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CM7

Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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Its CyanogenMod. Its a custom rom.
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Ramsport said:
Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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it stands for Cyanogenmod 7, it's an AOSP based ROM that has a lot of added features

Alcapone263 said:
it stands for Cyanogenmod 7, it's an AOSP based ROM that has a lot of added features
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Ramsport said:
Ok, I'm not really new to this forum but I have a question, what exactly is CM7? I see threads on it with people saying that they would rather use that than ics.
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Capone is right on the money. It's one of the most popular ROMs out there for any phone that dev teams can get it on. Lots of great features, nightlies with small tweaks released frequently, and just overall pure Android goodness.

I just flashed it today for the first time and, despite no fingerprint scanner, it's worth it.
With that said, I cannot figure out CM7 team's fascination with ADW launcher. Go Launcher Ex is a better and faster launcher imho.

lilhyper said:
I just flashed it today for the first time and, despite no fingerprint scanner, it's worth it.
With that said, I cannot figure out CM7 team's fascination with ADW launcher. Go Launcher Ex is a better and faster launcher imho.
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Maybe the team has some stake in the app. Might even be made by one of the devs. Personally I like ADW but you're right, there are better launchers out there.
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LifelessRaptor said:
Maybe the team has some stake in the app. Might even be made by one of the devs. Personally I like ADW but you're right, there are better launchers out there.
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It helps that ADW Launcher is open source and has never had to contend with (likely overblown) privacy concerns as has Go. I'm partial to Zeam Launcher myself; it's minimalist, perhaps to a fault, but it is snappy and perfect for low memory devices.

anzigo said:
It helps that ADW Launcher is open source and has never had to contend with (likely overblown) privacy concerns as has Go. I'm partial to Zeam Launcher myself; it's minimalist, perhaps to a fault, but it is snappy and perfect for low memory devices.
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Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?

Sir_Brizz said:
Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?
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Yeah, you could use Launcher2. But I was told it's memory hungry, and overall lacks many important features (like resizing widets)

Sir_Brizz said:
Out of curiosity, what do you mean about Go? I've been using Go for several months now, but when I put CM7 on I decided to give it a whirl. I've decided that Go is just a better launcher all around, but I haven't heard of any privacy concerns.
Also, is CM7 not allowed to just use the stock UI from Google?
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A while back, before I was really on the Android scene, there some some chatter about Go Launcher requiring internet permissions from Android and sending the phone's IMEI to their servers. I said "unfounded" because lots of apps do that, especially pay apps.

As if there weren't enough threads about it? Didn't u have to make an account to post here? Did u watch the video? Search function and Google are your friends. Good luck all, happy flashing.
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EVO 4G--JTG-ICS 4.0.3 or DECK-ICS 4.0.3

Been using ics-deck-evo-alpha5 for a little more then a week now and loving it. Also watching jaredthegreats thread (JTG-ICS-4.0.3-B2.0.zip) and curious if anyone knows what may be different? From what I found deck's is still alpha but JTG's is beta 2?

I prefer Decks. Trebuchet is the biggest handcuff as it throws errors constantly. Your options are Nova Launcher or Go Launcher. Both support ICS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE GoLauncher EX.

Agreed I also LOVE LOVE LOVE GoLauncher EX

anyway to just use the stock launcher with Deck? I remember it was included with one of the pre alphas and it worked great. (I don't mind not having the customizations so stock is fine with me)

Mattie Num Nums said:
I prefer Decks. Trebuchet is the biggest handcuff as it throws errors constantly. Your options are Nova Launcher or Go Launcher. Both support ICS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE GoLauncher EX.
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My build has nova.
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cesjr02 said:
anyway to just use the stock launcher with Deck? I remember it was included with one of the pre alphas and it worked great. (I don't mind not having the customizations so stock is fine with me)
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Not as easy on further developed roms, the stock launcher crashes a lot. So stock launcher will prob be available once the roms are more complete
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I'm using JTG beta 2, and I would say go with that. It is being actively worked on to get rid of kinks, and I find it runs really smooth after using the COD tweaks
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Sorry to be uninformed but what is "COD" tweaks?

evoer said:
Sorry to be uninformed but what is "COD" tweaks?
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http://vaelek.com/index.php/topic/1916-guide-car-o-dopes-supersonic-tweaking-guide-v102-120411/
It is a RAM manager that makes you phone much faster. It works with any ROM, try it out!

rocket999 said:
http://vaelek.com/index.php/topic/1916-guide-car-o-dopes-supersonic-tweaking-guide-v102-120411/
It is a RAM manager that makes you phone much faster. It works with any ROM, try it out!
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that worked great on icsmod, but i dont see a lick of difference on JTG 4.03 Beta 2.0

I'm using JTG beta 2, But I feel there's a lot of FC's on that. So I wish it more stable soon.

serqut said:
I'm using JTG beta 2, But I feel there's a lot of FC's on that. So I wish it more stable soon.
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Try the car-o-dope tweaks and report back if it stops some of the FC's. I know it's helped me out in the past with beta roms.
http://vaelek.com/index.php/topic/1916-guide-car-o-dopes-supersonic-tweaking-guide-v102-120411/

94tbird said:
that worked great on icsmod, but i dont see a lick of difference on JTG 4.03 Beta 2.0
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gonna quote myself here and admit the launcher was the problem on JTG. too damn slow. Once i switched to Go Ex, the rom became super snappy!

How does PreludeDrews compare to these?

I'm on Drew's and it works great for me. I've tried all three and for some reason Drew's has the fewest problems on my phone. I think you need to flash all three and see which one works best on your phone.

jaredstein21 said:
I'm on Drew's and it works great for me. I've tried all three and for some reason Drew's has the fewest problems on my phone. I think you need to flash all three and see which one works best on your phone.
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been running jared's b2 and now b2.5, and its really smooth and fast. only fc on b2 was m fault, i wasnt paying attention and selected a preset in dsp manager and i still have yet to see a fc on b2.5. absolutely loving it!

Try drews . Its the common base
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scottspa74 said:
Try drews . Its the common base
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Yeah...what is even the difference between them? Who are the real devs? I've flashed all three and they seem identical.

curious... where does one find drews rom? i remember it was on here for a while but then he got all mad and left to another site and i never quite found out which one...

[Q] Seriously...which one is Better?

Hey folks! My buddy just got the Galaxy Note and I was telling him about the awesome Developer custom firmware and mods...BUT then he told me, nothing beats the Official Firmware aka GingerBread with, in my opinion the Horrible TouchWiz UI. So I wanted to know your thoughts?
Am I wrong about TouchWiz being a bad representation of the Beauty of Android and not being Optimized for the Note...or am I biased?
All responses are welcome

Obviously it depends on what you prefer but i definitely prefer custom roms cause a) they usually are a lot smoother and b) they look better. And of course there's couple features you don't have on stock. Have a try?
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I love ICS to death, but the lack of toggles in the notification bar really put a damper on things. I would recommend a Custom ICS ROM like CM9, or the sorts. Just look through the threads to see which was has the least amount of problems, or suits you best.

omac_ranger said:
I love ICS to death, but the lack of toggles in the notification bar really put a damper on things. I would recommend a Custom ICS ROM like CM9, or the sorts. Just look through the threads to see which was has the least amount of problems, or suits you best.
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I've been using ics stunner 5.0 for a day now and there is a bunch of toggles to use and I think this is the best rom I have had on my note. Doesn't feel like having a beta rom at all
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Stunner works surprisingly well. I am using Alba jp6 atm. And it rock! No issues I can find.

offenberg said:
Stunner works surprisingly well. I am using Alba jp6 atm. And it rock! No issues I can find.
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I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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cs_allu said:
I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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you can use Apex with any ICS ROM.

cs_allu said:
I really like this apex launcher and I don't have any issues either. Is there some kind of launcher like this in alba?
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not by default. But just download it from play store

I like the ICS ,but im using GB because when i compare with both
I feel GB is more smooth then the ICS
But ICS is look nice then GB for me...

MrDSL said:
you can use Apex with any ICS ROM.
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Okay sounds rational never used any launchers than tw so didn't know. Which ics rom u people prefer btw?
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Oh this is NICE...A lot of Opinions I see, great! Keep em coming

My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.

Dragooon123 said:
My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.
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TOTALLY agree with you.
my perfect ROM is 100% AOSP experience(no more touchwiz please) with FULL S-Pen functionality.
this would be perfect.

I'm still on stock GB, as I have a custom ICS ROM on my tablet and don't see the new features as enough of a reason to void my warranty having played with it for a while - and I'd like to get premium suite when it comes out too.
I did like TW when I first got the Note, especially the list display of the apps menu, but having tried various launchers (inc. sPB shell) I keep ending up back with ADW Ex which I love the tweakability of. It takes a while to learn what the different settings do but you can get a great UI experience from it once you've got it set up just right. I think TW would be so much better if you could tweak it a bit more to your own preferences.
I probably will root my Note and install a lean, custom ROM once my year's warranty is up, just for the performance benefits and lack of bloatware, but for now I'm happy with GB.

Dragooon123 said:
My absolute ideal ROM would be a proper AOSP ROM(With fully optimized and compiled kernel) and Samsung's premium suite S-Note app. But for now I'm happy with AOSP CM9 ROM that I've been using as a daily diver.
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darkinners said:
TOTALLY agree with you.
my perfect ROM is 100% AOSP experience(no more touchwiz please) with FULL S-Pen functionality.
this would be perfect.
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+1 on pure ICS plus "S-pen premium suit applications"

AllAboutAndroids said:
Hey folks! My buddy just got the Galaxy Note and I was telling him about the awesome Developer custom firmware and mods...BUT then he told me, nothing beats the Official Firmware aka GingerBread with, in my opinion the Horrible TouchWiz UI. So I wanted to know your thoughts?
Am I wrong about TouchWiz being a bad representation of the Beauty of Android and not being Optimized for the Note...or am I biased?
All responses are welcome
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There's nothing wrong with touchwiz, imho. I personally prefer adwlauncher but I could live with touchwiz if I had to. To each their own.

Any reason to root?

For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,

Cor-master said:
For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,
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You seem to be confusing rooting with custom recovery/system/kernel. Rooting has many benefits giving you greater system access and root apps. I won't go into detail because a Google search can tell you more.
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Cor-master said:
For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,
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to make great even better.. why would you need a reason for that?

simms22 said:
to make great even better.. why would you need a reason for that?
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And to add to that sentiment... because we can
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Metallice said:
You seem to be confusing rooting with custom recovery/system/kernel. Rooting has many benefits giving you greater system access and root apps. I won't go into detail because a Google search can tell you more.
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But it all starts with root access and whatever means it takes to achieve that because if you don't have root access you can't modify anything!
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Any reason to ask this question in a new thread? You've already answered your own question.
I had the exact same feelings as you...after 7 Android devices, this is the first time I had no desire to unlock/root/flash my new toy.
Feeling that the N7 was set up beautifully, the ONLY reason I had to root was for the REAL TABLET UI. Using a custom launcher with rotate enabled is not true tablet mode. I figured I'd try it, since my N7 would be rooted eventually anyway.
So that's a good reason...true tablet mode.

Yeah I actually kind of like the hybrid mode, I kept bumping the virtual buttons with my fingers on the Flyer while I was typing or gaming.
But I just was curious as to why people were rooting, made the thread for suggestions more than anything lol
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jaycustom said:
Any reason to ask this question in a new thread? You've already answered your own question.
I had the exact same feelings as you...after 7 Android devices, this is the first time I had no desire to unlock/root/flash my new toy.
Feeling that the N7 was set up beautifully, the ONLY reason I had to root was for the REAL TABLET UI. Using a custom launcher with rotate enabled is not true tablet mode. I figured I'd try it, since my N7 would be rooted eventually anyway.
So that's a good reason...true tablet mode.
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also, if keeping the stock rom/launcher, you need root to edit the build.prop file so that you can have autorotate on the home screen.

Two apps... Titanium Backup and Stickmount.
Yeah, there are more, but these two root only apps are awesome.
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I am considering rooting for ps3 controller compatibility, does it work on the nexus?
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I am considering rooting for ps3 controller compatibility, does it work on the nexus?
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works great tried with dead trigger and gta3...
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Yeah my freaking flyer didn't work even rooted because of some stupid HTC specific Bluetooth standard, would be great for a super nes emulator
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I root my phone for apps like adfree, so you can't see adds on apps and this is epic.
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[Q] Why does everyone use Paranoid?

So i've hesitated on rooting for a while now, but i finally did today. Now i'm looking for some good roms to flash, and i notice that a lot of N7 owners use PA. I want to know why? I tried CM10 and its pretty cool

Eh. I didn't like it. I had to RMA my tablet because the touchscreen was bein' cray.
But the interface of the rom? 10 points. Amazing. So fluent... it is a hybrid ROM that let's you use the tablet in tablet ui. And switch between stock, tablet, and phablet. I loved it.
Tldr;I hated it. I loved it.
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dragid10 said:
So i've hesitated on rooting for a while now, but i finally did today. Now i'm looking for some good roms to flash, and i notice that a lot of N7 owners use PA. I want to know why? I tried CM10 and its pretty cool
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The best thing to do is read the op for the pa rom and note the features it lists. All roms have their features listed to help you decide. Also, read other users comments within the thread to see what they are saying. It is all there waiting for you to read.
And for future reference, questions belong in the Q&A sub forum, not general.
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rebel1699 said:
The best thing to do is read the op for the pa rom and note the features it lists. All roms have their features listed to help you decide. Also, read other users comments within the thread to see what they are saying. It is all there waiting for you to read.
Amd for future reference, questions belong in the Q&A sub forum, not general.
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Dang it, i knew there was a Q&A!

dragid10 said:
Dang it, i knew there was a Q&A!
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It happens. I just mention it to avoid the posting, mod closing, and having to re post in the right section run around. Saves time all around, lol.
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Probably better to ask in the Paranoid thread and get responses from actual users.

Tablet ui and stable

Tried it got massive force closes
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Tried it got massive force closes
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Did you do a factory, cache, and dalvik wipe prior to installation?

I agree. PA has never felt as stable for me as CM. And I find that I prefer my tablet in portrait mode now, so I don't care about hybrid apps (plus the mail ones like email work proudly now)
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I just tried it out and it was really unstable for something I would use everyday. I use SmoothROM and it is really stable. I put tablet UI and its perfect for my preference. It's all up on what people really want from their Nexus I guess.

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Probably better to ask in the Paranoid thread and get responses from actual users.
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Gotta disagree, as mods have gone on record stating that something such a that is outside of the scope of the Dev forum and against the rules. Replies in those threads are supposed to be limited to those relevant to development of the rom, such as bug reports. Asking a question of this nature in a Dev thread is only going to make it harder for folks to find relevant info in the thread.
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I've been running PA on my N7 for a while now. Had 2.54 (the last 'stable' release) on my old 16GB and it was great. When I broke that one I got the 32GB and the first thing I flashed was PA 2.99 beta. Now running the 14-01-2013 beta build and for me its flawless. I love tablet UI and the ability to change the layout of individual apps and to set DPI to 160. PA Colours let's you choose custom colours for Nav bar, buttons etc. Its smooth and stable. Its like another device entirely. I even bought their Preferences Pro app to support the project and I'm eagerly awaiting P.A. 3
Combined with M-Kernel a30 and Trickster Mod I'm running at 1.9Ghz Max CPU and 600mhz GPU.
Its beastly. NFS:MW flies! Lol
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So i actually tried PA, and besides the launcer FC it was nice. Though i did switch back to CM10.1

dragid10 said:
So i actually tried PA, and besides the launcer FC it was nice. Though i did switch back to CM10.1
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This is a known fault. Its easily sorted by installing a 3rd party launcher although I believe it is fixed in the new build (which I'm just about to flash)
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dragid10 said:
So i've hesitated on rooting for a while now, but i finally did today. Now i'm looking for some good roms to flash, and i notice that a lot of N7 owners use PA. I want to know why? I tried CM10 and its pretty cool
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a lot of n7 owners use rasbean jelly too

The launcher bug is just with the last beta release. I use Apex anyway. The new PIE navigation is pretty slick.
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Use PA on my galaxy nexus and n4. Great ROM, lots of innovation, just some cool dudes. I haven't rooted my n7 yet but thinking about it.
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? I like slimbean.
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Honestly i think i'd love to flash a PACman rom. Then i wouldn't have to go back and forth flashing PA, and CM10.1