What's you rom and kernel combo?

[coco1476]

Would be interesting to see what people are using as their daily drivers. As I got my pixel 2xl not too long ago, I'm using latest havoc Is with Wahoo-ElixirKernel-V4.8. but will switch soon to something else

 

[MrMeeseeks]

Stock. My flash-a-holic days are behind me. Especially since SafetyNet and the cat and mouse game that brought.

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[siggey]

Me too...

 

[sharkie405]

Havoc and its kernel (Caseum, I believe) are what I stick with most, but I occasionally try out Colt OS and Bootleggers. Havoc has the most customizations hands down, although Colt is a close second in that regard. Colt does have a ton of built-in themeing options, which a lot of people like, but I always use the default light theme, so that's not a reason to stay on Colt for me personally. Bootleggers feels like Havoc but missing enough of the options that I like that it becomes annoying over time.

Currently, I'm running Bootleggers and Kirisakura kernel. I'm trying out Bootleggers again because people claim it's got better battery life than Havoc, although last night my phone lost 9% battery overnight, which is more than I ever lost with Havoc and Caseum. I did just flash Bootleggers and Kirisakura yesterday, so maybe they need time to "settle" in as they say. We'll see.

As far as kernels go, I don't ever make adjustments to them, so I run them with their default values. Honestly, running them as they are out of the box, I've never noticed any difference between kernels, stock or otherwise. I've never felt like I've gotten increased battery life, more smoothness , better RAM management, etc. from one kernel over another. I'm sure they are difference in them, but in my day to day actual use, I can't tell a difference.

I too ran stock for the first year with my 2 XL, but after having ran the afore mentioned ROMs for the last few months now, I couldn't go back. Stock is far better than it used to be, but it's still missing a lot. I'd end up having to flash 5 or 6 different mods to get what I wanted. That can get messy and confusing especially where two mods conflict with one another in some way. These custom ROMs have all those mods and so much more built in, so it's just easier.

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[glserr]

Havoc and elemental kernel

Havoc and its kernel (Caseum, I believe) are what I stick with most, but I occasionally try out Colt OS and Bootleggers. Havoc has the most customizations hands down, although Colt is a close second in that regard. Colt does have a ton of built-in themeing options, which a lot of people like, but I always use the default light theme, so that's not a reason to stay on Colt for me personally. Bootleggers feels like Havoc but missing enough of the options that I like that it becomes annoying over time.

Currently, I'm running Bootleggers and Kirisakura kernel. I'm trying out Bootleggers again because people claim it's got better battery life than Havoc, although last night my phone lost 9% battery overnight, which is more than I ever lost with Havoc and Caseum. I did just flash Bootleggers and Kirisakura yesterday, so maybe they need time to "settle" in as they say. We'll see.

As far as kernels go, I don't ever make adjustments to them, so I run them with their default values. Honestly, running them as they are out of the box, I've never noticed any difference between kernels, stock or otherwise. I've never felt like I've gotten increased battery life, more smoothness , better RAM management, etc. from one kernel over another. I'm sure they are difference in them, but in my day to day actual use, I can't tell a difference.

I too ran stock for the first year with my 2 XL, but after having ran the afore mentioned ROMs for the last few months now, I couldn't go back. Stock is far better than it used to be, but it's still missing a lot. I'd end up having to flash 5 or 6 different mods to get what I wanted. That can get messy and confusing especially where two mods conflict with one another in some way. These custom ROMs have all those mods and so much more built in, so it's just easier.

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[Prattham]

PixelDust and Sultan kernel

 

[blaaaazedup]

For those of you running havoc, what's your battery life like. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong but my battery drains like mad. I can't make it through half a day of work as opposed to stock that will still be over 50% late in the evening long after i leave work. This is with battery saver enabled
AND powersave through kernel manager enabled as well. II don't browse 0or use my phone during work much. All 8 use is Bluetooth to listen to music.
There is also an issue with the screen taking forever to unlock. From fingerprint or just hitting the power button. The screen stays black for quite some time. I've even had moments where I've had to hold down power button and fully restart the phone because it was taking so long. Really inconvenient when your trying to answer a call.

Just wondering if those running havoc have encountered these issues or if it's just me. Love havoc. Used it on my OnePlus and I want to use it on my pixel but those two issues kill it for me. I've tried every single new update since release and I've asked in the havoc forum but haven't really gotten much input back. The couple things I did try still didn't resolve either of those issues. always have to revert back to stock.

Any tips?

 

[coco1476]

For those of you running havoc, what's your battery life like. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong but my battery drains like mad. I can't make it through half a day of work as opposed to stock that will still be over 50% late in the evening long after i leave work. This is with battery saver enabled
AND powersave through kernel manager enabled as well. II don't browse 0or use my phone during work much. All 8 use is Bluetooth to listen to music.
There is also an issue with the screen taking forever to unlock. From fingerprint or just hitting the power button. The screen stays black for quite some time. I've even had moments where I've had to hold down power button and fully restart the phone because it was taking so long. Really inconvenient when your trying to answer a call.

Just wondering if those running havoc have encountered these issues or if it's just me. Love havoc. Used it on my OnePlus and I want to use it on my pixel but those two issues kill it for me. I've tried every single new update since release and I've asked in the havoc forum but haven't really gotten much input back. The couple things I did try still didn't resolve either of those issues. always have to revert back to stock.

Any tips?

Sorry to hear about your experience with havoc, on my side havoc is giving me great battery life. I've been using my phone for about 2.5 hours and still at 75%. Did you check on your battery stats what's eating your battery? There maybe a APK that is running in background

 

[blaaaazedup]

Sorry to hear about your experience with havoc, on my side havoc is giving me great battery life. I've been using my phone for about 2.5 hours and still at 75%. Did you check on your battery stats what's eating your battery? There maybe a APK that is running in background

I flashed stock and didn't think to check that first. Battery is an issue bit nothing that plugging in my phone won't fix. The screen unlock issue is what killed it for me.

 

[GuestD0902]

Stock Pie + Elemental X 2.19. After trying several ROMs with mediocre results, I stuck with stock, added only Elemental to it.
IMO all these custom ROMs fails right after installing for different reasons, Havoc i.e.

 

[CyberpodS2]

Running Bootleggers plus Sultan with zero issues on Verizon.

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