best ROM for performance and smoothness - Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers

Hey everyone
I know it's not polite to compare ROMs
But can someone suggest me the best ROM for performance and smoothness?
I don't care about battery or features.
All I need is buttery smooth experience.

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AOSP based: Paranoid Android and Omnirom, MIUI based the xiaomi.eu rom
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Sjain11 said:
Hey everyone
I know it's not polite to compare ROMs
But can someone suggest me the best ROM for performance and smoothness?
I don't care about battery or features.
All I need is buttery smooth experience.
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AOSP CAF based Roms are most smooth
I am on paranoid android

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Nirav Tailor said:
AOSP CAF based Roms are most smooth
I am on paranoid android
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I understand AOSP.
but can you explain what's meant by CAF?

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CAF stands for the Code Aurora Forum. It's the place where Qualcomm releases source code for their phone processors. It's directly supported by Qualcomm and it's generally a more optimized branch for Snapdragon phones.
Now, there are two mainlines for Qualcomm chipsets. We have CAF, and we have AOSP.
CAF is what Qualcomm provides to all hardware vendors, as references and documentation on the chipset. Because of this, almost all non-Nexus devices are running HALs, kernels, etc from the CAF line.
AOSP is direct from Google. Google will take a fork from the CAF like, and add or retract features that they deem necessary, and then produce that for Nexus phones.
So, what this means is CAF ROMs will likely perform marginally better, but they are lacking features added by Google's AOSP line.

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HalogenOS
CAF based.
not sure about the bugs. Last build is 24/06.

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LineageOS is also AOSP + CAF based.
Paranoid Android is smoothest for me.

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Zile995 said:
LineageOS is also AOSP + CAF based.
Paranoid Android is smoothest for me.
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LOS merges CAF a lot slower than CAF dedicated ROMs (like HalogenOS)
LOS adds a lot more foreign code and hacks
If you want Pure CAF, Pure CAF speed, then a Non LOS CAF Rom is the way to go.

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Zile995 said:
LineageOS is also AOSP + CAF based.
Paranoid Android is smoothest for me.
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Correct me if wrong,
But I thought Lineage was the continuation of CM ROMs,an independent entity from AOSP Or CAF.

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Paranoid android, period.

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asusm930 said:
LOS merges CAF a lot slower than CAF dedicated ROMs (like HalogenOS)
LOS adds a lot more foreign code and hacks
If you want Pure CAF, Pure CAF speed, then a Non LOS CAF Rom is the way to go.
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Yes, but they still use some CAF based code in.
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Wow, how about Paranoid Android and Slim ROM?
Which is better? I haven't tried Paranoid Android, but I guess Slim ROM is worth a try. I've been using Slim ROM for a month now. But if Paranoid Android gives more buttery smooth experience, with stability and performance, guess I will try it?

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I'm running paranoid android and halogen OS side by side with velvet kernel (governor - blu_active, IO - maple) and both of them are running mighty smooth. Animations are off except for transition set at .75x-1x.
Though I recommended paranoid android earlier, in this setup halogen seems to be ahead. It seems more to do with the kernel settings than anything else.
Edit: battery consumption seems a tad faster in PA.

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zenjedi said:
I'm running paranoid android and halogen OS side by side with velvet kernel (governor - blu_active, IO - maple) and both of them are running mighty smooth. Animations are off except for transition set at .75x-1x.
Though I recommended paranoid android earlier, in this setup halogen seems to be ahead. It seems more to do with the kernel settings than anything else.
Edit: battery consumption seems a tad faster in PA.
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Where do I find the Velvet Kernel?

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Hirs_E_Fruit said:
Where do I find the Velvet Kernel?
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=187565

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zenjedi said:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=187565
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Can you please share the thread link?
I can't find it.

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Sjain11 said:
Can you please share the thread link?
I can't find it.
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There is no thread for it.

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Ок.
I find that the AOSP rom are mo buggy for me.
I like the future for lineage to change color profile.
I miss this in all other rom.
Halogen rom was my first rom that i try.
Its extremly fast but lack of a loot of futures.
So far i try ACIP - little laggy
AOSP Extended - buggy for me (keyboard, viber bug).
Legend - normal performance good battery life.
Halogen - really fast and stable rom no futures.
And now o dont know what to doo.
Im really like the lineage color temp profile.
I like the Android Paranoid but no colof profile.
Dont know what to do.

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Sectorian said:
Ок.
I find that the AOSP rom are mo buggy for me.
I like the future for lineage to change color profile.
I miss this in all other rom.
Halogen rom was my first rom that i try.
Its extremly fast but lack of a loot of futures.
So far i try ACIP - little laggy
AOSP Extended - buggy for me (keyboard, viber bug).
Legend - normal performance good battery life.
Halogen - really fast and stable rom no futures.
And now o dont know what to doo.
Im really like the lineage color temp profile.
I like the Android Paranoid but no colof profile.
Dont know what to do.
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volte present in halogen os?

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Sjain11 said:
volte present in halogen os?
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Yes