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I9100 XXLPQ with AOSP Interface

Hey Guys
So as the title say pretty much is there anyone that can point me in the right direction, Im not looking for an app launcher to install on an existing rom Im looking for a rom based on the latest european release XXLPQ that has the AOSP interface so pretty much the Nexus Rom I guess but only for the SGSII.
Is there a rom already out there, or one being worked on that anyone can give me any info on ?
Cheers guys as always much love to you all x

cyanogenmod.....

Is that what there currently working on ?
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I think you're looking for a rom like Bezke's.
I gave his a try and (at the moment) it's too unstable to be used for more than a few hours, so maybe later.
I'm currently on CM9, and other than a non-functional (recording) camera and hdmi out, I'm quite pleased.

Is that a nightly build ? Does it have the Aosp interface ? Its starting to look like that's what im looking for
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Maybe you wanna check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529173
And here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531244

Looks like its the CM9 one then
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Cm9 is nowhere near as stable as one based on a Sammy release. I would highly recommend wanamlite instead.
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Nushio said:
I think you're looking for a rom like Bezke's.
I gave his a try and (at the moment) it's too unstable to be used for more than a few hours, so maybe later.
I'm currently on CM9, and other than a non-functional (recording) camera and hdmi out, I'm quite pleased.
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Too unstable? You mean Bezkes AOKP rom? Its been nothing but solid for me. It has all the same shortcomings as CM9 until we get kernel source.

So all the above have what im looking for right ?
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What you're looking for doesn't exist, some roms add aosp apps but its still not a full aosp experience.
Cm9/aokp will give you what you want but some phone functions don't work properly, like video recording and possibly other little things.
You're being too picky imo, there's plenty of roms that look aosp'ish, give them a try.

Lol thanks for the help so from what you say cm9 will be what I want when its complete, so by knowing what I want isn't really picky as its being developed due to what I can only presume as demand for the same thing by others. I guess Will try an early build of that.
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And next time, please do some research before posting
*sorry if I sound rude*

So far pureics and foxhound are the best
but both have the black desk on dark background issue on apps like tweet caster /
its really annoying XP

[ROM][AOSP][8-Mar]Slim ICS [2.8] i'm sticking with this until CM9 release stable builds

Try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533837&page=6
Just about as close to AOSP as you are going to get (It is a fork of CM9 so all same issues)

Honestly, if you don't need video recording or video playback - although I think/hope the already existing fix will be applied to one of the next Nightlies of CM9 - try the Nightlies.
I was running CheckRom HD V6, but because all my friends here switched to CM9 and I saw how stable it was, I gave it a try and I'm very satisfied with it. Battery life is about as good as the CheckRom ROM and I didn't encounter an app that didn't work with CM9 right now - besides the Chrome Beta which is a buggy mess for CM9 users.

OK wish me look im going to give CM9 a shot right here we go

From what your asking PureICS is the one you described your interested in.
OP states Is a Samsung Rom with tw dependent apps removed/replaced and the left over asop themed.
Cm9 is a ground up build waiting for Samsung kernel sources to shake out any Samsung left in it.
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right I now have CM9 running quite nicely, to be honest its bloody faster than the official leak from a few days back its actually quite awesome, it has the look im after too which is perfect as soon as these guys release there finished product im on it its bloody brilliant 1 happy customer, thanks guys

Oh my god JB is amazing !

The CM10 JB is so smooth !
I love it so far !
What do you think is better for now, cm9 or cm 10 ? what is closer to be finished ?

nathan96 said:
The CM10 JB is so smooth !
I love it so far !
What do you think is better for now, cm9 or cm 10 ? what is closer to be finished ?
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I think CM9 and CM10 are at the same point.....we need drivers....
But yes...I try a full working ICS rom and a full working JB rom on my motorola defy...and its much better JB....:highfive:

JB is way better than ICS in terms of smoothness thanks to Project Butter (gotta love Google names). Everythin is so freaking smooth and fast. Im not going back to ICS or GB. Its just that good.
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much smother than ICS. Joker and the team are doing great work bringing JB to a phone that shouldn't of been left behind.

I might be one of the very few people who still haven't flashed a JB ROM yet. I'm on a wait and see approach when it comes to working out the kinks.
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This is probably a really stupid question :silly:, but have they managed to get the fingerprint scanner working for JB because I know its not working yet on ICS.

anaschillin said:
This is probably a really stupid question :silly:, but have they managed to get the fingerprint scanner working for JB because I know its not working yet on ICS.
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No.
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nathan96 said:
The CM10 JB is so smooth !
I love it so far !
What do you think is better for now, cm9 or cm 10 ? what is closer to be finished ?
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djluis48 said:
JB is way better than ICS in terms of smoothness thanks to Project Butter (gotta love Google names). Everythin is so freaking smooth and fast. Im not going back to ICS or GB. Its just that good.
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Just wait until we get proper drivers. It's gonna get even better.

Flashed epinter's one at the earlie stages, but got back to CM7 for now. Anyone could tell me if Dead Trigger and Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave run in the last updates, please?

julian_fern said:
Flashed epinter's one at the earlie stages, but got back to CM7 for now. Anyone could tell me if Dead Trigger and Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave run in the last updates, please?
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Yeah I'm back to CM7. I was amazed at how well CM10 worked at first but the annoyances started piled up until I figured it just wasn't worth it. I'll wait till it's fully functional.
On the plus side, CM10 made me realize that Camera ICS is a great app even for CM7, that I don't need the Facebook app, and that some sites that use Flash serve non-Flash videos when you disable Flash.

Patience grasshoppas, once ICS gets released this quarter, then we will all have JB via CM10...
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Only reason I'm on CM7 still is because I have to tether my Nexus 7 and tethering doesn't work without the source being released. At least Jelly Bean is phenomenal on the Nexus 7

ICS is good but JB is much better. No doubt everyone will fall in love with it.

Does CM10 work well with Google Maps? I was tired of in CM9 with the latest version of Maps having it always having the maps go blank and have to reset the app. Even with older version of Maps it crapped out a lot. I went back to CM 7.2, as I have a constant need for Maps while traveling abroad.
Other than that issue, ICS was super smooth for me other than a few games that didn't play nice. Really want to go back, and JB looks amazing!

yeah same here, back on "mokeeos" or whatever...
Cm10 just started to glitch lol

no drivers, no play

dandmcd said:
Does CM10 work well with Google Maps? I was tired of in CM9 with the latest version of Maps having it always having the maps go blank and have to reset the app. Even with older version of Maps it crapped out a lot. I went back to CM 7.2, as I have a constant need for Maps while traveling abroad.
Other than that issue, ICS was super smooth for me other than a few games that didn't play nice. Really want to go back, and JB looks amazing!
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I haven't seen any problems with maps so far, but I haven't used it over an extended time period either.

anything beyond 2.3 really sucks try using a pc without a drivers , tha same goes for linux and even worse

mixlis said:
anything beyond 2.3 really sucks try using a pc without a drivers , tha same goes for linux and even worse
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It's more like using generic/hacked drivers rather than no drivers at all. Without *any* drivers at all, we wouldn't be able to get it running this smooth. Of course it's not ideal. That's why it's labelled as a beta. If you need all of your phone's features, stick with GB.
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Epinter's JB build is pretty amazing. There are a few things that don't work, but they are the same things that didn't work for CM9 (video camera, fingerprint reader, etc..). I use it for my daily driver.

Seal_6 said:
much smother than ICS. Joker and the team are doing great work bringing JB to a phone that shouldn't of been left behind.
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It's not left behind. Motorola is currently developing ICS for this phone. Once we have that it will be easy to port fully working ICS/JB roms.

CyanogenMod 10 M1

CyanogenMod 10 M1 is available
"We aren’t exactly sure what M stands for. “Monthly”, “milestone”, or perhaps “MINE ALL MINE!”. Whatever it is, I hope that we are meeting the needs of community.
M-Series builds will be available under the EXPERIMENTAL tag. The filename will include the date stamp as well as the M version. These builds should be stable enough for daily use, and we encourage feedback and bug reports."
Download:
http://get.cm/?device=crespo&type=nightly
Source:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m1

There are ninghtly, firmware updated daily and therefore possibly unstable, but they develop stops ("freeze") and start the release candidate and finally reaches a stable ROM. This was more or less up to now the procedure for CyanogenMod, but now the team has announced a new feature: the monthly build.
As can be imagined firmware is released on a monthly basis, after a "soft freeze" of the code done in order to stabilize the code more than the daily nightly.
Dedicated to those who do not want to flash a ROM every other day and the next also, the monthly will be available at the beginning of each new month but initially cover only a subset of all devices supported by CyanogenMod. Specifically, the first release of the M-series
Galaxy Nexus GSM (maguro)
VZW Galaxy Nexus (bull)
Sprint Galaxy Nexus (toroplus)
Galaxy S2 GT-I9100G (i9100g)
Galaxy S (galaxysmtd)
Galaxy S B (galaxysbmtd)
Captivate (captivatemtd)
Sprint Galaxy S3 (d2spr)
VZW Galaxy S3 (d2vzw)
AT & T Galaxy S3 (d2att)
Galaxy S3 TMO (d2tmo)
Galaxy S3 U.S. Cellular (d2usc)
Nexus S (crespo)
Nexus S 4G (crespo4g)
Galaxy Note AT & T (quincyatt)
Google Nexus 7 (grouper)
Sony Xperia Acro S (hikari)
Sony Xperia S (nozomi)
This is not yet a final project in the sense that the team will decide on its continuation or not, depending on user feedback, because it is not logical to maintain something of little use.

Finaly i'm come back to CM, my favourite rom.
flashed on my nexus s gsm 4h ago.
Until now:
No bugs
All works
Fast
Tnx to CM
P.S: If someone have trouble with apps installation with playstore... clear data of PlayStore and Google Framework in App Menu.

carlito00w said:
Finaly i'm come back to CM, my favourite rom.
flashed on my nexus s gsm 4h ago.
Until now:
No bugs
All works
Fast
Tnx to CM
P.S: If someone have trouble with apps installation with playstore... clear data of PlayStore and Google Framework in App Menu.
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Carlito, is it faster than stock 4.1.1? I flashed Matr1x and I was delighted with the speed and performance but battery was drained too quickly. Is this rom that fast?

Now i have nightly [cm-10-20120908-NIGHTLY-crespo.zip ], and there are many errors ;/
I do FULL WIPE ???

cinek1987cinek said:
Now i have nightly [cm-10-20120908-NIGHTLY-crespo.zip ], and there are many errors ;/
I do FULL WIPE ???
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Yes, please!:cyclops:

cinek1987cinek said:
Now i have nightly [cm-10-20120908-NIGHTLY-crespo.zip ], and there are many errors ;/
I do FULL WIPE ???
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No need full wipe for me, I flash over NIGHTLY-20120909. everything work and very smooth.
Just wipe cache partition and then flash M1.

does this support adhoc like cm9?
does this support adhoc like cm9? plz answer

Unfortunately, cm 10, nightlies or M versions seems to be much slower than cm9.1. I hope it becomes lagless one day, just as cm9. It was sluggish at the beggining, now it's awesome at speed, responsiveness and usage. Hope it's gonna be just the same with cm10.
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carlito00w said:
Finaly i'm come back to CM, my favourite rom.
flashed on my nexus s gsm 4h ago.
Until now:
No bugs
All works
Fast
Tnx to CM
P.S: If someone have trouble with apps installation with playstore... clear data of PlayStore and Google Framework in App Menu.
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I accidentally cleared google framework data after the install, for some links were broken. Now Market is not working. Clues??
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I don't know about the current nightly but the "M1" version is awfully slow in comparison with Paranoid Android 2.0. I have even tried it with Air kernel (+65fps) which is one of the fastest kernels and Matr1x. I returned to PA 2.0.
I don't think that there is a serious reason for a monthly version. Nightly versions are very reliable in my experience...someone just have to choose his own "frequency of updating"...
I hope that we are not many "Ms" away from the RC or stable release! They'll have to speed up that ROM though.

wow thanks :thumbup:,
installed on my i9023 and work fine!
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which kernel do you recommend for save the battery life?
Inviato dal mio Nexus S i9023 Italia

carlito00w said:
Finaly i'm come back to CM, my favourite rom.
flashed on my nexus s gsm 4h ago.
Until now:
No bugs
All works
Fast
Tnx to CM
P.S: If someone have trouble with apps installation with playstore... clear data of PlayStore and Google Framework in App Menu.
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is gallery and music player able to read from SD card?

Muvolt said:
I don't know about the current nightly but the "M1" version is awfully slow in comparison with Paranoid Android 2.0. I have even tried it with Air kernel (+65fps) which is one of the fastest kernels and Matr1x. I returned to PA 2.0.
I don't think that there is a serious reason for a monthly version. Nightly versions are very reliable in my experience...someone just have to choose his own "frequency of updating"...
I hope that we are not many "Ms" away from the RC or stable release! They'll have to speed up that ROM though.
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I think something that many people forget is that not all phones are lucky enough to have AOSP support. I only have my Nexus S but I imagine that CM10 is not bugless and magical for all the devices it's built for.

M1
It's ready to daily use.. until now no problems, thanks a lot.

Been using this with the stock kernel and very impressed. 2hours 30 min screen time and still 52 % battery left. Only lost 8% over night with WiFi enabled. Best I've seen JB do since it appeared.
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nexususer1 said:
Unfortunately, cm 10, nightlies or M versions seems to be much slower than cm9.1. I hope it becomes lagless one day, just as cm9. It was sluggish at the beggining, now it's awesome at speed, responsiveness and usage. Hope it's gonna be just the same with cm10.
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Agreed - same for me as well. Seems to be much more lag when connected to mobile data as opposed to wifi for some reason.

nexususer1 said:
Unfortunately, cm 10, nightlies or M versions seems to be much slower than cm9.1. I hope it becomes lagless one day, just as cm9. It was sluggish at the beggining, now it's awesome at speed, responsiveness and usage. Hope it's gonna be just the same with cm10.
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This is exactly how i feel about CM10 at the moment too!
Just needs more time to mature!

Gave it a go, still sluggish. Back to AOSP.

Cm10 with bedalus 4.5 gives me battery life similar, if not better to ICS and GB (which is very good!)

[VIDEO] Galaxy S3 ~ Animation in slow-mo (XXDLI8 vs CM10)

[INTRO]
Like i told a lot of time i will record slow-motion video about jelly bean animations on galaxy s3. A lot of people on forum debate with me about "smooth" animation on cm10 (which is also my favorite rom) and i want to show how that look really compared to samsung jelly bean leaks.
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[What i really did?]
As i say, i compare two builds side by side. On left side in video is last (on date: 22.09.2012.) build from samsung xxdli8 against on right side cyanogenmod 10 i9300 build from 20.09.2012. (with hw composer from "stollen" i9305 source)
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[Technical details about video]
Video is recoreded with high speed camera, 100 frames per second, resolution 640x480. In video you can see that display updates produce some "flickering" effects. That's because Super AMOLED use 60fps refresh rate and video is recored with much more frames per second.
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[Idea of this video]
First of all BIG THANKS to Team Hacksung and other CM developers. This video is not made to put negative things in front of CM team hard work. This is made to show problem that this amazing device have with all custom ROMs (because everything is based on CM framework)
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#VIDEO
Please watch in HD
Waiting for comments...
Sorry if my language is hard to understand but I try my best

It's normal that CM10 is not that smooth. We are waiting for the proper kernel sources after all.
PS: Your english is perfect.

Jack Barrett said:
It's normal that CM10 is not that smooth. We are waiting for the proper kernel sources after all.
PS: Your english is perfect.
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An bad joke?

Not really? It's good.
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Wow, disaster

That's maybe true, but I SEE HOW FAST IS GALAXY NEXUS and Galaxy S3 is much better device, but slower (right now).
Anyway, if you thinking like that "everything is already perfect, but everybody is unhappy" technology will be stopped in progress...

stefanACM said:
...technology will be stopped in progress...
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the technology is already there, ur just mad that it doesnt work (actually it does work - just not perfectly) for your particular device

Lolz dude u targetted the only thing in samsung jb rom thats like really smooth vs cm...now dont get me wrong m a sammy fan..runin li8 maself but u should really try comparing opening animation inside settings app for example..sound..display..about phone..damn u dont even need a high tech camera to see how much their transition lag..apart from that nice work mate!
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Let's be clear.
ANIMATION is just ANIMATION. All animations are 2 time smoother on XXDLI8, but when you click "Sound" in settings for example, Samsung ROM loading a lot of stuffs and it takes 1-2 seconds, than phone show perfectly smooth ANIMATION. So, animation smoothness is better, but everything else is slow on Samsung Jelly Bean leaks. Like I say, I am big fun of CyanogenMod and I waiting for an build that will have smooth animations like Samsung ROM and I will never back to Samsung.
BTW.
I installed CM9 + Jelly Bean Animation MOD and everything is almost smooth like Samsung JB...

i dont see any big difference in this comparison.

bala_gamer said:
i dont see any big difference in this comparison.
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??? I see a very clear difference... there's a very obvious double stutter with the cm10 based ROM which isnt anywhere near ad bad on the Sammy based ROM.
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Ah crap - and here I taught the CM10 builds already contain the JB features. Will then have to wait or even go back to stock as the animation makes a large amount up for (perceived) user experience. Makes me even doubt more why even going through the hassle of going custom ROM. A person losses just too many native features for a little bit of performance gain, and depending on usage, battery life. What a shame as I do enjoy the minimal app approach but if a premium phone's capability are cut I would have rather gotten a cheaper phone which is supported by CM10 or stay with fully functioning stock ROM.
Great post, non biased reporting and extremely informative. There is no way that the info you presented can be taken out of context, misinterpreted or downplayed. Hope it makes some positive ways
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Eh? Shouldn't the Samsung rom have more animations since touchwiz is heavier with animations? What do you think skins are? They don't add less animation on purpose or take away animations from stock, that is just retarded. It is the increased amount of frames that make skins slower than AOSP.
In slow mo tests skins should always >>>>>>>>>>>> CM10 and AOSP.
In speed tests it would be the other way around.
So in theory, Sense 4.0 would win this slo mo test easily with their ridiculous amounts of 3D animations and weather animations that make everything stutter and slow when it chugs. Just that it would look good in slo mo because it wouldn't be fast enough to notice the stutter. LOL

Cm10 isn't as smooth as the sammy. From what I saw at least!!
Sent from either Galaxy S3 intl or Nexus 7
both on stock at the moment!!

I was also disappointed with cm10, wasn't very smooth, it is better on the nexus. And also on the nexus it isn't as smooth as the stock or AOSP roms. But on the s3 it's probably because they don't I the sources yet...

Nice vid
Still going to use cm10 though and not JB leaks.

Thanks everybody for commencts,
Next video will be Samsung Leak vs CM9 with JB Mod animations, but until then I guess CM10 will be fixed soon.

I really would like to see Galaxy Nexus over Galaxy S3 (DLI8)

That's Galaxy Nexus right?

codeworkx said:
There's another one:
cm-10-20120922-2-EXPERIMENTAL-i9300-CODEWORKX.zip
http://developer.clockworkmod.com/d...0-20120922-2-EXPERIMENTAL-i9300-CODEWORKX.zip
- updated kernel sources
- mali r3p0
- latest drivers from LI8
That's basically everything we can do.
New leaks and a official source release won't make it better than it is.
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nice,...
can you u do it with the latest experimental
it looks like everything is fixed in it,..

Just ordered N4

Hey I just ordered my nexus 4. Just a quick question, which custom rom most resembles the stock one that the n4 comes with but with better tweaks and battery life?
Coming from an s3 and I've always used a touchwiz based custom rom.
So I would like to stay with the rom that most is similar to the one the n4 comes with. Ty
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Probably Primerunner under Nexus 4 Android Development. Seems pretty stock but with some enhancements.
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MiNCO v6 ROM resembles the stock ROM. No customizations.
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All of them resemble stock. They're all themed the same, it's just a matter of added features while maintaining the same look as stock.
I don't get what you're trying to get at op. It's not like s3 roms where everybody is trying to theme their rom. A lot of roms on n4 aren't themed, some are but most are left it's holo look.
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zephiK said:
All of them resemble stock. They're all themed the same, it's just a matter of added features while maintaining the same look as stock.
I don't get what you're trying to get at op. It's not like s3 roms where everybody is trying to theme their rom. A lot of roms on n4 aren't themed, some are but most are left it's holo look.
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I guess... From a stability point of view... To be as stable as the stock.
I've ran cm10.1 and cm10...Along with some other aokp roms on my s3 before and of course it's not as stable as the stock tw rom.
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Minco
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All the ROMs should be very stable since they are all based on the same AOSP code. This is very different from a non-Nexus phone where custom ROMs might be less stable.
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Don't want to create new thread so will ask here as I'm also coming from S3...
Are the any major bugs with CM rom? With the S3, Picassa sync and Bluetooth didn't work...I'm assuming with the N4 everything should be more or less 100%?

steviewevie said:
All the ROMs should be very stable since they are all based on the same AOSP code. This is very different from a non-Nexus phone where custom ROMs might be less stable.
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Yeah that makes sense... Thanks.
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Crisisx1 said:
I guess... From a stability point of view... To be as stable as the stock.
I've ran cm10.1 and cm10...Along with some other aokp roms on my s3 before and of course it's not as stable as the stock tw rom.
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Well the difference is that this is NEXUS device and is AOSP supported. So 99.9% of the ROMs that come out for this phone are stable. They're not stable on the S3 for AOKP/CM right away because they have to actually do work to make it work; whereas, N4 is AOSP supported and its like.. BAM! it works out of the box. As for S3, the phone ships out with TouchWiz. Going from TouchWiz to AOSP requires work to make everything work.
I'd say CM/AOKP are pretty stable overall. All ROMs are stable. This is one of the many benefits of having a Nexus device and I don't believe in when people are wanting to upgrade and people say "oh just get a S3.. it doesnt have latest but just flash a custom rom and you'll be on latest android) no it doesn't work that way just because of like what you said... instablity. When Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie) comes out, N4 will be one of the first devices to launch with it and we'll have the most stable ROM day one without having to rework code to make all the functionalities like calling, 3G/4G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Screen Rotation, Data, etc to work (I know on other phones, people release dirty ROMs and things like what I listed don't work as of yet until its fixed)
Shopping for a ROM/Kernel is like shopping for a car. Some tips to take,
1) Browse the original and android dev forums. Search around and look for whats interesting.
2) Find it interesting? Read OP post and the past 6-7 posts (dont even read it.. skim through it for feedback)
3) Like what you see? Check for screenshots or even a YouTube video
4) Still like it? Flash it and try it
and most of all, ENJOY.

zephiK said:
Well the difference is that this is NEXUS device and is AOSP supported. So 99.9% of the ROMs that come out for this phone are stable. They're not stable on the S3 for AOKP/CM right away because they have to actually do work to make it work; whereas, N4 is AOSP supported and its like.. BAM! it works out of the box. As for S3, the phone ships out with TouchWiz. Going from TouchWiz to AOSP requires work to make everything work.
I'd say CM/AOKP are pretty stable overall. All ROMs are stable. This is one of the many benefits of having a Nexus device and I don't believe in when people are wanting to upgrade and people say "oh just get a S3.. it doesnt have latest but just flash a custom rom and you'll be on latest android) no it doesn't work that way just because of like what you said... instablity. When Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie) comes out, N4 will be one of the first devices to launch with it and we'll have the most stable ROM day one without having to rework code to make all the functionalities like calling, 3G/4G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Screen Rotation, Data, etc to work (I know on other phones, people release dirty ROMs and things like what I listed don't work as of yet until its fixed)
Shopping for a ROM/Kernel is like shopping for a car. Some tips to take,
1) Browse the original and android dev forums. Search around and look for whats interesting.
2) Find it interesting? Read OP post and the past 6-7 posts (dont even read it.. skim through it for feedback)
3) Like what you see? Check for screenshots or even a YouTube video
4) Still like it? Flash it and try it
and most of all, ENJOY.
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Great reply... awesome, makes a lot more sense now. Thank you. I can't wait til my N4 arrives : )))
I've been reading at other threads about people complaining about quick battery drain and the screen not looking too good... I hope that isn't the case with me.. but I'm pretty sure a custom rom and kernel can fix all of that.

Crisisx1 said:
Great reply... awesome, makes a lot more sense now. Thank you. I can't wait til my N4 arrives : )))
I've been reading at other threads about people complaining about quick battery drain and the screen not looking too good... I hope that isn't the case with me.. but I'm pretty sure a custom rom and kernel can fix all of that.
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Quick battery drain. Hmmmm, you will probably notice that battery won't be good until at least 2-3 charge cycles. Why?
1. You just got the phone, obviously you're going to be playing with the phone. Downloading apps, changing settings, setting up your home screen etc.
2. It takes time for the phone to get its charging cycle.
3. Stock kernel has the msm wakelock. Fixed in a future OTA.
Screen looks great. I don't have any problems. But yes you are right, custom kernel does fix #3 and you can alter your colors until it satisfy your eyes. Stock values are good enough for me. It looks A LOT better than Samsung's Super AMOLED, I came from a Galaxy Nexus.