BiggieStylin
Newbie
Okay, I figured I should finally do this since I've been using this ROM as my daily for several weeks now. I've not had many problems with this ROM... its very stable and I will continue to use it as my daily for this phone since it seems to perform so well. My current setup, I'm using this ROM, TWRP 3.0.0 and have my SD card formatted to be used as internal storage. I cannot flash files on my sdcard from recovery, but the loophole I've been using is copying the files into /cache using a root file explorer, rebooting to recovery, then flashing what I need from there. I've also had some luck using Flashify, which does something similar for safe flashing. I've also got the quick remote installed and working with this ROM.. there's just no specific support for my TV (Vizio) though I can get power/volume working by using the LG model, just no input selection with the remote.
I'll start with data since I'm on Sprint Prepaid. With the all in one apn fix, data, including LTE works fantastically. I won't say perfectly, because the LTE seems more fragile than before. When I've got a weak LTE signal, more often than not, my phone will drop LTE for 3G when it did not before. One example is where I work as the LTE signal has never been strong at all, while on a stock based ROM I'm on LTE 90% of the time with the occasional drop to 3G. On this ROM, I'm on 3G at least 60% of the time with very instable LTE. There have been times where I've been on 3G, disable data, enable data (sitting in the same spot) and LTE comes back on and sticks for a bit, until it drops back to 3G again and stays there. Sometimes when it switches, it will get stuck in a limbo with no data at all for 15-30 seconds. I also have random times (mostly when switching off of wifi, but not always) where LTE will get stuck in a loop. It will show no bars/no data, connect, get full bars, LTE shows up for a split second, and then it goes back to no bars/no data almost immediately. It's never happened to me where I'm in a place to grab a log, but a simple restart of the phone fixes it just fine. I've tried turning data off/on and even airplane mode with limited success, but a reboot is the only thing that will absolutely fix it. With all that said, these problems really don't bother me much... the random disconnects and loss of signal is at most once a week and completely random as far as I can tell.
I've had some issues with the lock screen as well. I use a PIN secured lock screen and whenever a notification pops up, I double tap it to open the app, but when I enter my PIN, the 0 key pressable area is almost half hidden. It seems the bottom half of the key is covered by something I can't see that doesn't allow me to press it. This happens when opening from a notification or even when opening the settings from the pull down menu, normal unlocking is not affected by this at all. One other issue I've noticed that hasn't had any impact on me, inside the settings, Cellular Network, the Carrier Settings crashes com.android.phone as soon as you click on it which resets my signal/data connection... so I just don't click on it
Other things that don't work, one I've already noted, being the compass as it'd be a nice to have, but I don't rely on it for anything. Screencast is somewhat flaky... it works for the most part, but sometimes it just doesn't want to. I'm able to cast Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, Spotify with no issues, but sometimes when playing a video in the browser, the stream will just die as it starts to play. I've casted my phone screen a couple of times which works just fine as well.
I've never had a green tint on my camera or any problems with it really, no matter the ROM, so the camera has not been an issue for me. I'm able to take photos, videos, use snapchat, everything works just fine. HD video playback works for me, no lagging, though normally I just watch in 480 anyway.. I have tried some 720p videos on youtube and such. I've also done some HD streaming through Netflix as well with no problems.
That's about everything I can think of... I've really had no big issues with this ROM at all. Very nicely done with it! I honestly hate this phone for its low RAM and the toll that takes on multitasking, but this ROM really makes that a bunch easier to deal with. Thank you for all the hard work put into this by everyone!
I'll start with data since I'm on Sprint Prepaid. With the all in one apn fix, data, including LTE works fantastically. I won't say perfectly, because the LTE seems more fragile than before. When I've got a weak LTE signal, more often than not, my phone will drop LTE for 3G when it did not before. One example is where I work as the LTE signal has never been strong at all, while on a stock based ROM I'm on LTE 90% of the time with the occasional drop to 3G. On this ROM, I'm on 3G at least 60% of the time with very instable LTE. There have been times where I've been on 3G, disable data, enable data (sitting in the same spot) and LTE comes back on and sticks for a bit, until it drops back to 3G again and stays there. Sometimes when it switches, it will get stuck in a limbo with no data at all for 15-30 seconds. I also have random times (mostly when switching off of wifi, but not always) where LTE will get stuck in a loop. It will show no bars/no data, connect, get full bars, LTE shows up for a split second, and then it goes back to no bars/no data almost immediately. It's never happened to me where I'm in a place to grab a log, but a simple restart of the phone fixes it just fine. I've tried turning data off/on and even airplane mode with limited success, but a reboot is the only thing that will absolutely fix it. With all that said, these problems really don't bother me much... the random disconnects and loss of signal is at most once a week and completely random as far as I can tell.
I've had some issues with the lock screen as well. I use a PIN secured lock screen and whenever a notification pops up, I double tap it to open the app, but when I enter my PIN, the 0 key pressable area is almost half hidden. It seems the bottom half of the key is covered by something I can't see that doesn't allow me to press it. This happens when opening from a notification or even when opening the settings from the pull down menu, normal unlocking is not affected by this at all. One other issue I've noticed that hasn't had any impact on me, inside the settings, Cellular Network, the Carrier Settings crashes com.android.phone as soon as you click on it which resets my signal/data connection... so I just don't click on it
Other things that don't work, one I've already noted, being the compass as it'd be a nice to have, but I don't rely on it for anything. Screencast is somewhat flaky... it works for the most part, but sometimes it just doesn't want to. I'm able to cast Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, Spotify with no issues, but sometimes when playing a video in the browser, the stream will just die as it starts to play. I've casted my phone screen a couple of times which works just fine as well.I've never had a green tint on my camera or any problems with it really, no matter the ROM, so the camera has not been an issue for me. I'm able to take photos, videos, use snapchat, everything works just fine. HD video playback works for me, no lagging, though normally I just watch in 480 anyway.. I have tried some 720p videos on youtube and such. I've also done some HD streaming through Netflix as well with no problems.
That's about everything I can think of... I've really had no big issues with this ROM at all. Very nicely done with it! I honestly hate this phone for its low RAM and the toll that takes on multitasking, but this ROM really makes that a bunch easier to deal with. Thank you for all the hard work put into this by everyone!
Currently the only app that won't stay open is FB Messenger and that's primarily while I'm in a call and go to do something else, so its worth a shot!
