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Best SENSE Rom?

I have always, and will always have a burning passion for sense based roms, i would like a as close to stock rom.. or maybe a how to make a rom to do little basic things from the stock rom, Basically i would really want sense rom, based on the newest OTA, No GPS pointless icon, no trackball unlock, everything works, kind of rom.. sadly im very picky, are there any roms that are like this? Thanks, and sorry lol
-Austin

Fergusonfox7 said:
I have always, and will always have a burning passion for sense based roms, i would like a as close to stock rom.. or maybe a how to make a rom to do little basic things from the stock rom, Basically i would really want sense rom, based on the newest OTA, No GPS pointless icon, no trackball unlock, everything works, kind of rom.. sadly im very picky, are there any roms that are like this? Thanks, and sorry lol
-Austin
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The best I could say are:
Stock+ v3.01 = clean, minor variations from stock, stable as an oak tree.
or if you're willing to deviate from stock look,
McSense v2.6 great rom with a little bit of interface mod, and super stable.
And of course I recommend using Tiny's Incredikernel 12/31. Good combo.

bukithd said:
The best I could say are:
Stock+ v3.01 = clean, minor variations from stock, stable as an oak tree.
or if you're willing to deviate from stock look,
McSense v2.6 great rom with a little bit of interface mod, and super stable.
And of course I recommend using Tiny's Incredikernel 12/31. Good combo.
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Both good options.
I think they both have trackpad wake or unlock but Ice Cream Sense 1.3 is a good option and I didn't see it in the feature list there.
Ice Cream Sense 1.3 - from 00McD00 - who has gone onto the Galaxy Nexus like I have:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359264

You can check out my new rom Touch of Blue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492720, its based off the latest ota, the gps crosshair is removed, it does not have trackpad wake/unlock, and as far as i can tell everything works.

cmlusco said:
You can check out my new rom Touch of Blue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492720, its based off the latest ota, the gps crosshair is removed, it does not have trackpad wake/unlock, and as far as i can tell everything works.
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Forgot about that one yet I saw it when scanning ROMs to give a suggestion. Looks very stock like from screenshots.

Thank you guys for the very fast replys, i went ahead with stock + the only problem im having right now is the sync icon is always showing up.. even after reboot without any data connected or anything..?
Acount sync ISN'T enabled.

Stock Jellybean > Custom rom: silly?

So I basically just flashed my yakjuxw build to yakju, to get my hands on Jellybean. The experience is more than awesome, buttery smooth and fast! Now, I wonder, what will (for example) AOKP bring to the table to make it 'even more' buttery and fast, etc? I'm not much of a tweaker, I just really wonder if there will be any SIGNIFICANT advantages over stock rom. It all seems a bit silly to me.

Every other Android phone I have had I've flashed all the ROMs available purely to try and have the stock experience or get to a new version of Android. I purchased the Galaxy Nexus so I would get all the updates when released and to enjoy the stock experience, I have no intention of installing custom ROMs on this device.
Cheers
Jason

aokp brings few options to try with not the speed. It's the user experience that get enhanced with custom roms.
Similarly cm10 aosp and stock custom Roms do the same but not as much as cm10 and aokp do natively.

atifsh said:
aokp brings few options to try with not the speed. It's the user experience that get enhanced with custom roms.
Similarly cm10 aosp and stock custom Roms do the same but not as much as cm10 and aokp do natively.
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So what you're saying is that it's mostly visual differences? I mean what are the key elements that AOKP/ CM10 provide?

gideonMorrison said:
So what you're saying is that it's mostly visual differences? I mean what are the key elements that AOKP/ CM10 provide?
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Watch a video or something. Aokp brings a lot of new features, such as customizable navbar, options to move your clock and change your battery icon and what not, weather and calendar on your lock screen. That's the type of things you'll see on a custom ROM.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Custom ROMs are more about extra features. At least when it comes to builds like Jelly Bean. I don't see Jelly Bean needing much in performance enhancements.
Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus

Aokp or cyan brings TONS of useful real world features. Its not just visual stuff or fluff. If you are asking then you aren't aware what these roms offer.
The problem is their JB versions don't have much added yet. So you'd have to flash their ICS version to see a fully loaded rom.

RogerPodacter said:
Aokp or cyan brings TONS of useful real world features. Its not just visual stuff or fluff. If you are asking then you aren't aware what these roms offer.
The problem is their JB versions don't have much added yet. So you'd have to flash their ICS version to see a fully loaded rom.
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Noted. It sounds interesting. It's just that it makes my head spin sometimes, all the possibilities I guess we have to wait until a good JB rom shows up. However, isn't it slightly annoying you have to reflash the whole time to get the newest builds etc? I just don't see myself doing that the whole time

I am getting a nexus Monday. Right now I have a note. I have been reading the last coupledays to try and catch up but maybe I have missed something. Isn't there already good jellybean roms out already? Like Paranoid Android?

gideonMorrison said:
Noted. It sounds interesting. It's just that it makes my head spin sometimes, all the possibilities I guess we have to wait until a good JB rom shows up. However, isn't it slightly annoying you have to reflash the whole time to get the newest builds etc? I just don't see myself doing that the whole time
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Alot of roms use Rom Manager or Goo Manager to host or link to their roms, with goo manager you can update most roms like an ota update when ever the dev updates the rom on Goo.im , same holds true with Rom Manager though i dont recall which website is used.
As far as both CyanogenMod and AOKP you can use these applications so that you dont have to search for the latest and greatest, just hit a button telling the application to check for updates and if there is one it applies it for you and phone updates nice and easy, of course you have to let the phone reboot to recovery and what not but the entire process becomes automated.

gideonMorrison said:
Noted. It sounds interesting. It's just that it makes my head spin sometimes, all the possibilities I guess we have to wait until a good JB rom shows up. However, isn't it slightly annoying you have to reflash the whole time to get the newest builds etc? I just don't see myself doing that the whole time
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No not at all. Before jelly bean, I just flashed a loaded aokp and ran it for months and months. No need to upgrade. Currently JB roms need to be merged but once they are finished just flash one and go live life using the extra functions. If you are looking for a hobby then yes flash each week.
And as mentioned, most of the time you can just flash the rom update just like an OTA and you don't lose anything. Its just like an official ota update.

what is the best rom for you?

hello everyone..im just a new gnex user here..i want to ask whats the best rom for you guys?

i try to keep my nexus as stock as possible…. i didn't even unlock the bootloader, i love pure google, although i experienced some bugs, for example my whole gallery was deleted from one day to another… all the pictures lost… this was under 4.1.2

joesalve said:
hello everyone..im just a new gnex user here..i want to ask whats the best rom for you guys?
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welcome to the forums and the nexus. Please for future reference, there are a lot of threads that have been closed due to asking what is the best rom.

Darunion said:
welcome to the forums and the nexus. Please for future reference, there are a lot of threads that have been closed due to asking what is the best rom.
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im newbie in here..thats why im asking you guys..

Welcome to the forums as well!
Right now I'm trying out AOKP (Build 5) after coming off of CM 10 (M2). Both AOKP and CM10 are pretty rock solid to me - I've never had any issues with either of them. CM10 have higher benchmark scores than AOKP did, but AOKP (to me) has a much better battery life and allows for far more customization (colors, lock screen, menu, toggles, etc). But even though AOKP doesn't score as high, I don't see any "real" performance hit... if any. I've never really trusted benchmarks on how well my phone will perform... I just like having high numbers to show off ;D
Overall, AOKP is doing wonders for me! Running that along side Air Kernel (with my beloved SmartAssV2 governor).
Here's my advice to you:
- Download a ROM you think you'll like; CM10 for example.
- Go into your custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) and flash it.
- Get it setup the way you want to (ie: Add your apps, settings, kernel, etc)
- Make a Nandroid backup (include boot.img to keep your kernel)
- Wipe everything afterwards and flash another ROM! (like AOKP, Codename, etc)
Just keep doing that until you think you know what ROM you wanna use. Then you can just restore that backup you made and you good to go! ^_^

joesalve said:
hello everyone..im just a new gnex user here..i want to ask whats the best rom for you guys?
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Rasbeanjelly + trinity kernel...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

-Codename android is close to stock with some of the goodies from AOKP and CM10
-AOKP
-Paranoid android if you like messing around with the DPI
Those were my top 3 roms. Feel free to browse and choose a rom in the dev section.
Good luck!

I like MIUI. I recommend downloading different ROMs and trying them out and seeing which one you like. Some are similar to stock but enhanced functionality others are like HTC Sense or TouchWiz with a very different look and feel.

Try a few out.
I personally like the stock experience. Being with Verizon (Toro), we don't get the latest updates 'til probably around 6 months after. In this case, I use BuglessBeast to get the latest with stock experience. Hope that helps!

Read through some ROM posts before flashing. Bugs can pop up in the best of them. I personally like Codename. Just depends on how much customization you want. I agree with the other posts about trying more than one. After all that's half the fun.

My personal favorite is Bamf + diet kernel. There is no bugs what so ever and it is very stock with the customization features that you want.

Xenon HD +Trinity kernel ftw.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

I'm running XenonHD form Oct24th. I have tried others and found this ROM working well for me. I did run the XenonHD from 9/29 prior to that. Apparently when I installed a version after 9/29, that one was not behaving well. So I went back to 9/29 until today.
Just finished the install a couple hours ago.
I find the battery life of the XenonHD rom to be very good (for what I do with the phone).
Surely there are many other great ROM's out there and the best ay to find YOUR Rom is to try a few.
Good luck and have fun with your GNex.
Jens

[Q] Quicksettings and other Tweaks in Sense 4+

Hey guys,
I tried several JB roms with Sense 4+ now and I loved all of them so far except for 1 thing:
Where have all the great tweaking options gone?
So my question for y'all is:
Is anyone working on a tweaking mod like the one from the Viper rom at the moment?
Or does anyone at least know how I can get my quicksettings back in Sense 4+?
I put my trust in the great XDA-community that someone is already working on this or has already done it :fingers-crossed:
Greetz fly out

drabbster said:
Hey guys,
I tried several JB roms with Sense 4+ now and I loved all of them so far except for 1 thing:
Where have all the great tweaking options gone?
So my question for y'all is:
Is anyone working on a tweaking mod like the one from the Viper rom at the moment?
Or does anyone at least know how I can get my quicksettings back in Sense 4+?
I put my trust in the great XDA-community that someone is already working on this or has already done it :fingers-crossed:
Greetz fly out
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There's no quick settings available for JB Sense ROMs yet. We must wait for the genius devs to figure it out.

Renovate 12 has quick settings doesn't it? Haven't tried myself though.

[Q] Which ROM

Hey guys,
I'm just wondering whats the best ROM out there? I would love to keep the swype like keyboard as I'm in love with it and I would like the ROM to be customizable and smooth.I'm running xeHD (4.2.1) its a bit too slow :/
Thanks your help is appreciated

If you want to try some stock flavour i can suggest you cataclysm, it's really close to stock for look and feel (and performance too) so it's really fast, plus it has some good feature (custom quick settings, block for unwated caller and so on). Give it a shot!

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If you want to try some stock flavour i can suggest you cataclysm, it's really close to stock for look and feel (and performance too) so it's really fast, plus it has some good feature (custom quick settings, block for unwated caller and so on). Give it a shot!
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Thanks! downloading it right now

There is no "best ROM." It's all about personal preference, so flash a few and play around until you find the best one for you.

sheldonsteen said:
There is no "best ROM." It's all about personal preference, so flash a few and play around until you find the best one for you.
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i know.. but i was hoping for some suggestions and where to start... im still checking out a few... i cant find anything thats for me.. :/

As mentioned, it's all about personal taste ... I tried most of the ROMs that are avaliable on 4.2.1 - those on XDA anyways, right now I'm sticking with the newest version of Blackbean - the reason is because I like black, and they have it! Tons of customisations + speed/performance, gonna stick with it as a daily driver for some time for sure! There are also other great ROMs out there, CM - AOKP - Atom - Cataclysm - JBSourcery - Paranoidandroid - Xylon and so on ... Pair it with a good kernel ( AK kernel, Lean Kernel, Franco ) and you'r good to go!