Verizon Galaxy Nexus will be here tomorrow!!! - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

First time Samsung user coming from EVO 3D. What are your recommendations for ROM's and kernels? And is CWM favored over stock recovery? I guess i will try them all tomorrow. Thanks in advance

-CWM Is yes the best and most used recoveries. (Are there even other ones, lol?)
-I recommend AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) Milestone 3 or the latest nightly, you can find these in the Android development section of the GNex.
-For kernels, they all act differently for everyone. Some people are great with franco kernels, and trinity, and james bond, and leankernel, just gotta try them all really . For example I'm getting the same if not worse battery with franco, but I might try James Bond kernels, (they are great they seem.) But they are all good in terms of performance.
Good Luck on the new GNexus it's a hell of a phone

I use GummyNex, much more stable and closer to stock than AOKP. I'm also using Franco's 18.2 nightly and get excellent battery life (around 10 hours). Just try everything out there till you find what works for you.

Just make sure you go to the 'CDMA Galaxy Nexus Android Development' for your ROMs. I learned that the hard way...

where to buy GSM GN?

hello00 said:
where to buy GSM GN?
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Random... Why not look at one of the other 100 ongoing threads?
Look at Handtec, Expansys, NegriElectronics, eBay, Amazon...

try apex, it's very close to stock but also giving you lots of options to pay around with.

Smokeey said:
I use GummyNex, much more stable and closer to stock than AOKP. I'm also using Franco's 18.2 nightly and get excellent battery life (around 10 hours). Just try everything out there till you find what works for you.
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AOKP is extremely stable and offers a ton of options. Latest build is sick and allows you to remove the bottom softkeys in the power menu so you can use anything full screen and bring the buttons back with the power menu again...

welcome aboard! I just switched from Sprint and was rockin a epic Touch 4G (great phone) and have had this phone in my hand for a week now. Extremely easy to unlock, download and install the toolkit. It's a stickie in the develpment thread. the only mistake I made was not running the stock software for a few days to get a feel for it before flashing something new. I would flash a couple roms and see what they are about, then settle on one.

I'd also like to the recommend aokp which is a very stable rom. I use the stock kernel and don't really need any custom one .
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cvbcbcmv said:
if anyone is gonna recommend AOKP don't recommend this development section. That is often 2 nightlies before.
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eh, the download link goes directly to the AOKP site: http://forum.aokp.co/ which lists the latest build. People still talk about the latest nightly, the only thing that isnt updated quickly is the title of the thread

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Can someone recommend a rom for me to use on my gnex

I'm fairly new to android but went ahead and unlocked and stuff to install stock 4.0.2 ahead of my phone receiving the update. I'm growing frustrated with some lag and things here and there so I think its time I install a custom rom. I'm currently running stock 4.0.2 unlocked GSM version (yakju). Can anyone give me a good recommendation since there's so many to choose from?
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I recommend bigxie's rom!
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aokp + franco
^^ Yep. The AOKP ROM is the most stable for sure.
Aokp for sure, I can honestly say its better than cyanogenmod!
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Yep. The AOKP ROM is about as flawless as it gets. Even full stable CM7 ROMs on my previous phones were not as good as this. And the way Romanbb designed the settings toggles within the notification drop down is absolutely perfect, IMO.
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I recommend bigxie's rom!
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I'm currently using bigxie's rom and its really good - smooth and with great added features.
I might try the AOKP one though as it does seem to be favoured by quite a few people !
Its easy to flash the new roms so why not just flash one, try for a day , then flash another ? Everyone has their personal likes/dislikes anyway.......
The only way to truely know is to try them all yourself but for me after doing that I am stuck with AOKP and APEX kernel. Great match.
Only thing stopping me from using AOKP is the pink unicorn - NO THANKS!!
bigxie's ROM does it for me personally, but ultimately you have to try them for yourself.
Opinions are like arse holes - everyone has one!
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aokp + franco
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This is a great combo. I too was a little disheartened by the interface lag the gnex had on stock, but after I flashed this combo I was MUCH happier. My phone is so buterryyyyyy now and I love it.
GummyNex. AOKP has too many mods for me. I want as close to stock as possible but still have that customized feel.
[ROM][AOSP 4.0.3] Android Open Kang Project
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402341&page=139
A lot of UI options in the room. Like add remove and change order and color of the on screen white nav keys! For me this rom was a must have and I highly recommend it!
I'm using FOXHOUND. Only had my phone for 2 days now. I may try aokp as I have been hearing good things about it.
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For anyone having tried both CM9 KANG and AOKP...
Which one would you say is best and why? Enough difference between the two to bother changing?
EddyOS said:
Only thing stopping me from using AOKP is the pink unicorn - NO THANKS!!
bigxie's ROM does it for me personally, but ultimately you have to try them for yourself.
Opinions are like arse holes - everyone has one!
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lol Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the pink unicorn boot animation either, but it is easy to use custom boot animations.
I just copied the bootanimation.zip to /data/local
Again, for those of you happy using AOKP: I am trying to figure out whether to jump to the GNex yet. I am on an old HTC Incredible, but frankly, it gets the job done and I get better than 24 hours battery life yet. I remember the bad old days when my batt life sucked & I was always flashing new SW to make my phone work, and I don't feel like going back to that. I will be on the Verizon CDMA / LTE version. If I flash AOKP + Franco:
1. Will most of my apps run smoothly / not FCing all the time?
2. Will I be able to get 12-14 hours of light usage from the phone?
Not looking for guarantees, just your personal opinion if you're running this setup.
Thx in advance!
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Again, for those of you happy using AOKP: I am trying to figure out whether to jump to the GNex yet. I am on an old HTC Incredible, but frankly, it gets the job done and I get better than 24 hours battery life yet. I remember the bad old days when my batt life sucked & I was always flashing new SW to make my phone work, and I don't feel like going back to that. I will be on the Verizon CDMA / LTE version. If I flash AOKP + Franco:
1. Will most of my apps run smoothly / not FCing all the time?
2. Will I be able to get 12-14 hours of light usage from the phone?
Not looking for guarantees, just your personal opinion if you're running this setup.
Thx in advance!
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1) The only thing I ever got a FC on was when I was using LauncherPro Calendar widget. Now that I'm using the Nova launcher I don't remember seeing a force close.
2) 12-14 hours should be easily doable. With my current config I'm at ~ 79% in almost 6hrs with 1h10m screen on time.
AOKP definitely at the moment, smooth, more features than any thing else ive tried. Combined with Nova launcher there aint much it can't do.
Load a new boot image though LOL.
Definitely AOKP. I don't know about smoothness (I thought the Gnex was smooth already) but I absolutely love the added control. To be honest though, it was the notification toggles that got me (and admittedly cause me to root). The unicorn was a surprise, but a quick bootanimation flash was all that was necessary.
Curious about the franco kernel...
Why does everyone rag on the Unicorn ? Cause it's pink ?

Which ROM is best?

I have just ordered a GSM Galaxy Nexus and I am going to root and install a new ROM on it as soon as it arrives!
What is the best general ROM? That has above average battery but great performance!
Bob Fed
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the one that has all the features you want.
seriously, go read through the dev section at the roms listed and find one you want to try.
At the moment, everyone is swarming to AOKP because it is stable and feature-rich. Try it. I bet you won't leave it lol
aokp is awesome when it comes to features and it's relatively fast but the fastest, most stable, and best battery life so far goes to cm9 nightly with francos kernel. just a pleasure to use as an everyday driver
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I was going to try a few out I was just wondering is there was one that just stood out!
I'll probably try CM9 nightlies to start with and then probably try miui as I loved that ROM on my N1!
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CM9 + GLaDOS 1.28 kernel once you've tried it you will come back to it every time
Beets. Bears. Battlestar Galactica.
AOKP best by far...everything is customizable including the nav bar...you even get the weather on your lockscreen if you want. i recommend pairing it with franco kernel build133 with stock GPU....sooooooooooo smooth
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Beets. Bears. Battlestar Galactica.
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Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
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I've tried most of the ROM's and so far imho,
1. Foxhound (it's aokp, just better and no pink unicorn)
2. BAMF (it's stock, has a few glaring missing/standard things, but rock solid. I like it.)
3. AOKP (3 versions b27, milestone and b29 it was buggy, new features broke)
AOKP apparently is better but I haven't tried it and to be honest, I rather wait for Foxhound.
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At the moment, everyone is swarming to AOKP because it is stable and feature-rich. Try it. I bet you won't leave it lol
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I think it's simply because it's presented better on the forum and the fact it has thousands and thousands of posts. You should try foxhound, i bet you wont leave it. Wait for the next version though because it will probably have most if not all aokp features. (honestly, I thought AOKP rocked too and I do, but it's not the best in my opinion)
Aokp b31. You'll always go back to it.
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Aokp. Feature packed, not buggy.
Build 29 yes it had bugs. That's why it's called a build and not milestone. Bugs exist, the Aokp team fixes it almost immediately. No problem there.
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Liquidsmooth has a ton of features and a small footprint.
I have tried a bunch of roms, for my use and max battery life I always seem to find myself reflashing Foxhound 0.2.. It is AOKP but better for me.. I'm going to flash Fox 0.5 this morning and try it for the weekend. Fox just needs more themes for it..
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I've tried most of the ROM's and so far imho,
1. Foxhound (it's aokp, just better and no pink unicorn)
2. BAMF (it's stock, has a few glaring missing/standard things, but rock solid. I like it.)
3. AOKP (3 versions b27, milestone and b29 it was buggy, new features broke)
AOKP apparently is better but I haven't tried it and to be honest, I rather wait for Foxhound.
I think it's simply because it's presented better on the forum and the fact it has thousands and thousands of posts. You should try foxhound, i bet you wont leave it. Wait for the next version though because it will probably have most if not all aokp features. (honestly, I thought AOKP rocked too and I do, but it's not the best in my opinion)
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Foxhound was my first Rom after rooting then I went to CNA and now I'm on AOKP and both CNA and AOKP are better than foxhound.
I only read feature this feature that yada yada... Im stock 4.0.4, buttery smooth, Rock solid stability, Rock solid reliable, godly battery life, and you can always use that Rock solid plataform and put in the top another launcher e.g Apex wich has lot of extra features, customization theres loads of widgets minimalistic text, etc etc... So I dont see the point on changing your Rock solid stock OS for some random mod OSs.. Thats my point of view.. Upgrade to 4.0.4 vía OTA then unlock bootloader and root and then your imagination and your pocket its your limit
EDIT: just in case you need to change your baseband to fit with your carrier if you are having some kind of signal lost or any other carrier related issue like i did, flash CWM so you can reflash easy, fast and safe all kind of basebands until you find the perfect 1 for you, in my case it was the xxkl1 cuz my Carrier was not working at all with the xxkk6 that came with my IMM76D 4.0.4 upgraded
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I personally think its AOKP. I'm running build31 which is gtn better I have the COBALT theme on it
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msedek said:
I only read feature this feature that yada yada... Im stock 4.0.4, buttery smooth, Rock solid stability, Rock solid reliable, godly battery life, and you can always use that Rock solid plataform and put in the top another launcher e.g Apex wich has lot of extra features, customization theres loads of widgets minimalistic text, etc etc... So I dont see the point on changing your Rock solid stock OS for some random mod OSs.. Thats my point of view.. Upgrade to 4.0.4 vía OTA then unlock bootloader and root and then your imagination and your pocket its your limit
EDIT: just in case you need to change your baseband to fit with your carrier if you are having some kind of signal lost or any other carrier related issue like i did, flash CWM so you can reflash easy, fast and safe all kind of basebands until you find the perfect 1 for you, in my case it was the xxkl1 cuz my Carrier was not working at all with the xxkk6 that came with my IMM76D 4.0.4 upgraded
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Don't use cwm to flash radios fast and easy. That is a fast and easy way to hard brick your phone. Use fastboot to flash base bands. If something is not right fastboot wont flash it.
zippity doo da.
No best,just better
I have tried many ROMS from the DEV section and must say FoxHound is the best ROM. It is based on AOKP so it has a lot of great customizable features for your phone.

Okay, what's next?

I promised myself I wouldn't mess with my phone in at least two months after purchase, but as always, I couldn't contain myself.
I have unlocked the bootloader, flashed yakju and updated it to 4.0.4, rooted through temp-booting insecure boot and installed clockworkmod touch recovery.
My next step is to flash a custom ROM and kernel, but of what reason? What do they have that the stock 4.0.4 don't? Also, does the GN have a "flash counter" like the Samsung S2?
I could spend an hour listing the advantages of flashing AOKP, how about backing up, flashing a handful for yourself and having a look?
I'd suggest starting with AOKP, it's one of the more popular ROMs for the Nexus.
Simple answer is, battery life. Custom ROM's will usually give you the most juice out off your battery.
GN does not have a flash counter
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I promised myself I wouldn't mess with my phone in at least two months after purchase, but as always, I couldn't contain myself.
I have unlocked the bootloader, flashed yakju and updated it to 4.0.4, rooted through temp-booting insecure boot and installed clockworkmod touch recovery.
My next step is to flash a custom ROM and kernel, but of what reason? What do they have that the stock 4.0.4 don't? Also, does the GN have a "flash counter" like the Samsung S2?
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Haha. I told myself a month and I made it about 9 days but that only because I found my laptop wasn't ready to flash. And best to test roms yourself for best experience. And roms them self usually don't give better battery but maybe some settings that are highly tuned to your usage might. I would think radios and kernels might benefit users better depending on the tweaks and how they interact with you and your rom. I am still running stock with a slightly modified stock kernel for uv'ing. I am researching bamf paradigm atm. Looking at details and user experiences and mention of any bugs that might affect me.
bow chicka wow wow.
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Haha. I told myself a month and I made it about 9 days but that only because I found my laptop wasn't ready to flash.
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I made it 20 minutes, because I had to stop at the grocery store on the way home after I bought my phone.
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Also, does the GN have a "flash counter" like the Samsung S2?
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No flash counter, but the USB jig you may have left over from your SGS2 will get you into fastboot mode if you're ever "soft bricked".
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No flash counter, but the USB jig you may have left over from your SGS2 will get you into fastboot mode if you're ever "soft bricked".
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Ok, good.
No, I don't have a USB jig nor a Samsung Galaxy S2. ^^
Just take a look at the Galaxy Nexus Development section... There's plenty of ROMs and kernels each with their pros and cons. AOKP allows for heavy modding so you could take a look at the rom thread. I still prefer CM9 for the smoothness it gives to my device!
What ROM and kernel are the best? I've been looking around and the general audience think "franco kernel" is the absolutely best, but what about the best ROM overall?
What differs AOKP from Milestone 4?
Which franco kernel is better of the nightlies or the milestone 2?
well if you dont have that many apps and widgets installed id say go for AOKP itll run smooth, give you great battery and all the customization it has makes it great
if youre one of those that has like 120 apps installed and 27 widgets id say go for CM9 or gummy
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What ROM and kernel are the best? I've been looking around and the general audience think "franco kernel" is the absolutely best
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Imoseyon's Lean Kernel is far superior in my opinion. It's got far, far, far more customization.
Aokp is the go to rom really.
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What ROM and kernel are the best? I've been looking around and the general audience think "franco kernel" is the absolutely best, but what about the best ROM overall?
What differs AOKP from Milestone 4?
Which franco kernel is better of the nightlies or the milestone 2?
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Milestone 4 IS aokp! Milestones are aokp's stable releases which should be bugfree, while builds (like build31, build32 etc.) are a sort of nightlies.
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Aokp/M4 has a lot of features, but it has some bugs and isn't the smoothest. Go with bamf paradigm
What ROM and kernel are recommended if I don't want nightlies/experimentals?

[Discussion]What ROM are you using and why?

This isn't really a question, but a discussion of what ROM you are using and why, that''s why I don't think this should be in the Q&A section.
I've tried a few ROMs, from LiquidSmooth to AOKP and I've tried a few kernels as well, from Glados to Franco and I've made up my mind.
I think AOKP is the best ROM right, and Milestone 5 being the best build of AOKP. It has a good battery life, awesome performance, and a massive amount of settings. I though about mentioning CM9 first, since it also has good battery speed and awesome performance, but it doesn't have all those features I need.
The best kernel to go with AOKP is undoubtedly Franco's kernel and his best build is the Milestone 3. I have tried Imoseyon's kernel, Trinity kernel and Galdos kernel and Franco's is still the best one. Also having Franco's kernel updater app makes everything even better!
Of course, this is all personal, which means this is what I think and you may have a mix that work better for you. I just though I'd share my input. Now, please share your input.
BAMF Paradigm or my own AOSP build. I don't mess with kernels much past what comes with rom (Not to say others shouldn't). I have been using imnut's pbj kernel the last few days, however.
Reasoning: Not so many tweaks that they end up conflicting with each other, time was taken to use proper signing keys, and the modifications are thoroughly tested before release.
I don't tell people what to use, as I let them make up their own mind. Just know I don't use anything I deem poor quality.
Got my nexus one week ago. flashed the most popular Roms here (but cm9) and was kinda disappointed. Coming from a galaxy s2 with roms full of bugs I expected the nexus roms to be stable because of the open nexus. But most of the roms been unstable and buggy for me too.
Now I found a good combination of Rom and kernel:
Bamf and glados kernel.
So far the most stable and battery saving combination for me. Using it since 24 hours and no FC or freezes so far. Think I'll stick with it.
Mods are cool too I just don't like the quick settings look in the notification bar and the not modable power menu. But I can live with that.
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Stock 4.0.4 IMM76I pure&simple:thumbup:
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pmcee said:
Got my nexus one week ago. flashed the most popular Roms here (but cm9) and was kinda disappointed. Coming from a galaxy s2 with roms full of bugs I expected the nexus roms to be stable because of the open nexus. But most of the roms been unstable and buggy for me too.
Now I found a good combination of Rom and kernel:
Bamf and glados kernel.
So far the most stable and battery saving combination for me. Using it since 24 hours and no FC or freezes so far. Think I'll stick with it.
Mods are cool too I just don't like the quick settings look in the notification bar and the not modable power menu. But I can live with that.
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The quick settings take a bit to grow on ya. I didn't care for them at first but find them essential now. This coming from someone who is part of the team
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The quick settings take a bit to grow on ya. I didn't care for them at first but find them essential now. This coming from someone who is part of the team
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It's gonna be real hard for me to adapt with another ROM other than AOKP, if I ever switch to some other ROM ^^
AOKP Milestone 5, but I'm switching to the Paranoid Android. Love the 'hybrid' tablet/phone mix
I'm currently running Liquidsmooth with Imoseyon's kernel. I was planning to try a lot more Roms and kernel combos than I currently have but been a bit too busy lately to test each one thoroughly. I'm happy with Liquidsmooth, it has very few issues and I'm getting 2 days battery life (minimum) with moderate usage.
Next time I get a decent chance I will try out a few more
Aokp franco.
Most of all other roms take features from aokp. Like liquid smooth who renamed rom control to liquid control
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Ditto, aokp m5, Franco m3....until somebody makes something better!
Sourcery and stock kernel I love the on the go customization without having to reboot and this from brings back great memories of my d1 since I ran it on their forever
for me, by me and I love you
Bugless Beast. Its just like the name says. Never had a single problem with it in 5 months.
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Miui v4 just because they rock!
Franco kernel and aokp here. Haven't upgraded to milestone 5 yet. What governors are you guys running?
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I'm using liquid smooth with the provided kernel. USB tethering isn't working but the lightweight and zippy feel of the from beats everything out there. I also have a nandriod of Paranoid Android, miui.us, Imm30b, and aokp just in case they improve enough to be worthy of a couple weeks on my phone. The aokp launcher IMHO hesitates too much.
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I tried almost everything we have for now and stick to Modaco ROM because it's the smoothest of all, other roms are greatly customisable like CM9 or AOKP but they all lag here and there and i can't stand it/ The battery life is almost similar in all roms and it depends more on kernel you've chosen. I'm fine with franco milestone3. However I don't use nightlies because every of them gave me a random reboot at least once.
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It's gonna be real hard for me to adapt with another ROM other than AOKP, if I ever switch to some other ROM ^^
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To each their own. I am not asking you to.
I have been rocking Bamf for the last few weeks. Really good with maybe 1 fc. Stock kernel wasn't giving me great battery so testing out Bond kernel right now. Getting slightly better battery results.
Have also tried Liquidsmooth, Modaco, and cm9. All pretty good but not as stable I find.
Have never tried Aokp. Crazy I know.
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To each their own. I am not asking you to.
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I know, but being the ROM freak I am, I'll probably end up flashing som other cool looking build
Right now, though, I'm satisfied with AOKP.
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I use the Modaco rom with Franco kernel m3. Modaco is running since 3 months and I can't complain about anything.
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What should be my first custom rom

Hi guys jus bought the galaxy nexus after a wonderful experience of galasy s .. plz suggest what should be my first rom on nexus..i like modifications.. i used slimics and teraslimics and sometime cynogen nightlies..
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Miui jb
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Codename android 3.3.0 jb 4.1.1 verzion gnex has sh1t tons of add ons and theme options
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AOKP Jelly Bean Build 1
http://aokp.co/index.php/releases/_/jellybean-build-1-r28
I suggest the official CM nightlies or Build 1 of AOKP JB.
Black bean
Like the others said,AOKP JellyBean Build 1
Is it necessary to flash bootloader and radio also when flashing a custom rom?
Basically thats the only thing holding me back now because im not sure.
I've already unlocked and rooted,just not ready yet for a custom rom :angel:
I'm new to the Gnex too, but spent two years trying to get an ancient Galaxy Spica 5700 to run CM7...
Got the Gnex about a week ago, and immediately started looking around here. I chose AndroidME CM10, because it looked good, and in the developement thread no one seemed to have problems, and they said the battery life was very good. I can't remember if it's GSM only though.... Anyway I'm very happy with it, no probs at all, and battery life is good. I see that generally in America all you guys who use Google Now and all that and have different network frequencies complain about battery life, but I don't really use the phone that much, and with this ROM I get a few days with minimal screen use. There are also two other ROMs by the same dev, a modded stock JB and an AOSP JB. I like the look of the new Codename android 3.3.1, but in the dev thread too many people have little problems, and after years of limited functionality on my old phone I just want something stable and nice, to relax for a while. At least until I get bored...
RE baseband, If you look around in the forum (General forum I think,) you'll find a page all about basebands and with packages to flash them all. On my GSM I had to change the baseband, because you can't use the original baseband with JB.
I dunno what modding the Galaxy S was like for you, but based on my past with my Spica I'm loving my first Nexus device, it's all so easy! Good Luck
Thats so easy!!!! Just go for CM10, then change to AOKP, then go all in Paranoid, then just flash Miui and be happy :highfive:
AndyGnex said:
Is it necessary to flash bootloader and radio also when flashing a custom rom?
Basically thats the only thing holding me back now because im not sure.
I've already unlocked and rooted,just not ready yet for a custom rom :angel:
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If you've already received the JB OTA, then the bootloader and radio are already up to date. You could always just flash a custom recovery and SU. I've been running rooted stock since I got my phone
Whatever you're first custom ROM is, BAMF Paradigm will be your last, because once you flash BAMF, you won't want/need to flash anything else
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Yup go MIUI JB it's the best,I run it with the james bond kernel
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ppog said:
I'm new to the Gnex too, but spent two years trying to get an ancient Galaxy Spica 5700 to run CM7...
Got the Gnex about a week ago, and immediately started looking around here. I chose AndroidME CM10, because it looked good, and in the developement thread no one seemed to have problems, and they said the battery life was very good. I can't remember if it's GSM only though.... Anyway I'm very happy with it, no probs at all, and battery life is good. I see that generally in America all you guys who use Google Now and all that and have different network frequencies complain about battery life, but I don't really use the phone that much, and with this ROM I get a few days with minimal screen use. There are also two other ROMs by the same dev, a modded stock JB and an AOSP JB. I like the look of the new Codename android 3.3.1, but in the dev thread too many people have little problems, and after years of limited functionality on my old phone I just want something stable and nice, to relax for a while. At least until I get bored...
RE baseband, If you look around in the forum (General forum I think,) you'll find a page all about basebands and with packages to flash them all. On my GSM I had to change the baseband, because you can't use the original baseband with JB.
I dunno what modding the Galaxy S was like for you, but based on my past with my Spica I'm loving my first Nexus device, it's all so easy! Good Luck
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Hey, I came from Spica too. That was so buggy and slow despite the attempts by various devs. Used it for 2 yrs. GNex is so much better.
Anyway for the OP. I wanted the stock experience initially. So i am on Android Revolution and stock kernel. Wifi reception is pretty poor. Many have reported that on different ROMS. Will have to try out different kernels or wait till google gives a fix. There are no other issues and battery life is good. But i am getting bored with stock. Might try Xenon HD.
Xenon is a great choice had it till the new MIUI came out. For kernels I have had the best battery life with james bond. Have not tried slim bean yet but I ran slim ics and it was great. I think the rom was only like 50 mb
Jellin' like a felon
Stock.
For the love of god, stop asking and start doing!
Aokp build 1.. so far good
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Im using MiNCO right now on my GNEX and its running great and so far its the most stable ROM I've tried. I've tried XenonHD and RASCARLO. I've only had my GNEX for about a week and I'm about to try BAMF
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Codename is packed with features from many of the other ROMS. Been running fine for me, with Franco kernel
of course the CM10 nightlies!!

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