I have used Pixel Experience ROM on my
Xiaomi Redmi 4X Santoni
for about 2 weeks mainly for daily use. I do not game on this phone. If you're
looking for gaming performance review, this is not it.
I flashed the rom using TWRP and used it for 2 weeks. Overall, I was happy
with this ROM. It was fast and simple. Transition and animation were smooth
and clean. I am a minimalist so Pixel Experience was beautiful in my
eyes.
However, there were 2 major problems I encountered.
First, Facebook app was very laggy. Scrolling was stuttery all
the time. This is not the normal stutter that even a high end android device
sometimes experiences, it was worst like you're playing games at 10fps. Other
apps like Twitter, Instagram or Whatsapp worked normally.
Second problem was screen rotation malfunctioning. Auto-rotation was
turned on but the screen was not able to turn landscape. Apps that use
fullscreen landscape mode by default or there is a button for fullscreen mode
such as Youtube would work fine however app like camera where you would need
to turn the phone for landscape will not function, from my experience.
Both problems happened on all 3 editions of Pixel Experience: Standard,
CAF and GO. Below are the 3 PE that I tried.
- PixelExperience_santoni-9.0-20190724
- PixelExperience_go_santoni-9.0-20190422
- PixelExperience_caf_santoni-9.0-20190607
Links:
Pixel Experience GO (From
Masedisugianto Dotcom
Youtube Channel)
UPDATE 24/8/2020
I reinstalled the exact same PE above and somehow the 2 problems did not happen this time. Everything was good and smooth.