My Dads nexus 7 - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

First. I hate doing this. I know there is no one best ROM for everyone. But I need a quick answers for tmr morning. But its not a open question. I am looking for a couple things
My 60yo dad wants me to root and put a new ROM on his device
1. Must be stable
2 perform at least as well as stock ROM. No beta or buggy roms
3. Does not need crazy options to customize.
4. Aosp browser, he needs flash for his stoner pot websites.
Have to have all of those
* cm looks like a contender because its over air updatable.
Anyways. You guys are smart and my dad is a bit of a technophobe. So keep that in mind, i have first gen n7 so I know nothing about this device.
Thank you for your charity an opinions!
He won't care about kernels or root apps. We just need to future proof it now and get flash working.
Thank you thank you thank you, please don't flame me. I know that everyone will have a different opinion on best ROM. But this is not a general best ROM question. Need an old man ROM.
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try out Minimus http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388599
and use the gapps from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
with this rom
very stable and no bells and whistles like roms with many addons

I would simply flash a Stock based ROM, custom kernel and remove some Bloatware, install an Adblocker I guess your Dad wouldn´t spend his time with some benchmarks ? I use a customized Stock based ROM myself and don´t miss any features since I use my tablet more productive :cyclops:
sadoway said:
First. I hate doing this. I know there is no one best ROM for everyone. But I need a quick answers for tmr morning. But its not a open question. I am looking for a couple things
My 60yo dad wants me to root and put a new ROM on his device
1. Must be stable
2 perform at least as well as stock ROM. No beta or buggy roms
3. Does not need crazy options to customize.
4. Aosp browser, he needs flash for his stoner pot websites.
Have to have all of those
* cm looks like a contender because its over air updatable.
Anyways. You guys are smart and my dad is a bit of a technophobe. So keep that in mind, i have first gen n7 so I know nothing about this device.
Thank you for your charity an opinions!
He won't care about kernels or root apps. We just need to future proof it now and get flash working.
Thank you thank you thank you, please don't flame me. I know that everyone will have a different opinion on best ROM. But this is not a general best ROM question. Need an old man ROM.
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Considering his interests, I really recommend keeping him on a stock ROM. Any other ROM will have irritation points I don't think you will want to deal with.
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rmm200 said:
Considering his interests, I really recommend keeping him on a stock ROM. Any other ROM will have irritation points I don't think you will want to deal with.
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CleanRom, duh.
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Okay. Thanks a lot you guys.
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Yes don't touch it.
My 7 is untouched like a virgin and work fine...
What u want more, make cookies or pizza with it.? Buy oven...
Enjoy your tablet... That s all!

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Total noob new

Hey, all, just wanted to say that I'm new to Android and have probably been on here during the Samsung Blackjack days.
Any who, I need to be pointed on the right direction. What is the best ROM to use right now (stable)? I really hate the T-Mobile bloatware and have already rooted my phone, using the required steps given by this site.
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Juggernut
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Saying which ROM is best is very subjective. I would recommend trying dewizzed, macnut, and juggernaut. Those in my opinion and in same order are the most stable. Try each one for a days and see which one out ultimately feel suits you best. Everybody likes something different so start flashing and testing.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
I use spotify with my phone, does it need a specific ROM or it just needs to be based off of Gingerbread or whatever?
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If you like the feel of the stock ROM, but want extra features and tweaks, go for Juggernaut. It is extremely fast, stable, and well developed overall.
And spotify should work.
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unlvmike said:
Saying which ROM is best is very subjective. I would recommend trying dewizzed, macnut, and juggernaut. Those in my opinion and in same order are the most stable. Try each one for a days and see which one out ultimately feel suits you best. Everybody likes something different so start flashing and testing.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
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Yea, I hear yea. What I meant to say is I want a stable ROM without the Tmobile bloatware and I want it to be faster than what is already loaded; a slimmed down version.
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chlehqls said:
If you like the feel of the stock ROM, but want extra features and tweaks, go for Juggernaut. It is extremely fast, stable, and well developed overall.
And spotify should work.
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I think that's what I will do. Thanks for the info all!
Also, just wanted to ask because I didn't do a backup of my original ROM, would I search for stock rom in this sub-forum?
dasAndressen said:
Also, just wanted to ask because I didn't do a backup of my original ROM, would I search for stock rom in this sub-forum?
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You would look in the development forum, there are quite a few ways to get back to stock.
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Can someone please point me in the right direction...I have Juggernaut, pretty effin sweet, I must say. I have Go Locker with the Honeycomb theme. How can I install different lock screens, and do they have to be compatible with the Honeycomb theme?
Mod, if this is in the wrong place, please move it accordingly.
Get the Tuesday rom... best, stable , fast newly updated rom
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dasAndressen said:
Can someone please point me in the right direction...I have Juggernaut, pretty effin sweet, I must say. I have Go Locker with the Honeycomb theme. How can I install different lock screens, and do they have to be compatible with the Honeycomb theme?
Mod, if this is in the wrong place, please move it accordingly.
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havent used jugs in awhile but i believe you have lockscreen options under rom manager..and on the market there are tons lock screen replacements. go locker, magic locker, those are 2 good ones out of many. once you have either those simply find what theme you like.

[Q] Ordered the galaxy nexus, what to expect?

Hey guys, just recently ordered the nexus last weekend, should be here sometime this week.
I'm coming from the G2x and from experiencing so many bugs on it with little to no support, I decided to get the nexus.
However I just had this question on my mind for awhile now..
What are the benefits of installing custom roms for the nexus?
I used to install custom roms to get rid of bloatware but since the nexus will come with stock android with no 3rd party apps, is it even necessary to flash a different rom?
Lastly, what type of awesomeness will I experience once I get the phone?
I've had my Nexus for a little over a week and I haven't rooted or installed any custom rooms. ICS is beautiful enough for me. I will probably root sometime down the line but for now I'll just keep enjoying stock.
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First of all: !!ALL QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A FORUM!! OR THEY WILL BE DELETED!
That out of the way, you should read. This exact same thread has been made ~12,000 times since this phone came out. The answer isn't specific to this phone either. The benefits/costs of rooting are pretty universal with Android devices, with the exception that a Nexus is trivially easy to root and return to stock if need be.
Whether or not you choose to flash a ROM or if you deem it "necessary" is up to you.
First of all ... . No negative Nancy's!!!!!! Help him out and don't be a jackass about it. The phone is great with or without roms. Just enjoy it! Congrats
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genethebean33 said:
First of all ... . No negative Nancy's!!!!!! Help him out and don't be a jackass about it. The phone is great with or without roms. Just enjoy it! Congrats
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Actually martonikaj is right, these threads are at least twice a day.
Search is free.
1. Benefits are tweaked out/optimized kernels and the ROMs are tweaked/optimized for speed and battery life. Some have extra options that the stock ICS does not offer.
2. The nexus does not have carrier ware/bloat/ overlays. Its the way Android was intended to be.
3. EPIC Awesomeness!
You'll experience sadness, tears, sorrow. Sorry.
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[Q] Which Rom!!!!!!!!

Hello, I need some opinion to flash a rom on my sisters verizon nexus. The nexus use to be mine however do to work i had to switch to att. Right now i have the one x running aokp 10-12 nighties 4.1.2 its running awesome, what i want to know is which rom is a good daily driver that doesn't have many bugs. I have read trough a couple of roms however there are so many, and she hates when i install a new rom, last time i mess with her phone was back in july. I just need a few suggestions on some great daily drivers.... thx in advance
Stock.
lol
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personally i would go for ParanoidAndroid 2.18 (very stable) with either stock kernel which it comes with or trinity stable kernel. set it up with PAPrefs to Tablet (mid) and send her on her way. :fingers-crossed:
jimmyco2008 said:
Stock.
lol
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ELL O ELL you catch on quick
good day.
ROM for your sister?
STOCK.
Good lord don't flash a custom ROM on someone else's phone. If they wanna flash their own phone after learning about it then that's fine, but don't do it for them. Leave that **** stock.
for sister - Stock.
for myself - PA
Don't flash anything for anyone. Until they actually understand this whole rooting and flashing. People brick their phone BECAUSE they don't know what they're doing. Hack, I don't even recommend you to root her phone. Tell her to learn how root works and risks at least.
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel
Flash All of them
but seriously almost all the roms are fantastic. I personally use aokp and im contemplating trying out minco, but each rom has its differences. Decide what features in a rom are important to you. look through the OP's of each rom and decide which fits your needs the best.
I agree with those above, dont flash a rom on some one elses phone cuz inevitably they will run into some issue and blame you for "breaking" their phone.
Another ROM thread? Really?
And btw, we are back at calling them "sisters", like 40 years ago?
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Who prefers to stay on STOCK?????

i'm curious if anyone here on XDA prefers being on stock. How come? You don't like roms? root? Just curious on what people that love to stay on stock.
Thanks.
This thread belongs in the Q&A forum, not the General forum. (Also, your '?' key seems to be stuck.)
Gary02468 your number lock seems to be stuck. Qt pie.
I am kinda in that boat
I just got my note2 and have since flashed recovery / and clean rom however I tend to like sticking stockish till I know the water temp so to speak. I tried to just do the root with out changing the counter but OTA's killed my root. Hence the twrp and clean rom...
I just cant win... heh.
rayoubi said:
i'm curious if anyone here on XDA prefers being on stock. How come? You don't like roms? root? Just curious on what people that love to stay on stock.
Thanks.
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I love being on stock dont get me wrong I love the clean roms and root access but since I am coming as a long term iPhone user stock feels amazing and very open to be able to do so much personalizing to the device without having to get into roms is great but I do hate the boatware lol
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Nice to see an iphone user do the swap
I gotta say its awesome to see an iPhone user move on over.
I'm staying in stock to keep the slow motion video feature. And because CM 10's camera is really glitchy
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chris82o said:
I love being on stock dont get me wrong I love the clean roms and root access but since I am coming as a long term iPhone user stock feels amazing and very open to be able to do so much personalizing to the device without having to get into roms is great but I do hate the boatware lol
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And it seems that there's no"." key on your iphone.
rayoubi said:
i'm curious if anyone here on XDA prefers being on stock. How come? You don't like roms? root? Just curious on what people that love to stay on stock.
Thanks.
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On many phones I have stayed on stock for stability and feature set. In many cases when you go to another rom (especially AOSP) you lose TW features, S-Pen, etc... and in many cases I find not everything is 100%
That said the Note II development is fantastic. Many of the TW based roms give you everything you get with stock, but with more. AOSP you lose the TW feature set but it is amazingly stable and fast with a whole lot of other features.
With my S3 I could not find a single rom that I did not have problems on, but with the Note II I have a harder time deciding WHICH rom to use :good:
chris82o said:
I love being on stock dont get me wrong I love the clean roms and root access but since I am coming as a long term iPhone user stock feels amazing and very open to be able to do so much personalizing to the device without having to get into roms is great but I do hate the boatware lol
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So then flash the stock international rom from miscom like a lot of us have.... Stock experience with No bs att bloat
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C.Flat said:
I'm staying in stock to keep the slow motion video feature. And because CM 10's camera is really glitchy
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I agree with this guy. Even with my acer liquid mt when I rooted it and used the leaked gingerbread rom for it, the camera (which i use a lot got messed up and would over expose the pictures to white messes of garbage) and I noticed that after switching back to the normal stock rom with root, the camera would screw the video with red green and blue lines...gross I know...
And plus, just like my old ipod touch 2g (which doesnt work cuz the battery is dead. big surprise CRapple) it looked as normal as it should, but behind the curtain, the device was screaming at me to stop, every little tweak, hack, or anything I could do to the device. (Except install android on it because the project cut off 2Gs)
So what im saying is, its more fun to screw with the stock app.
Dont like the boatware?
Download a root app uninstaller.
Dont like anything about most devices?
Someone else doesnt like it either, and theyre smarter than you and figured out how to change that.
Root all stock roms.
Maybe one day, they will have an option to come rooted and unlocked.
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For me 1st time I'm on stock. I like it and don't see a need for change I did root it. On my SGS the minute I go it I put a rom on it.
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I did until I discovered PA battery life. Been 5 hours of fair use, mostly as a media player, connected to data. Battery is still at 84%
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I hate stock as soon as another ROM handles all I want. I have a toddler. I need camera function. As soon as cm10 fixed it a week ago. I will never go back to stock again. Only 2 features I miss are page buddy and mhl. Page buddy probably can be modded in though
I love the new features they keep adding instead of stock. And I love a 150meg download instead of 700meg
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The lack of mhl in cm or aokp keep me on stock based roms
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The same day I purchased my Note 2, I had it rooted and has TWRP installed on it. Day 2 I was flashing roms. I guess I just really like to tinker with my phones, because where was nothing wrong with stock!
C.FLAT, "I'm staying in stock to keep the slow motion video feature. And because CM 10's camera is really glitchy"
If you are that concerned with the camera features working why not flash a ROM like Scrosler's CLEAN ROM ATT SE. It made from ATT base. Completely stock without the bloatware. Everything works perfectly and you are not at the mercy of your carrier to recieve OTA's instead your at Scroslers lol. But seriously, I would much rather get/wait for updates from a DEV here on XDA (Where I can talk directly to the DEV and or people in the thread also using the ROM) instead of waiting for carriers to take forever and you can't directly talk to the team of people who made the Official ROM . So for me if you want stock look and feel with no bloatware and is more customizable than actual stock I would go with a ROM based or made from complete stock base. Just my 2 cents
Slow motion on jedi
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stock miscom
skifreek said:
So then flash the stock international rom from miscom like a lot of us have.... Stock experience with No bs att bloat
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besides the excellent support miscom. Thanks miscom
I'm on stock cause I got no reason to be otherwise. Everything works as intended, and the so-called "bloatware" is in reality a complete non-issue.

Sick of trying out new ROMS

I love my nexus 5x, love the community, but would like to select a rom and would like to stay on that, so far i love Cynogen and love it, but i dont like this weekly updating, is there any way we can get a ROM wjhich is stable and can send up OTA. what are your thoughts!!
Ya, stock
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Umm, this is the kind of threads that you should never think of posting on XDA.. Why the hell did I get a Nexus phone if I'm not gonna flash a new ROM every 2 days? It's fun!
Exodus has built in updater it will notify you of update, download and install. It comes with rom
As well as many others read some threads dude, its all here!
Try Omni rom. It comes with delta updater which allows you to download only the updated part of the rom. Generally size of 10-20mb and is updated on nightly basis. And next time before posting research more and double check on the thread you are posting
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Silvers91 said:
Umm, this is the kind of threads that you should never think of posting on XDA.. Why the hell did I get a Nexus phone if I'm not gonna flash a new ROM every 2 days? It's fun!
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Because Nexus stock is best stock.
dryspuri said:
I love my nexus 5x, love the community, but would like to select a rom and would like to stay on that, so far i love Cynogen and love it, but i dont like this weekly updating, is there any way we can get a ROM wjhich is stable and can send up OTA. what are your thoughts!!
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My thoughts? Lock this idiot thread. Please.
dryspuri said:
I love my nexus 5x, love the community, but would like to select a rom and would like to stay on that, so far i love Cynogen and love it, but i dont like this weekly updating, is there any way we can get a ROM wjhich is stable and can send up OTA. what are your thoughts!!
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Why not just stick with stock? Its stable has monthly OTA updates and can still be rooted if you need to (ive seen no need personally).
Either that or just dont keep updating weekly, find a stable version and stick with it until a feature release comes along.
RusherDude said:
Because Nexus stock is best stock.
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It is.. But why stick with stock when you can try different things and features? It's the main reason I sold my Galaxy S6 edge and went for a 5x, because I got bored.
Silvers91 said:
It is.. But why stick with stock when you can try different things and features? It's the main reason I sold my Galaxy S6 edge and went for a 5x, because I got bored.
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I do try different things and features. Different Kernel, recoveries, root tweaks, Xposed, mods... all on stock.
And when I get bored, I MultiRom some other rom and then delete it. But Stock remains.
Just flashed resurrection remix. What a nice ROM. Just found my best ROM
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I'm coming from an N5, are there any roms at the moment that are similar to Cataclysm ROM from the N5? it's basically stock as far as I can understand, just a lot better performance / battery, and it has an options menu that lets you adjust extra various things.
forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-cataclysm-nexus-5-t2518660
dryspuri said:
Just flashed resurrection remix. What a nice ROM. Just found my best ROM
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Until next week..
Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P
[hfm] said:
Until next week..
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lmfao!!!!!!!!!
dryspuri said:
I love my nexus 5x, love the community, but would like to select a rom and would like to stay on that, so far i love Cynogen and love it, but i dont like this weekly updating, is there any way we can get a ROM wjhich is stable and can send up OTA. what are your thoughts!!
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Purenexus ROM with elementX kernel viper4android 240fpsCamera mod and treat the phone like gold and your set all you need
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This thread is like s train wreck. You hate to look but you can't help it.
paradoxiumwind said:
I'm coming from an N5, are there any roms at the moment that are similar to Cataclysm ROM from the N5? it's basically stock as far as I can understand, just a lot better performance / battery, and it has an options menu that lets you adjust extra various things.
forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-cataclysm-nexus-5-t2518660
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Xposed, Greenify, GravityBox, with Nova (I don't use it but it seems closest to Google Launcher with extra options), and open the UI Tuner menu.

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