[Q] Safestrap/ Rom Questions

[hackweed]

Hello all,

Apologies if this seems like a really dumb question. I have been out of the rooting / rom'ing game for almost two years now. I miss the OG Droid days .

So I have an NC5 verizon S4 with the new towelroot, and I was thinking about flashing a google play edition rom. However it looks like my options are slim. From what I have read, my only option is a Safestrap compatible rom. If that's the case, I have some Safestrap questions regarding performance. From what I can tell, safestrap is almost a little like dual-booting a PC, and allows you to have multiple operating systems (ROMs in our case) on the same hard drive. Will having a GPE ROM on a device that still has the humongous stock rom and all of its crap slow down the new rom? In other words, I am interested in a GPE rom for speed and to have a fast and efficient system, and I fear that Safestrap will simply put more data and more megabytes on top what already exists.

I am probably way off with this assumption, and I am hoping someone can explain to me how this works before I make a decision I could possibly regret.

I am sick of touchwiz and all of its crap, and I am seeking a clean and fast GPE rom!

Thanks for all who reply!

 

[wtherrell]

Hello all,

Apologies if this seems like a really dumb question. I have been out of the rooting / rom'ing game for almost two years now. I miss the OG Droid days .

So I have an NC5 verizon S4 with the new towelroot, and I was thinking about flashing a google play edition rom. However it looks like my options are slim. From what I have read, my only option is a Safestrap compatible rom. If that's the case, I have some Safestrap questions regarding performance. From what I can tell, safestrap is almost a little like dual-booting a PC, and allows you to have multiple operating systems (ROMs in our case) on the same hard drive. Will having a GPE ROM on a device that still has the humongous stock rom and all of its crap slow down the new rom? In other words, I am interested in a GPE rom for speed and to have a fast and efficient system, and I fear that Safestrap will simply put more data and more megabytes on top what already exists.

I am probably way off with this assumption, and I am hoping someone can explain to me how this works before I make a decision I could possibly regret.

I am sick of touchwiz and all of its crap, and I am seeking a clean and fast GPE rom!

Thanks for all who reply!

I am on Hyperdrive 17.1 using Nova Prime launcher. Some Xposed framework mods. Hardly even recognizable as having TouchWiz as basis. As close to AOSP as you are likely to get unless the bootloader gets unlocked.