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Hello everyone,
I've been only using iphone for last 3 years or so and I finally decided to switch over to android after big disappoint from the iPhone 4s release. Now that I have the Galaxy Nexus sitting in front of me, I have some questions that I would like to ask.
1)What is the best Custom Rom that's out there for Galaxy Nexus?
2)Is there a way to overclock the galaxy nexus?
3)Any tips and advices for someone who switched from iOS?
Thank you.
My tip would be to unlock it now and then use stock ICS for a while.
Highly agree with this post...it is an absolutely great phone so before messing with custom ROMs play with stock for a few weeks.
Yes it can be overclocked but that will impact battery life.
Also if you're familiar with the flashing process you might want to convert to yakju to ensure prompt ota updates. I was on yakjuux for months and it wasn't pushed to me but the moment I flashed yakju it came.
Bear in mind some users including myself experienced significant lag and a few bugs on the 4.0.2 image...reverted back to 4.0.1 and will likely wait till 4.0.3
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Hi there, firstly.. Welcome aboard!
I have been using Android full time, but there has always been an iphone around.
I would highly recommend Paul O'Brien over at MoDaCo as a supplier of some of the most stable and reliable Roms I have used, he currently has a 4.0.2 based rom with 4.0.3 parts and compatibility. Options in the 'kitchen' (if you sign up for the low cost Add Free membership) include overclock and undervolt kernels, the 'bake' procedure is smooth and reliable, the community as friendly and knowledgeable as here at the excellent XDA.
Enjoy the freedom and customisable nature of Android
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To go with the above, unlock the bootloader before setting the phone up as unlocking WILL wipe all data. Once unlocked, you can use it as normal and be able to back it up before flashing something new
I'd go with a pure 4.0.3 rom like bigxie and pair it with franco kernel. 4.0.3 has significant performance improvements over 4.0.1/4.0.2.
I'm unlocked and rooted.. waiting for official CM9 release, only then will i flash a new kernel along with the ROM.. but stock ISC is still new enough and really nice welcome to the community!
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Also buy titanium backup, its a rom flashers best friend
okay, so i was able to load up the android revolution HD rom on my phone. now is there a thread about overclocking? i would like to see how far i can push this phone.
anoose said:
okay, so i was able to load up the android revolution HD rom on my phone. now is there a thread about overclocking? i would like to see how far i can push this phone.
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For overclocking you first have to have a kernel that supports it which I think ARHD does but you also have to download an app, the best is set CPU which is free to xda users just google it and then in setcpu you just move the sliders to the desired clock speed, but be aware some phones can't handle higher clock speeds and will randomly shut off, if this happens the turn the speed down and also higher clock means more performance which means larger battery drain
cordell507 said:
For overclocking you first have to have a kernel that supports it which I think ARHD does but you also have to download an app, the best is set CPU which is free to xda users just google it and then in setcpu you just move the sliders to the desired clock speed, but be aware some phones can't handle higher clock speeds and will randomly shut off, if this happens the turn the speed down and also higher clock means more performance which means larger battery drain
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Okay, I will look into that. Thank you.
Also, is antivirus/spyware app necessary for Android? I didn't need one for my iPhone but I am not sure about GNEX
anoose said:
Okay, I will look into that. Thank you.
Also, is antivirus/spyware app necessary for Android? I didn't need one for my iPhone but I am not sure about GNEX
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as long as you don't downloaded pirated apps your good, thats really the only plave malware will be
Before anything root and buy Titanium Backup.. Best app for it.
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Before anything root and buy Titanium Backup.. Best app for it.
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Has anybody ever scored higher than this? I'm running liquid smooth and Franco.kernel overclocked to 1.5. Let me know if you've gotten higher.
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Has anybody ever scored higher than this? I'm running liquid smooth and Franco.kernel overclocked to 1.5. Let me know if you've gotten higher.
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Impressive...
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I've gotten over 4100 at 1.5 on Franco's kernel with linaro.
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dsass600 said:
Has anybody ever scored higher than this? I'm running liquid smooth and Franco.kernel overclocked to 1.5. Let me know if you've gotten higher.
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is this high enough? rascream-bionic rom with the trinity tnp1689 kernel..
These threads never end well...
harveydent said:
These threads never end well...
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ha! no
blackhand1001 said:
I've gotten over 4100 at 1.5 on Franco's kernel with linaro.
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What roms have linaro optimization?
my quadrant score is the best... its 2
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simms22 said:
is this high enough? rascream-bionic rom with the trinity tnp1689 kernel..
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Holy frick....
I want to run rascream but I need the awesome nav bar from akop or liquid. :/
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The i/o inflation on that does not translate to any real world performance. The One X and Prime would still smoke the GN even with that score because they has improvements in places you can SEE.
adrynalyne said:
The i/o inflation on that does not translate to any real world performance. The One X and Prime would still smoke the GN even with that score because they has improvements in places you can SEE.
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how about the memory score?
It is a nice improvement, but memory isn't our bottleneck.
If the bottleneck isn't addressed, it doesn't matter much really.
adrynalyne said:
The i/o inflation on that does not translate to any real world performance. The One X and Prime would still smoke the GN even with that score because they has improvements in places you can SEE.
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Exactly... but I want to know how he got his memory so high usually the Max is 3000 if even that.
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ÜBER™ said:
Exactly... but I want to know how he got his memory so high usually the Max is 3000 if even that.
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That might be Linaro doing that.
adrynalyne said:
That might be Linaro doing that.
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I have linaro and even with it... I still only get 2500 at most.
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ÜBER™ said:
Exactly... but I want to know how he got his memory so high usually the Max is 3000 if even that.
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That might be Linaro doing that.
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it is. thats the only place where i have seen improvements, the memory score in quadrant. all other benchmarks are just as expected at 1.689ghz. one thing about the linaro improvements that are not measurable is the smoothness that is added to the ui.
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I have linaro and even with it... I still only get 2500 at most.
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your linaro isnt implemented properly/fully.
Pretty sure this is the highest score you'll ever see.
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jonathan3579 said:
pretty sure this is the highest score you'll ever see.
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wow thats high! How?!?!
adrynalyne said:
The i/o inflation on that does not translate to any real world performance. The One X and Prime would still smoke the GN even with that score because they has improvements in places you can SEE.
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I disagree. IO is still very important. My favorite upgrade I have ever done to my desktop is an ssd.
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blackhand1001 said:
I disagree. IO is still very important. My favorite upgrade I have ever done to my desktop is an ssd.
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We have already moved past the point of i/o bottlenecks. So no, it does not make a difference.
In a desktop, the HDD is ALWAYS the biggest bottleneck, so naturally an SSD will be a gamechanger. I/O is not currently a bottlneck, so you don't see any performance increase. We do not have an issue with transfer speeds within the device itself.
On the Samsung Fascinate the bottleneck was i/o due to RFS. Converting to EXT4 was more than enough to remove the bottleneck. We are already on EXT4 so...
The real improvements to be seen are CPU and GPU improvements and to a lesser extent, memory improvements. Memory improvements are actually quite good, because they affect not only the ram, but the GPU as well.
Your device (whether tablet, phone, or computer) is only as fast as your slowest bottleneck.
Hello everyone,
I wanted to know what was for you the jelly bean's rom 4.1.1 faster and smoother for Gsm Galaxy Nexus.
I'm using the Bigxie Deox. with Triniy Kernel 384-1344 (I prefer it to the Franco's for the best colors but the Franco's performance is the best) and is very fast but if you know the fastest rom, the advice is welcome.
Maybe you can publish a benchmark with Antutu of your rom. (but with cpu clock speed 1.2ghz)
Thank you.
My Bench ( noop+interactive govern) is...
Your really asking what rom gets the highest benchmark scores aren't you? I also use the same rom as you currently with fancos kernel and I really can't imagine how anything on my phone could be smoother. Flashing another rom to get a 'faster' experience doesn't seem possible in my opinion so I'd personally say it's a pointless question (unless of course you just want a big benchmark number).
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RTContent said:
Your really asking what rom gets the highest benchmark scores aren't you? I also use the same rom as you currently with fancos kernel and I really can't imagine how anything on my phone could be smoother. Flashing another rom to get a 'faster' experience doesn't seem possible in my opinion so I'd personally say it's a pointless question (unless of course you just want a big benchmark number).
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Yes, i mean the rom gets the highest benchmark scores. I asked this question because I would be curious to know the benchmark scores of Euroskank by morphic and androidMe 1.1 rom.
can guys provide me with a link to the franco kernel jellybean please.......i was looking for the fastest gnex jellybean rom also.......thank you guys
benchmarks really matter. /sarcasm.
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can guys provide me with a link to the franco kernel jellybean please.......i was looking for the fastest gnex jellybean rom also.......thank you guys
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Just look on the download section of his thread it clearly had the jelly bean kernel link
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yeah thanks anyway....
Ok so I got the stock jelly bean bigxie_maguro_ota_jro03c 4.1.1.......with Franco kernel r223 512gpu....wow...this is pretty blazing fast....I wanted to see if it can get any faster..... wut else can I do to make it faster?....I'm going to over clock it next...
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Ok so I got the stock jelly bean bigxie_maguro_ota_jro03c 4.1.1.......with Franco kernel r223 512gpu....wow...this is pretty blazing fast....I wanted to see if it can get any faster..... wut else can I do to make it faster?....I'm going to over clock it next...
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use another ROM. bigxies rom is outdated whereas other ROMs have MORE optimizations.
Any specific rom that u can recommend?....
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I was thinking cyanogenmod 10 and found paranoid android ..which is based off cm10 ....in terms of speed,performance and buttery smoothness...which one would be faster?......I would love the speed....but the paranoid hybrid features are pretty cutting edge stuff....
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Just got paranoid android....its should have more performance tweaks than the stock jelly bean since its based on cm10 right?
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Hello, I'm dumping my most amazing phone ever (Dinc) that I've had since the day it came out because Verizon are greedy *******s, and I just ordered a Gnex GSM from the Google Play Store.
When it arrives, I was wondering what I can expect to achieve via an Overclock and have the system still perform rock solid.
Thanks!
subjective. different for everyone and depends on temp, usage, stability of app youre running etc etc. just bump 5% at a time until you crash then drop it down one notch
You also need to disable smart reflex to hit the higher clock speeds without random freezes or crashes. I am running the trinity kernel at 1520 MHz stable with mpu smart reflex disabled.
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i can't provide any input on overclocking because this phone performs so well without it that i haven't found a need to. plus, the battery life is bad enough.
Ruggerxpunk said:
Hello, I'm dumping my most amazing phone ever (Dinc) that I've had since the day it came out because Verizon are greedy *******s, and I just ordered a Gnex GSM from the Google Play Store.
When it arrives, I was wondering what I can expect to achieve via an Overclock and have the system still perform rock solid.
Thanks!
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really, its different for every phone. I run 1.804ghz(trinity) stable after a little voltage adjustment. and you would have to turn off smart reflex for that. you will have t read up about smart reflex.
As said above it varies. Fastest I ran that was stable (at least for me) was 1.9 GHz (Franco Kernel) but there wasn't much benefit. I'm currently on Trinity at 1.4 GHz. Trinity on 1.7 GHz crashes for me.
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I can get 1500 MHz on faux kernel, 1800 crashes me
Out of interest for you guys on 1.8/1.9Ghz, what do you have yours so high for? Games? Just interested as I actually have mine UNDERCLOCKED to 1096 and have no 'real world' use for anymore. Mind you, I'm not a big gamer so I wouldn't know how the nexus really handles 3d gaming.
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Out of interest for you guys on 1.8/1.9Ghz, what do you have yours so high for? Games? Just interested as I actually have mine UNDERCLOCKED to 1096 and have no 'real world' use for anymore. Mind you, I'm not a big gamer so I wouldn't know how the nexus really handles 3d gaming.
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Benchmarks.
I keep my nexus underclocked to 800mhz without any lag at all
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Out of interest for you guys on 1.8/1.9Ghz, what do you have yours so high for? Games? Just interested as I actually have mine UNDERCLOCKED to 1096 and have no 'real world' use for anymore. Mind you, I'm not a big gamer so I wouldn't know how the nexus really handles 3d gaming.
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Because I can. Because Android fills my daily fix of tinkering and tweaking.
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With Trinity kernel for JB, I'd guess that 1420MHz CPU / 384MHz GPU would be stable for most phones, and it gives you a good little boost in benchmarks, fwiw. That's about the highest you can run without having to remember to tweak other values. And you can knock it down to 1036 or 1190 MHz if you need to save battery. My phone tests ok with the 15xx/5xx MHz kernel, but there isn't much additional oomph in the benchmarks, so I just use the 1420. Also don't want to abuse my phone too much.
Well the faster CPU helps with n64 emulation some games need a bit more omph to play smooth
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Well the faster CPU helps with n64 emulation some games need a bit more omph to play smooth
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LOLWUT? My old epic 4G needed over clocking to play smooth this shouldn't.
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Gnex overclock
I have overclocked my Gnex to 1.6 with the glados kernel and using the glados control app it's very stable. I tried 1.8 but crashes but I would highly recommend glados very stable at 1.6 and runs a quadrant score in the 2800's
Ruggerxpunk said:
Hello, I'm dumping my most amazing phone ever (Dinc) that I've had since the day it came out because Verizon are greedy *******s, and I just ordered a Gnex GSM from the Google Play Store.
When it arrives, I was wondering what I can expect to achieve via an Overclock and have the system still perform rock solid.
Thanks!
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Congrats on dumping Verizon. They are the worst. I am happy to be rid of them. Trinity 1344 and Franco Milestone 5 have been the most stable for me. I currently am running Franco Milestone 5 at 1536, it's fast and stable. You gotta remember too that this phone is running Jelly Bean and a dual core which will be faster than your Dinc anyways.
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Because I can. Because Android fills my daily fix of tinkering and tweaking.
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That's exactly right because I can I'm currently overclocked at 1.72 on the glados kernel and all is well
Robshr said:
I have overclocked my Gnex to 1.6 with the glados kernel and using the glados control app it's very stable. I tried 1.8 but crashes but I would highly recommend glados very stable at 1.6 and runs a quadrant score in the 2800's
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Why'd you revive this thread lol
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You have to see the battery issue as well, if not to its will end quickly! In my opinion, use it in Stock is enough. But sometimes I get to put on 1.4Ghz CPU, and I reduce the voltages using the app franco kernel.
I was running Franco milestone 5 at 1536 nice and stable. I think I'm going to drop it back to stock-ish speeds and undervolt it a bit to save battery.
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Thanks for all the input everyone.
I guess my last question now would be, if I root and keep the Stock ROM, has anyone experimented overclocking the stock kernel?
And if I decided to install CWM, and keep the stock ROM, would Trinity or Franco work on that? Or would I have to install something like CM10 or AOKP to use those other Kernels.
I would rather just like to stay stock without CWM and overclock the stock kernel.
Hey Guys, just want a kinda confirmation, that it´s the "nexus´s" fault or the nfs´s that i got a "slowmotion-alltimemode"
i think i play the game with 0,6x of the normal speed.
i use franco kernel @1,2ghz, 512mhz Gpu.
so has the nexus not enough power or is it a bug by the game?
also tried oc @1,4ghz, still the same :/
Same here dude
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probably gnex does not have enough cpu power. game lags on gnex but runs buttery smooth on my s3 and one x
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I've got the same problem on my GNex, I think the game is not optimized for this device (sadly).
Works fine on stock.
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works perfectly smooth on stock 4.1.2
Lagged on me on bb6 sprint gnex. Did you guys bought the game or pirated it?
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mmh okay guys, so to play i need to go to stock aaargh xD mmh lets see, may be i'll try minco 4.2 based rom. it might work.
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installed stock aaaaand it works
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mmh okay guys, so to play i need to go to stock aaargh xD mmh lets see, may be i'll try minco 4.2 based rom. it might work.
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installed stock aaaaand it works
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hey bro i've got same issue with franco and vanir AOSP rom
the game runs like 20 fps at best.
is it really much smoother with stock ROM?
Royalfox said:
Lagged on me on bb6 sprint gnex. Did you guys bought the game or pirated it?
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buy. i think mentioning piracy is against the rules here
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The slowmotion is because of kernel 100 %,i have now aokp milestone 1 and with different kernel dosen't have slow motion,on build 1 was franco kernel.
Using franco512 kernel now with Performance and NFS works fine. I'm running XenonHD
Mine runs very smooth on stock
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bprawira said:
hey bro i've got same issue with franco and vanir AOSP rom
the game runs like 20 fps at best.
is it really much smoother with stock ROM?
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yes, it seems to be working normal, just installed via nexus toolkit stock rom (about 5minutes). it works well, but it don´t want to use stock hope with 4.2 roms it´s gonna work. if you´re gonna upgrade a rom and fullwiping anyway you can test it
Lags?
WTF?
Works like charm.No lags here.Its buttery smooth!
Running stock unrooted.
its not wirking in my byond b63 too....
it says "un authorized android phone"
I'm running liquid smooth 2.2 and it works fine
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