Should I update?

[cell128]

I'm still running NCG haven't really had a need to update am I missing anything new? My android system has been killing my battery life the past month or 2. I'm thinking of flashing something new maybe it will fix it... anyone experience this drain? I don't know if there's a rogue app. I turn off all the sync and maps location stuff. Thanks ...what's a super stable rom to flash? I'm not a big fan of switching all the time anymore with this safestrap recovery and locked bootloader.

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[ludeawakening]

I'm still running NCG haven't really had a need to update am I missing anything new? My android system has been killing my battery life the past month or 2. I'm thinking of flashing something new maybe it will fix it... anyone experience this drain? I don't know if there's a rogue app. I turn off all the sync and maps location stuff. Thanks ...what's a super stable rom to flash? I'm not a big fan of switching all the time anymore with this safestrap recovery and locked bootloader.

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I would say if you want a really stable ROM, go with Alliance Build 2 which is NE9. It is stable and still offers a ton of custom options. I get great battery life with it as well. If you want to be completely up to date, I've used OptimalROM which is NI2. It seemed pretty stable. I haven't tried ACHERON ROM yet but it looks very good as well. I've said in many other threads that I see no advantage of NI2 over NE9 at the moment. It's really up to you in the end though.

 

[cell128]

Does KitKat really have better battery life as it's advertised? I just got a replacement gs5 today through squaretrade insurance and I'm shocked its still on stock NCG!

 

[ldeveraux]

Does KitKat really have better battery life as it's advertised? I just got a replacement gs5 today through squaretrade insurance and I'm shocked its still on stock NCG!

You realize that NCG is kitkat, right?

 

[cell128]

You realize that NCG is kitkat, right?

Lmao your right I haven't kept up on my android stuff lately. I thought 4.4.4 was KitKat and anything below was jellybean. Well I flashed optimalrom see how it goes for me.

 

[cell128]

One thing...I always use power saving mode and on 4.4.4 they added a stupid icon on the notification bar to let me know its turned on. Is there a way to get rid if that icon? Its bugging the hell out of me looks like a trash can

 

[ludeawakening]

One thing...I always use power saving mode and on 4.4.4 they added a stupid icon on the notification bar to let me know its turned on. Is there a way to get rid if that icon? Its bugging the hell out of me looks like a trash can

The best and easiest way I know of to get rid of it is to use Xposed and gravity box. It will let you disable specific notifications that you do not want. There isn't a built in function to disable the notification.

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[BigBot96]

am I missing anything new?

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The only new thing your be missing is VoLTE, or voice over LTE (HD voice). I say its worth it but takes some getting used to.