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How many of you would like a ROM like this?

Hi guys,
Like many of you, I've tested lots of different ROMs. After all, that's the beauty of owning a Google Phone.
However, I can't seem to find ONE ROM that fits all my needs. I was wondering how many of you would like something like this:
- Stock-based
- MIUI notification bar toggles (Cyanogen's would also be fine though)
- Battery Percentage Icon
- Themable (AOSP)
- Compatible with most kernels out there (so that we can choose whichever we want)
- No copyrighted things from other devices (ie. ringtones, apps, etc.)
I've yet to find a ROM that suits all these needs. Cyanogen is not stable or smooth enough to my liking, when compared to the stock experience. MUIU is beautiful, but a bit heavy and not really optimized for SAMOLED (even the darker theme uses very little pure black). Most of the other ROMs don't have notification bar toggles. The ones that do are based on Cyanogen or MUIU, so it's not much different from using one or the other.
The closest ROM I've seen to this is Amethyst, but it's been discontinued by the developer, and it's a bit limited on the notification toggle options. Heck, MIUI is perfect with so many toggles all easily accessible from the notification bar.
Does anyone else feel that way? Maybe if enough people would be into this, perhaps a developer could feel it's worth doing something like that. Or am I alone in my wishes?
Regards!

I too have went through a ton of roms on this phone, and the one that i keep coming back too is the NSCollab series of roms (currently on 1.0.43). it has the stock launcher so it is really smooth and has the app drawer that i love, also has notification buttons and other settings from cyanogen. You can also flash the theme chooser to have a few different looks to the rom, but the best thing i have like about it is that its really stable and fluid

Zuluzulu might be what you are looking for. Its really cool looking and stable. The batterylife is incredible, and it is clockable to 1.4 ghz since it use the netarchy kernel.
CM even the latest RC 1 consumes all my battery in less than 24 hours.
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lfmmoura said:
Hi guys,
Like many of you, I've tested lots of different ROMs. After all, that's the beauty of owning a Google Phone.
However, I can't seem to find ONE ROM that fits all my needs. I was wondering how many of you would like something like this:
- Stock-based
- MIUI notification bar toggles (Cyanogen's would also be fine though)
- Battery Percentage Icon
- Themable (AOSP)
- Compatible with most kernels out there (so that we can choose whichever we want)
- No copyrighted things from other devices (ie. ringtones, apps, etc.)
I've yet to find a ROM that suits all these needs. Cyanogen is not stable or smooth enough to my liking, when compared to the stock experience. MUIU is beautiful, but a bit heavy and not really optimized for SAMOLED (even the darker theme uses very little pure black). Most of the other ROMs don't have notification bar toggles. The ones that do are based on Cyanogen or MUIU, so it's not much different from using one or the other.
The closest ROM I've seen to this is Amethyst, but it's been discontinued by the developer, and it's a bit limited on the notification toggle options. Heck, MIUI is perfect with so many toggles all easily accessible from the notification bar.
Does anyone else feel that way? Maybe if enough people would be into this, perhaps a developer could feel it's worth doing something like that. Or am I alone in my wishes?
Regards!
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You can flash the systemui.apk that I made over a stock rom and get the notification toggles and still be able to theme the phone but be ware if you flash a theme copy the drawables to your system ui or loose the toggles. Its in nexus a themes and apps
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Out of these three ROM's, which is best?

In terms of stability, built-in features, battery life, performance and anything else important that I might have forgotten, which of the below three ROMs is top dog? Just so you know, I plan on flashing the non-overclocked GPU version of _motley's Linaro kernel regardless of which ROM I choose.
Paranoid Android
Glazed
JR6

krion64 said:
In terms of stability, built-in features, battery life, performance and anything else important that I might have forgotten, which of the below three ROMs is top dog? Just so you know, I plan on flashing the non-overclocked GPU version of _motley's Linaro kernel regardless of which ROM I choose.
Paranoid Android
Glazed
JR6
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I'm running paranoid myself but the best advice I've read when people ask this question is try them all. What's best means to me might not be what it means to you. I've tried all three myself and they were all stable, I like paranoid because of the per app density feature it has. It was just updated again today btw. Motleys kernel is awesome I like the one without gpuoc. Good luck, happy flashing

Thanks for the advice. Also, I have another question for anybody who can answer. These three ROMs seem to be mostly similar in terms of features, so it's actually kind of hard telling the differences. So, what I'm trying to ask is, what sets each ROM apart?

krion64 said:
Paranoid Android
Glazed
JR6
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Does anyone know the answer to this? I used JR5, EOS now PA. They are all very similar, as you would expect. PA has more config options for setting up tablet UI which is key for me and the reason I use it currently (with Nova Launcher).
I liked JRX Roms as they have lots of apps inbuilt that the others dont, ie working Flash, GAPPS etc.
I'm also using Trinity kernel which is working great, again, I have not noticed much difference between them all.
Try them and take your pick

I say EOS with Mortley kernel

Kernels and ROMs?

Okay, there is this rule not to ask wich kernel is best and wich rom is best.. So i'll try to make it alittle better...
I'm on franco's kernel atm and CM 10.1.. And so far i'm rly happy But i've allways been a flash junkie ...
What roms is out that i can do this on: Change soft keys with no problems at all!, themes like CM10.1 But still blazing fast and as few bugs as possible
Kernels: Better battery than stock, fast when gaming and no hick ups..
I wanna hear what you guys like and what you recommend

Rasbean + trinity or Franco works amazing for me so far. Deciding between Franco and trinity for this Rom atm.
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I've been using codefire / franco and find the performance and battery life is excellent. I've changed my softkeys so that the back button is on the right (easier when i use with right hand). Also has extended desktop that allows you to hide everything when you want. give it a try.

cm10.1 + franco

There's
AOKP
Code fire
Cm
Cm kang
These are my choices that does what you asked for
Also
Franco
Faux
Trinity
Bricked
Is my go to choice in terms of increasing battery life without sacrificing performance
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all these roms look the same, they work the same. if one of them has a new feature the others will likely jump on it and kang it in. never seen much of a difference. if you want something unique, paranoid android. not to pat my own back here but this one has features that none other has and its the only one that has the power to drastically transform your device, and i mean drastic in its a new device afterwards. it has all the basic rom scene tweaks which you know from other roms, convenience buttons yaddayadda, but it brings new inventions.
see your apps transform . each and every app runs in a virtual space that can be defined by you. keep in mind, android has fixed layout constraits, small devices, big devices, very big devices. an android pocket watch is a small device, its layout is 360p. a latest gen phone may almost reach a higher designation but doenst quite, so it falls back to 360p. your huge nexus4 is running the same apps that run on a pocket watch - although these apps have hidden capabilities that unfold once they acknowledge a higher device class. you'd be shocked to see how much better your apps are on pa.
seamless hybrid ui's and interface selection this is the only rom that lets you choose between all interface layouts that android offers, without changing any of your apps. and the only one that has a real tablet UI, one that works better than the original did on google tablets.
per app color completely unique feature that no rom has. they use one static color. here colors shift from app to app, you define these colors with a simple color picker.
coolest looking control panel ever this lets you make changes in seconds, no reboot. change any app, change colors, individual dpi's, ui's, fullscreen, etc. you can even scale and switch system components like keyboards, lockscreen, etc.
per app expanded-desktop, normal exp-desktop is from us aswell.
and hybrid engine is not the only invention theres more.

thank you guys for the input Seems like i got some work to do

PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 + franco kernel works nice

** OFFICIAL WHICH IS THE BEST or FAVORITE ROM /KERNEL THREAD **

This is the official "which is the best or favorite ROM/KERNEL for the Nexus 7 Thread"
In lieu of all the threads recently being created, asking the same question "which is the best, fastest, least trouble free" ROM for the device, this thread has been created. This thread also covers Kernels.
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Thanks for locking my thread and opening this about best ROM for nexus. I will watch this thread and see which is the answer of my question.

STOCK ROM!

Honestly, on my N73G, I am liking stock. I will probably do Parandroid eventually, but the amount of trouble, vs. benefit is too high. (Am not able to make my N7 connect via adb to unlock, etc...but that's not what this thread is for )

Paranoid Android for me.

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For Nexus 7 3G, I must say that Supernexus 2 is quite good. even though the customization options are lacking compared to CM10.1 for example, it's smooth and so much stable!
I tried temasek unofficial CM10.1 for quite some time before using supernexus rom; I think I have been flashing 1x of his roms, latest one on top previous ones. I only update temasek rom every 3 or so version or when there is an interesting changes. Can't afford to download everyday; slow and expensive Internet here. If only it offers delta update through cyandelta or rom manager. It's got all CM10.1 features plus many cherry picks which are epic IMO, like native USB OTG mounting, wifi / bluetooth/USB tethering. Just to name a few.
I am now waiting for supernexus 2 build 3 which should be released today, one day after its been released for S2 and S3. It's based on 4.2.2. Gonna try that for a few days. If there's any major problem, I might try temasek rom again.
I have a question: is it safe to flash just the bootloader in fastboot even though I'm using a custom rom based on 4.2.1? I don't want to return to stock because I heard it will wipe internal sd again. My N7 can't connect to my desktop computer through MTP; tried in windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04
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The amount of roms out here is simply confusing.. And please don't accuse me of not doing my homework, I've spent hours reading through rom features and trying them out. None of them have the perfect feeling to me. Also, there is no performance comparision as there is with kernels.
What I'm looking for is as clean rom as possible, more impprtantly though, one that is fast(est) for gaming. Yes, I will use a kernel and oc my device, but roms i've tested still have different performance levels with same kernel settings. Rom should also have tablet ui and some fundametal configuration options such as power menu, quick settings customization etc.. Also, it should be stable enough for everyday use. Battery life is not as important, as it can be saved with app usage and undervolting.
I'm sure others have the same things in mindk, so I'll ask for everyone.
Thank you very much in advance.

scream4cheese said:
STOCK ROM!
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zedwards said:
Honestly, on my N73G, I am liking stock. I will probably do Parandroid eventually, but the amount of trouble, vs. benefit is too high. (Am not able to make my N7 connect via adb to unlock, etc...but that's not what this thread is for )
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I have to agree - stock and unrooted my N7 rocks. Granted, I've only had it a week tomorrow and I'm coming from Hashcode's Kindle Fire rom'ed device - which with most mods is trying to emulate the Nexus 7 - and does a pretty good job too. But my new device got the latest 4.2.2 jelly bean pushed to it a couple of days ago - no fuss/muss - and smooth and awesome it is still.
I'd decided when I activated my new N7 that I'd hold off root and modding it for a week or two to break it in, make sure that I had no warranty claims to make. With one week down all that I've missed about not having root so far is Titanium Backup.
Maybe I'm in the wrong place. Where is the, "Benefits of rooting your Nexus 7?" thread?

Maybe I'm a weirdo here but while stock ROMs are great and fast and whatnot, I'm looking for the most unique ROM! Or maybe I just need a different launcher to spice things up?
But, agreed, there are way too many ROMs that offer minimal differences...

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I think it's smoothroom with franco kernel
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Paranoid Android is by far the best Custom ROM I've tried. Other than ViperX for the HOX etc I think the Paranoid team do such amazing work.
Updated all the time, and never had an issue with PA.
With Faux kernel it "USED" to be amazing all round, but I've noticed recently the battery has been less and less with each update (perhaps Faux isn't keeping up)?
Franco kernel is also brilliant with PA. But yeah, for the Nexus, PA is the way to go !

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The last time I tried PA, my N7 just freezes in the lock screen, quite often. Only thing I can do is reboot. At other time, when lock screen is working, there are lots of lags pretty much everywhere. I still don't understand why people still praised it until now even though in my testing it feels as if I'm holding a bomb ready to explode at any time.
Even people in the nexus community can't escape the "hype" and placebo effect of roms or tweaks or even kernels.
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dadeo1111 said:
I have to agree - stock and unrooted my N7 rocks. Granted, I've only had it a week tomorrow and I'm coming from Hashcode's Kindle Fire rom'ed device - which with most mods is trying to emulate the Nexus 7 - and does a pretty good job too. But my new device got the latest 4.2.2 jelly bean pushed to it a couple of days ago - no fuss/muss - and smooth and awesome it is still.
I'd decided when I activated my new N7 that I'd hold off root and modding it for a week or two to break it in, make sure that I had no warranty claims to make. With one week down all that I've missed about not having root so far is Titanium Backup.
Maybe I'm in the wrong place. Where is the, "Benefits of rooting your Nexus 7?" thread?
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I love stock and stock kernel on my N7 because it gives me the best battery life plus performance. I can run many applications flawlessly. No hiccups or lags. To be fair, i have only tried MiNCO ROM, paranoidandroid, and CM 10.1. I liked the customizations and the tweaks that were implemented to improve it but it just wasn't for me.
I flashed back to stock a few days and I'm going to camp here for a while.
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For me: #1 Paranoid Android, #2 Stock.

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Paranoid android, but cant wait to get back to stock 4.2.2...
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I'm a pretty big fan of dirty root box IMHO. I think it looks really slick and gives pretty good performance and tons of customization. Paired with Franco kernel it also gets great battery life.

PRIME D02 is the fastest ROM I've tried, by far.
It is a clean ROM concentrated on improving performance, it doesn't add a lot of features which also can be added afterwards to your taste (for instance if you want a PIE menu you can add LMT Launcher). But you can select extended desktop (full screen), you can customize the navbar buttons and settings, nav ring, status bar, and quick settings (swipe down from the top right of the status bar).
If you use this rom with its standard kernel, make sure to install Trickster MOD and adjust the setting 'CPUQuit Power Management' to 'RUNNABLE' (swipe to the last tab, and don't forget to press 'V' on top of the screen to activate, and enable 'set on boot'). This is needed to get good battery performance, otherwise 3 cores will run at high speed. You will still get the super fluid performance.

fac51void said:
PRIME D02 is the fastest ROM I've tried, by far.
It is a clean ROM concentrated on improving performance, it doesn't add a lot of features which also can be added afterwards to your taste (for instance if you want a PIE menu you can add LMT Launcher). But you can select extended desktop (full screen), you can customize the navbar buttons and settings, nav ring, status bar, and quick settings (swipe down from the top right of the status bar).
If you use this rom with its standard kernel, make sure to install Trickster MOD and adjust the setting 'CPUQuit Power Management' to 'RUNNABLE' (swipe to the last tab, and don't forget to press 'V' on top of the screen to activate). This is needed to get good battery performance, otherwise 3 cores will run at high speed. You will still get the super fluid performance.
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+1

Isn't anyone using AOKP? I switched from SmoothROM and never looked back. SmoothROM was nice, much better than stock, but the customization and stability with AOKP simply incredible. I'm using a 4.2.2 nightly right now, couldn't wait for the Bluetooth fix and haven't had a problem yet.
aokp.co
Try it out, you don't hate unicorns do you? :cyclops:

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CodefireX,Xylon,Vanilla Root box,and now Dirty Rootbox have been impressive this year. Originally loved Baked but haven't even looked for an update since v.7.
Don't much care for PA.
Got tired of hearing about tablet ui and the (ugh) 'Phablet' ui and now its Pie this and Pie that. There is a launcher for that so keep pie out of the ROMs please...
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[Q] CM10.2 cpu settngs!

Oh haiiii everyone!
I ventured on over from the HTC One X/XL threads a week or so ago and I couldn't be more happy! The guys over there do great work but the phone isn't very rom / root friendly.
Anywho, I had a couple questions ( hope you guys are friendly :silly::good: ) all three aren't really rom specific so I'm throwing the question here.
1. In CM10.2 (lastest nightly) I noticed every time I go into performance > CPU settings the Minimum CPU frequency is set to 1026MHz. So I changed it to 384MHz, quit the settings app went back in and it's set back to 1026MHz. Now here is the kicker; the Current CPU frequency idles at 384MHz despite the minium setting constantly reverting back to 1026MHz. Any thoughts? Is this just a bug aka it says its set to 1026MHz but really the minimum setting is 384MHz? I'd assume that to be the answer due to the fact of the current CPU setting sitting at 384MHz.
2. Quick one; Is there any way to install Halo from PA into CM? Easy or difficult, doesn't matter.Although I'm assuming that this isn't nor will it be possible. It seems to be intertwined into PA rom instead of just a system apk.
3. Another quick one, is there anyway to enable performance tab in settings in the latest ParanoidAndroid build? I enable developer settings but still couldn't get the performance section to show in the settings. NOW I think that they might have removed it? I read somewhere that they removed themes (understandable they arent really compatible with different DPI settings / PA color settings etc.) but maybe I'm just blind...
Again I'm new here SO HELLO EVERYONE NICE TO MEET YOU ALL I have been waiting to get the N4 for so long, envious of all the N4 roms when I was on the HOXL.
I'm Josh / jfphotox I want to get into theming and maybe a little lite dev eventually!
Cheers everyone!

2. There's no easy way to do this like installing an apk. Halo is intertwined deeply inside of the android framework. There are a couple cm10 roms that have cherry picked halo, if that's what your looking.
3. You're not blind...PA doesn't have any built in performance settings. You can use a third party app like setCPU to do this.

Chromium_ said:
2. There's no easy way to do this like installing an apk. Halo is intertwined deeply inside of the android framework. There are a couple cm10 roms that have cherry picked halo, if that's what your looking.
3. You're not blind...PA doesn't have any built in performance settings. You can use a third party app like setCPU to do this.
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I had a feeling it was deeply intertwined into the rom, which roms cherrypicked halo out? I like CM exactly how it is just want to have the ability to use halo if I want it
And,
Thanks I thought I checked everywhere, I wasn't sure which app was best.
THANKS!

jfphotox said:
I had a feeling it was deeply intertwined into the rom, which roms cherrypicked halo out? I like CM exactly how it is just want to have the ability to use halo if I want it
And,
Thanks I thought I checked everywhere, I wasn't sure which app was best.
THANKS!
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Take a look at crdroid. It has a couple other features, but its based on cm10.2 and is still very stable.
Edit: here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395744

Chromium_ said:
Take a look at crdroid. It has a couple other features, but its based on cm10.2 and is still very stable.
Edit: here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395744
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Great!
Thanks again, I'll check it out next time I'm on a flash trip! :good:
P.S. I feel welcomed already

There are a couple of CM roms with halo added. As far as #1 min frequency is at 384. Qualcomm uses mp decision. Every time you touch the screen the cpu ramps up to 1026. It's also part of project butter at work to ensure smooth scrolling and what not. So even though it says 1026 it still goes down to lower frequencies
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