Hello,
So I've been using this rom for about 2 weeks and I thought it was time to write a little review:
A bit about:
1. Installation
2. Performance.
3. Battery life
4. UI
5. Conclusion
1. The installation was a breeze. Very simple and fast. Flash stock firmware. Extract boot.img from base rom. Flash boot.img. Open clockworkmod: hard reset, wipe system, mount system, flash base rom. Reboot. Go back in clockworkmod and flash Aroma installer. I was done in 20 minutes.
2. Performance. Wow! Scary performances on this rom! Everything runs very smooth! Even on heavy use(80 apps installed) still at least 120 MB RAM left! And I say at least: most of the time there is even more RAM available. Games like Temple Run 2 and Subway Surfer, work amazing in comparison with stock(Temple Run 2 is lagfree, Subway Surfer tends to have minimal lags sometime, but is super playable, and you almost don't notice them). I have tested the stock ICS launcher, Xperia Z launcher and Apex launcher(my favorite third party launcher). They run incredibly smooth. Stock launcher and Apex worked also very good on the stock ROM, but the Xperia Z launcher had a lot of lags. But in XboosT I haven't really noticed one.
3. UI. The User Interface is something to get used to. Ice Cream Sandwich differs from Jellybean. I actually don't really like the darker look and the statusbar with yellow thingies and stuff. Meh. But I use Apex and with that you can create your own UI. I need to get used to the statusbar, that's all. Transitions, opening of apps go very smooth. Over all the UI is a great improvement over the stock one.
I also want to give my opinion about the font used: I actually don't really like it... Sorry, Xmoose
. But I've flashed the 4.3 Roboto font, see here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344259
4. Battery life. It's good, nothing more, nothing less. Compared with stock, I can pull out an hour more. I can easily use it a day.
5. Conclusion. This is an amazing ROM! It's faster than CM10 with Richies Kernel 0.4(or 0.6, am not sure....). Well, at least it feels faster. And that's what matters. It's amazing that Xmoose has made this amount of free RAM available. Incredible. Over all I will say: INSTALL! NOW!
Note: Hey, Xmoose, could you also release a fully transparent statusbar like in KitKat 4.4? I would like to see how it looks!
Cheers, and have a nice day!