The Nexus 7 has so many ROMs it is almost overwhelming. I have tried so many, but at the end I end up un installing. Why? Because they do not update from Goo Manager app. You have to hunt down the updates every couple of days. Hell, sometimes the "developer" only makes a couple of versions then abandons the project.
I learned about the Android Original Development Section, those ROMs are more unique and are not just copies from each other. They can be more unstable though.
I want a Pure AOSP untouched, that is able to be updated from Goo Manager, pre rooted. Any recommendations?
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I want a Pure AOSP untouched, that is able to be updated from Goo Manager, pre rooted. Any recommendations?
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Pure AOSP untouched, is updated by GooGLE
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The Nexus 7 has so many ROMs it is almost overwhelming. I have tried so many, but at the end I end up un installing. Why? Because they do not update from Goo Manager app. You have to hunt down the updates every couple of days. Hell, sometimes the "developer" only makes a couple of versions then abandons the project.
I learned about the Android Original Development Section, those ROMs are more unique and are not just copies from each other. They can be more unstable though.
I want a Pure AOSP untouched, that is able to be updated from Goo Manager, pre rooted. Any recommendations?
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Hundreds? I count 15 ROMs for the Nexus 7 here on XDA, and that's both development section added together. One of them even states that it's a pure AOSP ROM. Being able to update on Goo Manager isn't going to be something you just run into as being common on all ROMs. At least right now. I currently have 3 active devices, and I flash constantly. I think I have come across one ROM between them all that had any association with Goo Manager. That should change as it gets more widely adopted.
This is just beginning, too. Go take a look at how many ROMs there are for a device like the EVO 4G. There is 64 pages of ROMs for that device. The Nexus 7 only has 3. You're in for a rough ride if you think there's already too many.
AOKP all the way!
They have been making some very nice roms and shortly they should have a Nexus 7.
There are a lot of crap ROMs out there. If it's not Cyanogenmod then I'm not installing it.
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There are a lot of crap ROMs out there. If it's not Cyanogenmod then I'm not installing it.
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I know! Some of them just change the boot animation and wallpaper and they call it a rom! Stop wasting our time.
This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745904
[ROM] KRAKD-7 by SoCal Devs █ July 1st 2012 █ v1.0
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Hundreds? Yeah mate, you need help with your math. Try going to the S2 or S3 section, then take a look at roms. Even then, why does it offend you? Just choose what you want and go with it. Some cater towards some peoples tastes and other roms, to other peoples. Isn't that the best part of having such an ecosystem?
Plus, the rom you just linked *could* be seen as fairly outdated now seeing as it was updated over a month ago.
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Hundreds? Yeah mate, you need help with your math. Try going to the S2 or S3 section, then take a look at roms. Even then, why does it offend you? Just choose what you want and go with it. Some cater towards some peoples tastes and other roms, to other peoples. Isn't that the best part of having such an ecosystem?
Plus, the rom you just linked *could* be seen as fairly outdated now seeing as it was updated over a month ago.
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Sorry mate, I was exaggerating.
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I know! Some of them just change the boot animation and wallpaper and they call it a rom! Stop wasting our time.
This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745904
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I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of XDA. It's a developer community. A lot of people are here to learn how to develop for Android. What you may see as waste of your time, could have been a pretty big deal to the person that cooked it. XDA isn't here to provide you with the most awesome ROM for your device. It's hear for learning and supporting developers. Who in most cases are nice enough to share their work with the public. If you don't like it, don't flash it. But don't start ragging on ROMs/devs because you aren't happy with what they did.
Best solution EVER. If you don't like what's there...grab some coffee and your reading glasses and learn how to make your own ROM that is exactly what you want it to be. Otherwise be grateful for the intelligent and amazing folks on here that give up their time and energy to provide you with free tools, ROMs, apps, hacks, and advice.
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Or you could, you know, just update it yourself. It's not like you don't know how to flash hundreds of roms.
Lol, my old galaxy ace had 500 ROMs and they were all based on the same CM7 and had one ICS theme or another.
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Ok..Sorry to be noobish guys..but i am looking forward to get my hands on a nexus 10 pretty soon, but the "Never" mentioned on the android development thread for nexus 10 made me uneasy.. is it just that the device hasnt lainched yet so its that way or there will never be any development?
I would expect a bit development. Personally I've been waiting since the Nexus 7 launch for this device, and I can't be the only one.
No point in creating a ROM at this point though, no one can even test it. With it being pretty well priced for what you get, I'd be kind of suprised if at least a couple devs don't pick one up.
Patience..
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Ok..Sorry to be noobish guys..but i am looking forward to get my hands on a nexus 10 pretty soon, but the "Never" mentioned on the android development thread for nexus 10 made me uneasy.. is it just that the device hasnt lainched yet so its that way or there will never be any development?
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The "never" is just a default with this forum software, when there's been nothing posted, the date of the last post is "never". Don't sweat it.
It's a Nexus device with the expectation of full source being released, it's hot hot hot hardware, it's well priced and it will be selling world-wide.
There will tons of development for it, guaranteed.
There will be some super sweet customers roms, always is nothing the Nexus devices.
Me? I'm waiting on ParanoidAndroid.
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Not only with their be amazing ROM development but there will also be custom kernel development. I know Francisco Franco has said he will be developing his kernel for the Nexus 10 and his GNex kernel is amazing. Nexus devices are made for development, they are the easiest to work with and since this is WIFI there's no carrier involvement. Updates are straight from Google the day they are release and they usually update AOSP source just before or in conjunction with the release so custom ROMs will incorporate the changes before or right after the update drops.
Sit back and relax, development will take off Nov. 14th.
Nice to know that..shall have my hands on one soon.!
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Hi all, I am coming from the gs3, to be specific task650 AOKP ROM... I have been reading for days and have yet pin point a stable AOKP... If anyone has a great suggestions please let me know thanks. Jewell
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There are at least a half dozen builds in the dev section. This is a nexus. They are all stable. We have sources unlike your last device. Everything is compiled, not ported. Pick one.
There are plenty stable ROMs out there. Just look. Its basically a personal preference. Mine is Paranoid Android.
Oh and, ib4lock
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I am curious if the nexus 4 will ever see the likes of MIUI or Sense roms or something? Is that is a possibility? I like variety. I came from a G2 so I am used to having several different kinds of roms like this. I know that phone is old and it took me awhile to upgrade. Lol. Just curious.
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I am curious if the nexus 4 will ever see the likes of MIUI or Sense roms or something? Is that is a possibility? I like variety. I came from a G2 so I am used to having several different kinds of roms like this. I know that phone is old and it took me awhile to upgrade. Lol. Just curious.
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Miui is impossible right now. The latest miui rom is 4.1.2 based and our firmwares are 4.2 based
Until miui team doesnt update their rom (miui5) to android 4.2 we are out.
Sense porting is incredibly difficult, since has practically nothing to do with aosp, touchwiz, etc...
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That's barely variety. Almost all ROMs there are cm based and cooked, the rest is leaked, outdated or mashed up, the number of actual/original contemporary ROMs is either zero or very small. I've got an s2, too and I've been in that scene long enough. Nexus is like day and night compared to a legacy ROM scene. The number of ROMs may appear smaller, but that's still the source of pretty much all the features you were enjoying, exception being miui and OEM skins.
What will happen eventually i guess, is that people will start theming roms to look like sense and other ui's.
My first Nexus and i do find rom scene a bit boring compared to OEMs. Although, I'm thoroughly enjoying stability of Nexus custom roms, and since my flashing addiction has gone downhill, I'm ok.
That's the great thing about the nexus being a developers device. If you want it then by all mean make it. Sense will never make it to a none HTC device fully due to needing the HTC framework and lib files which can't be ported. Same with touchwiz. As for MIUI don't even get me started with that lol.
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I am thinking about finally rooting and romming my I337.. Which should I do? Why/Why Not?
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No brain'er here, CM. Google is to bland, basic, and is sluggish to me.
The Ax says, my opinion only.
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No brain'er here, CM. Google is to bland, basic, and is sluggish to me.
The Ax says, my opinion only.
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I would say that opposite, cm has some nice features, but are not ready yet for an everyday phone with zero issues. Google edition is rock solid stable. Also some people, like myself, appreciate the barebones look of stock Android and don't want all the add-ons that come with cm
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I tried GE but missed CM features too much.
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I tried GE but missed CM features too much.
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Same. I tried GE for about 3 or 4 hour before reverting to a nandroid of my CM10.1 Hell I couldnt even turn off the Google Seach on the homescreen on it like I can with CM
IMHO Cm10.1 is very very stable now. Running it every day no issues at all for me.
When using GE, I didn't like not having the ability to change the quick settings pull-down options
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IMHO Cm10.1 is very very stable now. Running it every day no issues at all for me.
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I wholeheartedly agree. I had been rom hopping around all over the place, but have pretty much settled into CM.
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Thanks everyone... My buddy just got a true GE S4 and I am going to play with it but you have confirmed what I was thinking.
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Me personally I didnt like the CM roms. I think they are good just need a little more work to make them really shine. Now GE my phone ran amazing and had great battery life. If you like to customize heavily I think CM but if you want a phone that really shines on battery life GE.
The CM mods don't have the headphone microphone & audio working during phone calls.
I'm still contemplating which rom should I switch.. Which rooting method did you guys used?
My S4 is GT-i9505 (I9505XXUBMF8), I've read about Motochopper and CF method, which is safer and easier?
I used Casual 527b. It worked flawlessly.
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That is a good complete no brainer hahah. Cm10.1 is the same thing as GE
They are both aosp based hence look the same , act the same. However one has tons of features and one has almost no features. Cm10.1 really is better . And ... if you really like ge edition thqt much go download the sun beam live wallpaper and apply it on Cm10.1!!! Now it's google edition'd. Lol.
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I'm still contemplating which rom should I switch.. Which rooting method did you guys used?
My S4 is GT-i9505 (I9505XXUBMF8), I've read about Motochopper and CF method, which is safer and easier?
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I have an I337m, so the boot loader is unlocked, I used Odin to flash CWM, then used that to flash the superSU zip file
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Thanks for posting the question OP. I'm a big fan of CM and I wish it was a simple answer. It's rather complicated. I came from the Evita (HTC One X) over to GS4 and I was wondering whether the GE would outshine CM. Currently I'm on CM10.2 nightlies (just arrived) with a nandroid of KangaBean GE backed up on my phone.
Basically, if you're coming from TW stock, you may love GE unconditionally and love it's rock solid stability. However if you've gotten a taste of CM, you're going to look at GE as a bit bare boned when it comes to features. I think the CM devs are brilliant but you'll have to contend with a few bugs in the nightlies here and there but that's not to say CM isn't a daily driver. On this device, it absolutely is good to go. CM also has literally has an army of devs adding new security features and new apps to enrich the experience (Focal and hopefully in the near future, Chomecast). GE isn't doing that at all and you're really relying on a couple of devs teaming up and trying to add mods to enrich the experience.
Also regarding updates, the CM team is absolutely committed to keeping you on the bleeding edge. If you noticed, Android 4.3 dropped and the CM team SWARMED on it. The Github was a mess for a few weeks but they essentially ripped it all apart and put it back together in a very short period. Now they're on 4.3/CM10.2 nightlies for most devices. On the other hand, if you think just because you have a GE phone you're going to get the latest updates you're in for a rude awakening. It wasn't billed as a Nexus device so don't expect updates on that level. Hopefully GE updates drop earlier than the TW updates so the devs can get their hands on them for you but I'm not holding my breath on that one. To be honest, I think you're more likely to see the next version of Android come from CyanogenMod.
So you just have to pick your poison. I think I'm going to restore KangaBean today but I'll likely be back on CM before the day is over.
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First of all, did your phone already update to MF3? if so your only option is rooting at this point the Loki exploit was patched in MF3 and your likely SOL when it comes to custom roms, possibly permanently, bootloader workarounds or unlocks are tough and I haven't seen any signs of progress on that front around here on XDA
If you want a rom that is a stable excellent daily driver go with GPe rom, no issues or lag whatsoever.
If you want to be on the bleeding edge, use CM but it still has some pretty big bugs at this point, they don't even have a milestone release at this point I don't think, it's just nightlies. There will be issues
The few extra features aren't worth the bugs imho, I don't mess with CM until they get to a RC for my device, (occasionally I've give a milestone release a try) because the bugs bother me.
I'd rather have stability over features that I rarely use.
Most people on XDA tend to overlook a lot of small and sometimes big bugs with very early releases of AOSP roms like CM and AOKP
Casual was super easy and that's what I used to root, though I swapped out TWRP for clockwork recovery as it has auto-loki
Please detail these "big bugs".
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Please detail these "big bugs".
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Now when you were on CM did you ever make it to CM 11 M8 Build. I really enjoy that ROM on my s4 but I have better luck using Dan's 4.4.4 GPE ROM. its way more stable. I really want to love CM because I believe they have so much going for them but I have too many issues. Plus battery life is not amazing. No horrible but not amazing.
Looking at some other forums I noticed that OmniROM is a more used in nexus 5 or nexus 4 forums.. But actually something like multi windows would be awesomely great on our n7..
I've got the feeling that the development of n7 is quite dead..
Is this just a felling of mine?
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Looking at some other forums I noticed that OmniROM is a more used in nexus 5 or nexus 4 forums.. But actually something like multi windows would be awesomely great on our n7..
I've got the feeling that the development of n7 is quite dead..
Is this just a felling of mine?
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You will ALWAYS have more development in phone forums than tablet forums. More phones are sold than tabs, just the nature of supply/demand. You also have to have some patience. 4.4 was just released & the full source isn't even available yet. Nobody is going to continue developing 4.3, so you have to wait for 4.4 to start rolling & then stabilizing a build is priority over implementing features. That said, it is open source & you are free to build whatever suits your needs. I used to do just that, but I have a real job (just like many of the devs) as a mechanical engineer which takes priority over everything, along with my other obligations.
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You will ALWAYS have more development in phone forums than tablet forums. More phones are sold than tabs, just the nature of supply/demand. You also have to have some patience. 4.4 was just released & the full source isn't even available yet. Nobody is going to continue developing 4.3, so you have to wait for 4.4 to start rolling & then stabilizing a build is priority over implementing features. That said, it is open source & you are free to build whatever suits your needs. I used to do just that, but I have a real job (just like many of the devs) as a mechanical engineer which takes priority over everything, along with my other obligations.
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You are right with that, for sure..
But this is one of the reasons why I bought N7 instead of others..because I was pretty sure that I would have more support.. but honestly this is making me upset... T_T
I'm a flashcoholic.. I need to flash something for my tab as I do with my N4..
I just would like Multi-Windows and Pie honestly... I wish I was able to build my own..
..Anyway you are surely right saying that is because of the "numbers" of tabs compared to the "numbers" of smartphones..