 12 & 16GB.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 20degrees:
Your comment kind of contradicts your other statement. Just saying.....

I'll test it when it comes and see how it does. I can afford the 16gb, so that's what I'll order. Sheets better to have more than you need instead of not having enough.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
I edited my last post and now I think that we are on the same page. That is exactly what I mean because 12 will be the same in "more than you need instead of not having enough" as 16. Nevertheless I look forward to test it and we can compare because I ordered the 12GB version.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
So basically RAM management will free up unused/inactive apps irrespective of how much more RAM is available at any given time? I mean, it doesn't make any difference to see, let's say, 5 GB free or 9 GB (i.e. +4) free, because RAM management will do exactly the same in both scenarios?

If that is true, then what it comes down to is really how big the apps memory "print" is. If you use, let's say, 3 apps taking up 9GB (all in all), then 16GB vs. 12 GB makes no sense; however, if the three apps take up 13 GB, the 12GB model will flush one of the app from RAM, while the 16GB will keep all of them.

Is this correct?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
The logic is correct but in real life Samsung's RAM management won't let you run 3 super heavy apps at one time to let you switch between them seamlessly. I assume that the same will be with S20s because Samsung has a history of having pretty aggressive ram management even on their flagships. Who knows, maybe this time they will let it fly. I would be very happy if it'd be the case with the newest models.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] king3opobn:
More RAM memory helps managing the big internal storage filesystem better.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
The 16GB RAM version comes also with larger internal memory (512GB), so practically there is no added value from having more RAM from this perspective (filesystem managing). Or am I missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] king3opobn:
Yes, more storage, more filesystem work that needs more RAM.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
That is true and a part of that extra RAM will also be constantly reserved from the system to manage that internal storage so the user does not actually get 4GB more but only a part of it. Nevertheless if someone needs 384GB more then go for it. I will buy a MicroSD with 400GB A2 U3 V30 since they cost about 89€ from Sandisk and the prices of 512GB will soon drop more.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Davey Dual Sim:
I can't get more storage, I'll be dual SIM and I've got the phone mainly because of the camera and the fact I can drop 3 apps into RAM. I hammer my phone's working on them 9 hours a day with very ram heavy apps
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] katolink:
Your carrier does not support eSIM? You can use it instead of classic SIMs and make room for a microSD in this way.

Also, may I ask what such memory-hungry apps are you using? I am just curious to make an idea as to what kind of usage pattern triggers the need for 16GB RAM in the S20 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] buddy66:
I am curious about that too because I have never seen 3 Android apps that would need over 12GB of RAM. As an addition to this topic, here is an article from Android Authority on the 16GB RAM Overkill:

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s20-ultra-16gb-ram-1082178/
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
We need a hypervisor so we can run iOS and Android 10 on the same phone at the same time! :)