Have you flashed a Rom or stayed Stock? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am looking at the Rom's and am itching to flash one to go with the Matrix kernel but I don't know what to choose!
I was looking at "[ROM] Android Open Kang Project - MAKO - JBean 4.2" but never ran AOKP before so I'm unsure. Then Cyanogenmod has the nightlys out now so I could flash an official one from the website or go for KonstantineKeller"s "[ROM] CyanogenMod 10.1 Unofficial - Mako - JellyBean 4.2 [NOV/25/2012]"
Stock is treating me very well but I never ran stock in so long, I always ran Cyanogen or Viper rom on my Sensation!
I like the customization of the custom Roms but am worried about stability.
I am stuck in a swirling torrent of indecisiveness... help.

Waiting a week or two for more mature CM10.1 and CM10.1-based ROMs.
I do have my bootloader unlocked and CWM installed in preparation, though.

I've got my circle battery mod, and pretty soon I'll flash a kernel so I can undervolt a little. If someone comes up with way to use the volume button for music controls, I won't have any reason to flash a new rom. gotta love stock android.

I think I'm staying stock until a proper CM or AOKP rom goes out, I had a Galaxy S3 and the CM and AOKP overall experience is/was pretty bad because of the propietary drivers. So until N4 gets AOSP, no custom roms for me.
but tstock nexus 4 runs simply great, so at least for now, it's ok.

Trying to stay stock until a stable Paranoid Android ROM is out.
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jnewman1991 said:
Trying to stay stock until a stable Paranoid Android ROM is out.
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Running paranoid android for 2 days now. System has crashed twice but it instantly comes back. It is amazing though. You will not regret flashing it now.
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Yeah I'm still on stock too. Just came from the HTC One X running CM10 and really enjoying the smoothness of stock on the N4. Only things I miss are the music controls from volume rocker (skip forward/backwards) and the theme chooser.

raul90 said:
I think I'm staying stock until a proper CM or AOKP rom goes out, I had a Galaxy S3 and the CM and AOKP overall experience is/was pretty bad because of the propietary drivers. So until N4 gets AOSP, no custom roms for me.
but tstock nexus 4 runs simply great, so at least for now, it's ok.
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I'm with you too. This is the first time I haven't had the urge to root and flash from the get go. Android 4.2 really is great and I am only missing a few features from aokp. I will however root and flash as soon as we get stable aokp because I don't want to deal with bugs and instability issues on my sunny new device.
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I am going to stay stock until I make sure all is well with my device. Besides that I actually like it just as it is.
I will also wait until some ROMs are stable and as bug free as possible. I don't want to have my device not have the front-facing camera or Bluetooth not work properly. Or some other issue.
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I love Paranoid Android I have been using their rom ever since I had a gnex... and it's been running just fine on my N4!

Within an hour I was up and running with Paranoid Android. Such a simple device to unlock/root/flash etc especially with the tool kits. My first Android experience was with a HTC Legend where you needed to make gold cards and stuff. Wasn't complicated, just a lot of steps. Thankfully I moved to a HD2 which was a breeze to do most stuff.
With the N4 it was just download a program, install the press, load up the program, answer a question or two in relation to what build you have and the application updates. Press option #8 which does everything (unlock/root/flash) then about 5 minutes later you have everything done for you.

Cunning official CM10.1 nightlies. Quite stable, haven't had a problem as of yet.

Running CM10.1 Official. Works better than stock..

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Running CM10.1 Official. Works better than stock..
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Will you pass along the website?

Flashed paranoid android straight away. Its pretty stable for me. Not had any crashes or anything. Only problem is not all features have been added yet but that adds to the excitement for updates
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Bone stock here. These bricking threads are scaring me.
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Actually really loving stock. I just threw nova to customize it more.
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I completely stock at the moment. I'm very content with it. Hopefully there'll be a PACman ROM soon, I liked that on my Xperia Play.

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best rom for nexus 7?

just bought my nexus 7 would like to know what rom is best when it comes to battery life, quickness, and stability?? please help choose rom their are so many
mbrito41712 said:
just bought my nexus 7 would like to know what rom is best when it comes to battery life, quickness, and stability?? please help choose rom their are so many
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The new team BAMF wrong is sooooo buttery! Running very smooth and stable for me
Ive been using Paul Obriens Jr# ROMs. theyre just tweaked stock ROMs, but I have never had a single issue so far and with every release there are new features without any new bugs. which is always nice.
randroid123 said:
The new team BAMF wrong is sooooo buttery! Running very smooth and stable for me
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2nd'd
BAMF is my daily driver .. with Nova Launcher .. reeeeal smoove
Running skanky cm10 nightlies. Very stable, very happy
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BAMF is my daily driver .. with Nova Launcher .. reeeeal smoove
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How much smoother can it be than stock jb? Seems like people are getting placebo effects from custom roms, only benefit I see is removal of bloat, if there is any really.
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It ships with stock so run stock for a few weeks to establish a baseline for stability and speed before you go experimenting.
I would wait a couple months. Stock nexus 7 runs great. Just unlock and root it. After a couple months Roms will start to mature and you will also see which ones seem to be leading, me personally, I love to flash. But I, very happy with stock and nova launcher. There are some things I would like from full tablet ui. But every ROM is promising the world. Just waiting to see which ones take the lead.
So just wait for now. no rush, do you hate stock that much?
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Plus people are having some issues booting into recovery without a USB or adb
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Have tried just about all the popular ones out as of yet, favorite so far has to be TeamEOS' nightlies. Very stable, UI works great, launcher rotation, and has the ICS style status bar, which I prefer.
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I se quick boot - lets me soft boot into recovery - no messing around with USB cables
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Plus people are having some issues booting into recovery without a USB or adb
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I've been using the Pure AOSP rom, I used the stock for a couple of days and then switched, never looked back. There aren't a lot of differences between stock and the Pure AOSP, but the AOSP rom provides a cleaner starting point and the camera works by default.
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I'm currently running stock, I just rooted and unlocked so I'm set whenever the stable full roms start kicking in. No need to rush it, just stick with stock for now
SoHaunted said:
How much smoother can it be than stock jb? Seems like people are getting placebo effects from custom roms, only benefit I see is removal of bloat, if there is any really.
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I think you are right about that. Although I flash Roms on my galaxy note, I could not see the need on the nexus 7 because it runs better than any ROM I ever put on the note
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I keep trying new ones in hopes that it will somehow get even better, but keep returning to stock.
Nothing is as smooth.
Currently running stock, rooted, deodexed. With the tabletUI mod. Nova launcher. awesome.
I'm running BAMF Paradigm. It's absolutely an amazing blend of custom features that offer visual and performance related options to really make it your tablet, I'm very happy with it, I've run several others also. DEFINITELY recommend Motley's kernel, it's one of the things I love most about the nexus 7. Also Aaronpoweruser's (sp) cookies and cream rom ran really good for me.
Just go for a different kernel rather than ROM, I tried out Trinity today (only got the 7 yesterday) and I find its quite slick..
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lindenhurst said:
I think you are right about that. Although I flash Roms on my galaxy note, I could not see the need on the nexus 7 because it runs better than any ROM I ever put on the note
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How much smoother can it be than stock jb? Seems like people are getting placebo effects from custom roms, only benefit I see is removal of bloat, if there is any really.
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Hundred percent agree. I have Paranoid Android on there just for the Tablet UI changes. I have found that Kernel Improvements do help drastically.
plain old pure aosp. its clean and fast, with the trinity kernel at least
Jelly Bean Glazed V1.1.2
mbrito41712 said:
just bought my nexus 7 would like to know what rom is best when it comes to battery life, quickness, and stability?? please help choose rom their are so many
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I have only tried Jelly Bean Glazed V1.1.2 with motley kernel and I love it! Rock solid stability, amazing speed and great customization.
oscarinexus7 said:
I have only tried Jelly Bean Glazed V1.1.2 with motley kernel and I love it! Rock solid stability, amazing speed and great customization.
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I've also found that Glazed is the only ROM of the one's that I've tried so far that let's me use Amazon Instant Video from the Amazon web site.

Best ROM For Customization

There are a bunch of ROMs available for the nexus 7 ROM. Which is your favorite?
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There are a bunch of ROMs available for the nexus 7 ROM. Which is your favorite?
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There isn't a best ROM for anything. But my personal favorite is Paranoid Android. It gives you the option of tablet mode and lets you change DPI on the fly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800268
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Stock JB is the best way to go for now.
I tried every rom out there and nothing that offers more then stock JB and is stable w/o bugs at the moment
Superpopsss said:
Stock JB is the best way to go for now.
I tried every rom out there and nothing that offers more then stock JB and is stable w/o bugs at the moment
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Paranoid has never given me any bugs and runs super stable and smooth for me. Nothing against stock JB, but Paranoid blows it out of the water with options and it runs just as stable on my N7.
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I use Codename Android and it is the most customizable. I tried Paranoid Android and I hated it. I couldn't customize anything and I hate tablet UI.
If you like Paranoid Android but want the large amount of customization that Codename Android offers, you could also try this ROM, which is a combination of Paranoid and Codename. It looks awesome and I'm planning on flashing this soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885935
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There isn't a best rom. its all personal preference. Take some time and read the rom threads up and you will be the only one that knows what you consider to be the "best" for yourself.

[Q] Is anyone else having problems with Paranoid Android Rom?

So about 2 weeks ago, I flashed Paranoid Android on my Nexus 7. It's been working great, but it freezes a lot more, crashes and reboots the tablet. I don't know if it's the rom or what.
I flashed it for a day or so and had the same issue. I love PA, but it doesn't seem to be the smoothest on the N7.
More info such as which version would be helpful.
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More info such as which version would be helpful.
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I'm using PA 3.16 on Jellybean 4.2.2 JDQ39. Like I said, it's amazing and I love the rom (despite the fact that it takes away the lock rotation) and it's hybrid features, having the features that the Nexus 10 has is amazing, but it's so unstable. It'll be working and then it will freeze and it freezes way more than stock rom. I might go back to CM 10.1
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I flashed it for a day or so and had the same issue. I love PA, but it doesn't seem to be the smoothest on the N7.
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Yea, the only reason I haven't flashed it to CM 10.1 or SmoothRom v5 again, is because I love the hybrid features, especially on YT.
CaptainNexus said:
I'm using PA 3.16 on Jellybean 4.2.2 JDQ39. Like I said, it's amazing and I love the rom (despite the fact that it takes away the lock rotation) and it's hybrid features, having the features that the Nexus 10 has is amazing, but it's so unstable. It'll be working and then it will freeze and it freezes way more than stock rom. I might go back to CM 10.1
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In that case, the problem was, unfortunately, that you didn't read before flashing. That build was never intended to be a daily driver. It is an early alpha, meant only to test hybrid2.
Fortunately, you should be okay with just a dirty flash back to one of the "nightlies." Chalk it up as a lesson learned about the importance of reading up on a new version rather than blindly flashing just because goomanager says there's an update available.
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najaboy said:
In that case, the problem was, unfortunately, that you didn't read before flashing. That build was never intended to be a daily driver. It is an early alpha, meant only to test hybrid2.
Fortunately, you should be okay with just a dirty flash back to one of the "nightlies." Chalk it up as a lesson learned about the importance of reading up on a new version rather than blindly flashing just because goomanager says there's an update available.
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I actually didn't get goomanager until I flashed PA. It installed with it. I came here on the forums and watched vids on YouTube. People were using this version.
You should definitely see less issues if you go back to 3.15. It's a far more "stable" release. Personally, I'd also use m-kernel with it as well.
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Best stable ROM for galaxy tab 2 7.0

I have been playing around with some custom ROMs and i am currently on slimbean build 7 official, i love it but i just wanted to see what other people feel is the best stable ROM in their opinion available for the galaxy tab 2 7.0
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I run stock rooted with the next kernel to overclock it and apex launcher. Then I can use the peel remote app.
The stock por CM10.1 you decided what you like more.
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apex
stock cm10 is ok but apex offers a little more features
wow slimbean build 7 official release... ??? i no heard that ...
fooiskandar said:
wow slimbean build 7 official release... ??? i no heard that ...
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I'd have to go with SlimBean. Good support, weekly builds, quick, and pretty bloat free.
Stock rom with Blackhawk rom by @ketut.kumajaya
custom rom mokee opensource by @daavvis worth to try
make it dual booted :thumbup:
Slimbean with Next Kernel .
fast,light,stablee
I'm currently using Aospa 3.x, but the battery duration is horrible, how is this compared to slimbean? im not too much into hard gaming (i use my tab for reading, casual games, email, etc..), so what do you guys recommend to me? stock+somekernel? or slimbean?, can i have tablet mode on slimbean 7? thanks in advance
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i plan on using the slim rom. as far as kernel.......i havent figured out how to/why should i modify my kernel. 2 days until i get my own tab 2...... no more using wife's
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I'm currently using Aospa 3.x, but the battery duration is horrible, how is this compared to slimbean? im not too much into hard gaming (i use my tab for reading, casual games, email, etc..), so what do you guys recommend to me? stock+somekernel? or slimbean?, can i have tablet mode on slimbean 7? thanks in advance
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Slimbean official build 7 has really good battery life, the best of any rom i have tried. And there is a tablet mode mod you can flash for slimbean. It is on the slimbean thread somewhere, i will try to find it and post it here. Hope this helps
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Here is tablet ui patch, not sure if it will work on the newest version though -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40267654
Edit: this is the correct thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154075 works in latest version just download and flash the build 7 version, be sure to also download the build 7 restore file just in case something goes wrong
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acam333 said:
Slimbean official build 7 has really good battery life, the best of any rom i have tried. And there is a tablet mode mod you can flash for slimbean. It is on the slimbean thread somewhere, i will try to find it and post it here. Hope this helps
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Galaxy peria my rom and cm10.1.2 and blackhawk rom and mookee unoffical
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I've tried CM, AOSPA, PAC and finally SlimBean and combined with TabletUI, Xposed framework and Holo launcher the latter one is what I like most!
Eeehhhh. I use PAC-Man. It's not the most stable thing in the world, with it's occasional fast rebooting. But, I have never seen a ROM with as many customization options as this. Throw your favorite CM theme, and your favorite icon pack for Apex or Nova launcher, maybe play around with the transparency levels and colors on your Navbar and status bar, and then... Then you have a thing of beauty right there. I like it, even though it has it's quirks.
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Stock CM runs like a train here. Default Android was sluggy and laggish but everything is now super fast. Never had a problem.
Olburgs said:
Stock CM runs like a train here. Default Android was sluggy and laggish but everything is now super fast. Never had a problem.
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What do u mean by "stock CM" ?
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idhbar said:
What do u mean by "stock CM" ?
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The one found at http://download.cyanogenmod.org/
I am using the 10.1.0 RC5. I think it's the overhead of all Samsung crap that can be found on the device that makes it move like a slug. (Alas, for me the speed was barely acceptable)
Olburgs said:
The one found at http://download.cyanogenmod.org/
I am using the 10.1.0 RC5. I think it's the overhead of all Samsung crap that can be found on the device that makes it move like a slug. (Alas, for me the speed was barely acceptable)
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Why arent you using cm10.1.2 stable?
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Cm 10.1.2 is the most stable. Running with dhollmen kernel.
Absolutely smooth and no issues at all. Works like charm.
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ROMs

Anyone here anyone working on a ROM for the New Nexus 7.2 (2013)
What do you want in a ROM ...
Wow I really like what google has done here with 4.3 ...
I would like to see RootBox or SlimBean here soon but I would like to keep the defaul Camera installed with 4.3 JellyBean
In due time. The device isn't even "officially" released yet and the source definitely isn't available yet. If the new N7 gets dev support like the old N7 has, we're certainly in for a very robust assortment of ROMs and kernels. TBH, I'm surprised there's even a TWRP release at this point.
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All I want is Paranoid android, which isn't even available on the nexus 4 with 4.3 yet, And Franco kernel.
Anything with tablet mode. I think I was using Smoothrom. Aokp has it too, as many others. It'll have to be ported first.
I know eventually tablet mode will be gone forever in favor of a unified phone OS. Using stock is OK, but I like having different layout then my phone. To me, it reminds me Gingerbread on a tablet... It just feels awkward.
Stock Android is getting so polished that custom Roms aren't as needed anymore. Before, custom Roms "fixed" things. Not it is more cosmetic.
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