Hello guys! I want to ask. Can someone recommend me the best ROM for my Nexus 7 LTE? I was searching for the roms and kernels but I couldn't find which is the best for my tablet. I just want my Nexus to have a smooth and stable performance plus extended battery life. Btw my Nexus running Android 4.4.2
Thank you
maddanish said:
Hello guys! I want to ask. Can someone recommend me the best ROM for my Nexus 7 LTE? I was searching for the roms and kernels but I couldn't find which is the best for my tablet. I just want my Nexus to have a smooth and stable performance plus extended battery life. Btw my Nexus running Android 4.4.2
Thank you
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Ahh the best rom question :crying:
Simple : Which ever rom works for you is the best :angel:
anyway see what rom is offering and which features you're looking in a rom
Kernel : Unless you need specific reason for a custom kernel ,you can stick with stock kernels .
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Oh OK! If I need custom kernel for performance and extended battery life, what is the best kernel that you recommended for my Nexus 7 LTE Kit Kat 4.4.2?
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decisions decisions...
maddanish said:
Oh OK! If I need custom kernel for performance and extended battery life, what is the best kernel that you recommended for my Nexus 7 LTE Kit Kat 4.4.2?
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I won't get into which ROM is better or which kernel is best because that just starts ROM wars and no one wants that...
Here on XDA its not considered "polite" to start threads asking which ROM is best but i understand that you are concerned about your tablet, you spend a lot of money on it and you want to put a ROM on your tablet that will maximize performance and be safe for your tablet at the same time.
If you are looking for a good rom you can't go wrong with CyanogenMod or OmniROM. OmniRom has been working great on both of my Nexus 7 2013 tablets, DEB (LTE) and FLO (wifi only)
If you are looking for a custom kernel with good battery life you want to look into the ElementalX kernel. This kernels is great and it supports things like "usb fast charge" so you can charge your tablet faster, "undervolting" so that your battery lasts longer, and it supports "usb + otg host charging" so if you have an OTG cable with a Y-SPLIT you can charge your cable and at the same time have a flash drive connected to your tablet for an extended hard drive!
Many kernels don't support USB + OTG Host charging and i really love that feature about ElementalX.
Make sure you get the right kernel for your tablet which is nicknamed DEB (nexus 7 2013 LTE). You don't want to accidentally flash a kernel for the original Nexus 7 2012 tablet on your tablet!
Good luck brother...
-droidshadow
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Hello! In general terms the JB is better (on the batery side) than ICS right? On that basis, whats your opinion, about the combo ROM - KERNEL, that can handel the best batery life? I ask this because my work now keeps me away from a charge source for a long time...
I use CM 10 with included kernel.
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I use MINCO ROM, wonderful combination!! loving it. very good battery backup too!!!
Hi, I just flashed Codename Android 3.8 on my Gnex, and I'm just wondering which kernel is good for stability/battery? Thanks .
stock.
Unless your looking for a specific feature such as a governor or one with specific clock speeds, fast charge option. I would just leave the same one that it came with.
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Thanks for the input guys, I'll leave it as is. Loving the rom so far .
Hey there, I'm currently running the Cataclysm ROM on my Galaxy Nexus, and I'm super happy with it. But I was thinking of moving to CM 11 (not sure if official or unofficial).
How is it in terms of stability, bugs, speed, battery life, etc, compared to 4.3?
The 4.4.2 cm11 rom its very stable now, i recomend you to upgrade to KitKat now, works fine and fast, and so beauty
Sorry my english
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CM11 with ART is fantastic, but you'll have to make up your own mind on battery life.
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CM11 with ART is fantastic, but you'll have to make up your own mind on battery life.
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What do you mean? Is battery life worse on 4.4?
I highly recommend PlayfulGod's unofficial CM11 build. Battery life is great (almost 3 hours screen on time with undervolt and mpokang kernel) and it is stable enough to use as a daily driver. It has made my Galaxy Nexus faster than ever
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Culex316 said:
I highly recommend PlayfulGod's unofficial CM11 build. Battery life is great (almost 3 hours screen on time with undervolt and mpokang kernel) and it is stable enough to use as a daily driver. It has made my Galaxy Nexus faster than ever
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faster with dalvik ?
adrianbravom said:
The 4.4.2 cm11 rom its very stable now, i recomend you to upgrade to KitKat now, works fine and fast, and so beauty
Sorry my english
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Yes CM11 Rom is ROCK!! dude.... I also can install Modded Play Store from Chelpus without prob compare to others 4.4 ROM for my lovely Galaxy Nexus...
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What do you mean? Is battery life worse on 4.4?
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I'm curious about this too. I just flashed 4.4 Slimkat and battery life seemed to be worse, but I thought it was because I was playing more with it.
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I'm curious about this too. I just flashed 4.4 Slimkat and battery life seemed to be worse, but I thought it was because I was playing more with it.
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You pretty much nailed it on the head. The more you do the worse battery is. Its that simple. Battery life isnt the same for everyone since everyone uses their phones differently.
imho Android 4.4 is the best update since 4.0.
The new RAM management is awesome and makes my GNexus run like on the first day
CM11 is pretty stable, too.
It's too bad that many developers leaving the GNexus and move on, because I'm still missing some features (like HOLO, Active Display, ...)
And it's a shame that Google isn't updating the stock rom, because like I said, the GNexus is running way better with 4.4 than it was with 4.3.
I made a change to 4.4.2 CM11 and it is really awesome! Transition is very simple compared to HTC Sensation. It works great !
For those of you who switched, why'd you do it? Any difference in performance between cyanogenmod and straight stock?
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Anyone? I don't want to wipe all my data for no reason just to test.
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I haven't tried it myself, but you may do better to ask this in the thread specifically for CM, over in the Android Development forum.
I haven't tried it on my nexus 7, because I don't need to. The main reason I use CM on my other devices is to get the stock android experience. Which I obviously don't need to do on the nexus. There's a few cool tweaks on CM that I'd like to see ported over to stock android. But nothing I can't live without. I'd say if you're curious, give it a try. You can always go back to stock if you don't like it.
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Thanks for the replies. Yeah I run CM on my S3 and love the added features but I think I'll stick to stock.
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dmginc said:
Anyone? I don't want to wipe all my data for no reason just to test.
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You can always do a nandroid. In fact you SHOULD always do a nandroid. If you flash CM and don't like it, just restore your nandroid and you'll be back up and running.
That said, back in the day I used to flash a different ROM every week. You needed to in order to get the most out of your phone. Nowadays, hardware and software are plenty good as is so there really isn't any need for a custom ROM from the performance side of things. So it really comes down to what features you would want. For me, I keep everything stock and just use Xposed and a few modules and I have everything I need, and still have the benefit of being stock and not having to worry about any bugs or glitches. I have 3 Android devices- Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Moto X. All run stock Android (the Moto X is stock with just a few awesome add ons from Motorola), and all are set up with Xposed. I will likely never flash a custom ROM again. I know a lot of people share the same sentiment.
Just curious.. I don't see an Official CM 11 Nightlies thread anywhere for flo, but they exist.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=flo&type=nightly
Just got my Nexus 7, something I should be aware of?
To the person who started this thread...
If you want to have the best of both worlds by having your stock rom and CyanogenMod on your tablet as well then install MultiRom. This can be done very easily as long as your tablet is rooted. If your tablet is rooted just open up Google Play Store and then download "MultiRom Manager". MultiRom Manager I believe was developed by the same guy who created MultiRom.
With MultiRom you are able to install multiple ROM's on your tablet and never damage or touch your stock ROM. Also MultiRom lets you choose at boot time which ROM you want to boot. Your stock ROM will be labeled "internal" and each rom you add/flash will have a unique name. One piece of advice though, anytime you install a new ROM make sure you let it boot up at least one time before going on and flashing another ROM. If you don't let it boot up you could damage the ROM installation.
MultiRom is truly amazing you would be crazy not to install it or try it out.
Hope it helps.
-droidshadow
I switched because I needed support for a USB DAC and it does the trick. No other complaints.
I use stock ROM and GravityBox, feels pretty much the same as CM
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VaderSKN said:
I use stock ROM and GravityBox, feels pretty much the same as CM
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Same, you get almost the same benchmarks ( my stock 4.4.2 with some optimizations get 29500 ), less bugs, and the few features missing in the stock ROM can be found in GravityBox ) ! And obviously the OTA !
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azvlean said:
Same, you get almost the same benchmarks ( my stock 4.4.2 with some optimizations get 29500 ), less bugs, and the few features missing in the stock ROM can be found in GravityBox ) ! And obviously the OTA !
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How do you got 29500 Score? My highest score on stock 4.4.2 is + - 20500
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How do you got 29500 Score? My highest score on stock 4.4.2 is + - 20500
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I use the optimized dalvik and bionic libraries ( +4k ) and ElementalX kernel with CPU set to 1.998 GHz ( +/- 4,5 k ) !
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I use the optimized dalvik and bionic libraries ( +4k ) and ElementalX kernel with CPU set to 1.998 GHz ( +/- 4,5 k ) !
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I just flashed those optimized libraries.... and have same Kernel as you but running at 1.944GHz. My AnTuTu score just hit 30209!!! before the dalvik ad bionic libraries I maxed out at 25500.
After falling in love with my Nexus 5 y decided to buy a Nexus 7 2013 and I have to say stock ROM (KK) suck on the N7. I switched to Cyanogenmod 10.2.1 (4.3.1) and now it's incredibly fast en smooth. Based on your opinion and use, which is the best ROM for the N7?
Most people don't like "best rom posts", but I could recommend some.
Depending if you want speed or custom ability, there's a lot of different N7 Roms. Speed, I used cleanrom with elementalx kernel, works great. CM and PA and both good for customability.
You could also try out multirom to try out multiple Roms at once. I've never tried it, but heard its cool. Just make nandroid backups in cwm recovery so you can transfer data to each ROM.
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You can try and decide which one fit your needs.
Thank you and thread closed.