I'm looking for a super stable ROM with good battery life. Which do I choose?

[Organized_Chaos]

The title pretty much says it all. I'm looking for a super stable ROM with good battery life. Which do I choose?

I have a short list of things I need:

• Lollipop or Marshmallow
• Debloated
• Good battery life
• Stable
• Bluetooth

I don't care about camera quality (though the camera should work if I want to use it...) so I am open to the idea of using an AOSP ROM if it can meet my requirements.

I'm using SLiM ROM version 4.8 (Android 5.1.1) right now and have a few problems with it:

• If I reboot, I typically get stuck in a bootloop until I enter recovery and format the cache. Then it takes 10-15 minutes to start up.
• I use Google Keyboard which can be very sluggish sometimes (not sure if that's the keyboard's fault or if it's the phone).
• The stock camera app and snapchat both crash when I attempt to record video. This is usually fixed by a reboot... but only temporarily.
• Sometimes I don't get notifications from Hangouts or the notifications are delayed (not sure if this is a problem with Hangouts or the phone)

Is there an updated SLiM ROM that's more stable? Or should I look for something different? I really liked using AOSP ROMs on my old phones but they typically lacked decent battery life.

 

[aiglelille]

The title pretty much says it all. I'm looking for a super stable ROM with good battery life. Which do I choose?

I have a short list of things I need:

• Lollipop or Marshmallow
• Debloated
• Good battery life
• Stable
• Bluetooth

I don't care about camera quality (though the camera should work if I want to use it...) so I am open to the idea of using an AOSP ROM if it can meet my requirements.

I'm using SLiM ROM version 4.8 (Android 5.1.1) right now and have a few problems with it:

• If I reboot, I typically get stuck in a bootloop until I enter recovery and format the cache. Then it takes 10-15 minutes to start up.
• I use Google Keyboard which can be very sluggish sometimes (not sure if that's the keyboard's fault or if it's the phone).
• The stock camera app and snapchat both crash when I attempt to record video. This is usually fixed by a reboot... but only temporarily.
• Sometimes I don't get notifications from Hangouts or the notifications are delayed (not sure if this is a problem with Hangouts or the phone)

Is there an updated SLiM ROM that's more stable? Or should I look for something different? I really liked using AOSP ROMs on my old phones but they typically lacked decent battery life.

T'es there is SLIMM 3.1 on the forum. It's MM for mashmallow

 

[PuffDaddy_d]

I am running a stock ROM and hangouts doesn't send notifications for me either. It has nothing to do with your setup. I've tried hangouts on 3 different devices (2 HTC's and a Sony) and something has always not worked with that app on all those devices. Google needs to get their act together.

 

[marshalpear]

Try Sony Concept ROM, it is on Marshmallow therefore it has Doze and it is as stock as it can get which means it is debloated. Battery life is superb, no bloatware, camera is as good as stock, one of the most stable ROMs out there! Also it is still receiving OTA updates and becoming more and more efficient. As for the video recording bug in your Lollipop ROM, it persists in this Concept ROM I'm talking about. But you can fix it by renaming these files in /system/etc/firmware/

tzwidevine.b00 -> tzwidevine.b00.bak
tzwidevine.b01 -> tzwidevine.b01.bak
tzwidevine.b02 -> tzwidevine.b02.bak
tzwidevine.b03 -> tzwidevine.b03.bak
tzwidevine.mdt -> tzwidevine.mdt.bak
This works for KitKat (yes KK has that issue too, along with "There was a problem while playing... etc." error in YouTube), Lollipop and Concept ROMs.

 

[LaZiODROID]

The title pretty much says it all. I'm looking for a super stable ROM with good battery life. Which do I choose?

I have a short list of things I need:

• Lollipop or Marshmallow
• Debloated
• Good battery life
• Stable
• Bluetooth

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I really liked using AOSP ROMs on my old phones but they typically lacked decent battery life.

If you are going to try the SLIMM 3.1, do 2 things to maintain good daily battery life:

1) Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> Charging Optimization: This is ON by default - you may notice less battery daily. This feature tries to maintain better battery life over the long run (i.e. battery lasts for more years). You can turn this feature off.
2) Location: Only turn this on when it's needed. Some users (including myself) noticed Google Play Services was draining battery randomly while Location was on.

I can see that there is a new SLIMM 3.2 out - I don't know if it addresses either of these 2 issues. Good luck!

 

[Organized_Chaos]

[...] along with "There was a problem while playing... etc." error in YouTube), Lollipop and Concept ROMs.

I forgot about that one! That has gotten so bad I don't even try looking at Youtube videos from Reddit or even the app.

I will definitely try the concept ROM and this fix. Thanks!