CM10.1 has a tonne of great features that I use frequently, and I love how clean and well integrated all the modifications are (as opposed to something like AOKP which just feels a little hacked together). However, I'm pretty jealous of the option to theme the navbar, as well as the various hybrid mode options of Paranoid Android. I used to use it until they moved way from the CM base, but now I find it's missing too many features that I enjoy. Is there any CM10.1 based ROM that includes some or all of these features?
Have you tried PACMan ROM? It has features from CM, AOKP, and PA.
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I'm just wondering what others experiences of roms they have used on their nexus s i9023? I have just unlocked my bootloader. BTW I am a complete novice. Thanks
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Cyanogenmod is probably going to be suited for you. If you are new and want all the new features and stability, Cyanogenmod is the way to go.
You can check it out here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/.
If you want something simple, stock, minimal added features you may want to check out the other roms. Some have great additional features and other ones are optimized stock code that are built for speed/low memory use.
You'll just have to play with them to see what you like.
I run the Cyanogenmod nightlies with the latest 1.3.9 BFS Netarchy Kernel.
All can be found in the dev forums.
I'd recommend Oxygen to a complete new user, it got modifications & fixes, it's lightweight, fast & stable and imho a very good entry into NxS ROM world.
I also do tell them to keep their fingers off the cpu settings in Oxygen settings though, initially.
Thank you rentaric
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I guess for a standard experience go CM7.
Personally my favorite is MIUI and for more stock experience liquid. MIUI is the most different than stock and the customization is so good. Liquid seem the fastest out of all the ROMs I have tried.
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+1 for liquid with Oxygen a very very close second depending what you're looking for.
I liked that liquid had a bit more customization I could play around with vs. Oxygen.
I read CM was not working so well for the NS....
MIUI
great ROM great looking GUI tons of customization and really quick good battery life also better camera than stock
Hi there! New to the forum, formerly used SDX developers.
on my first TouchWiz device and was hoping to hear some opinions and get educated on how custom ROMs work on a phone with an OEM overlay. I previously ran a Nexus S with Cyanogenmod on it. I really enjoyed it, but didn't lose any features going from vanilla Android to CM.
curious what features I might lose if I were to switch on this new phone. The features I might be interested in not losing are the camera app (essentially the burst shooting mode and best picture mode) and the air gestures. There were many features I really enjoyed of CM, but I would like most some sort of compromise.
other ROM suggestions would be appreciated to hear too.
Thanks for your time.
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Hi there! New to the forum, formerly used SDX developers.
on my first TouchWiz device and was hoping to hear some opinions and get educated on how custom ROMs work on a phone with an OEM overlay. I previously ran a Nexus S with Cyanogenmod on it. I really enjoyed it, but didn't lose any features going from vanilla Android to CM.
curious what features I might lose if I were to switch on this new phone. The features I might be interested in not losing are the camera app (essentially the burst shooting mode and best picture mode) and the air gestures. There were many features I really enjoyed of CM, but I would like most some sort of compromise.
other ROM suggestions would be appreciated to hear too.
Thanks for your time.
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You basically either got to go AOSP or TW, all the TW roms will have those features that come with stock working. AOSP roms like CM, AOKP, PA, etc won't have any of the unique TW features like air gestures and etc. In regards to the camera, it won't be the same exact app, but I'm pretty sure AOSP has a few equivalent shooting modes but I don't remember which ones, haven't used the AOSP camera in awhile.
And I'm pretty sure I've read that it won't be possible to merge those TW features, like smart scroll and all that air stuff, into CM and etc. MAYBE if the Google GS4 comes with them we will be able to port them in, but I doubt that'll the Google S4 will.
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So S Beam and S Health won't be ported to AOSP style ROMs either? I'm just trying to figure out which way to go. I like the idea of some of these features, but realistically probably wouldn't use them much. Have you experimented with any ROMs on your S4 yet? Thanks for your response.
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So S Beam and S Health won't be ported to AOSP style ROMs either? I'm just trying to figure out which way to go. I like the idea of some of these features, but realistically probably wouldn't use them much. Have you experimented with any ROMs on your S4 yet? Thanks for your response.
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I'm quite sure that the APK's of those apps are dependent on Touchwiz so they won't work if your on an AOSP rom. That might not be the case for all of them.
Yes sir! I have tried all the main TW roms out, Force Rom is a really slimmed down stock rom with some nice mods, FreeGS4 is a choose and pick everything you want from stock with everything being included and most of it being uninstallable by default, with a bunch of great mods, Blue Kuban is a blue themed out TW rom with a great built in mod downloader/updater. All three are great with different niches. There is also Highway (or something like that) and Untitled rom but those are in their early stages still.
And the AOSP roms are the usuals, CM, AOKP, AOSPA and also SlimBean. If your going to try an AOSP rom I recommend the official CM nightlies or Slimbean as the others are still in beta.
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I've been thinking I would wait for a CM milestone before giving it a shot. Might try Free GS4, that sounds up my ally. Thanks again for the answers. One last question if you have time: Have you considered dual booting?
I have been running ForceRom and have had great success with it. Battery life is great and phone has been running quite smoothly. Link below if you wanna check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261943
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Good question, and good information for new smartphone people such as I.
I am running the Team Sonic rom, I like it quite a bit. Its very similar to stock but with some important tweaks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294607&page=41
What is the most stable 4.2.2 AOKP ROM for this device? Also would you recommend that or CM10.1 RC5 for stability and features?
Could you please write we what is that AOKP?
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What is the most stable 4.2.2 AOKP ROM for this device? Also would you recommend that or CM10.1 RC5 for stability and features?
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Personally the most recent AOKP are pretty stable. You can use whatever you want based on your needs/wants in a ROM. If you find a rom that doesn't fit your expectations you should switch to another one. Play around with them.
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Could you please write we what is that AOKP?
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AOKP = Android Open Kang Project. Its a rom with lots of customization options.
All Nexus roms are pretty stable for the most part and bugs won't affect your day-to-day usage.
I personally prefer Carbon. It has goodies from AOKP, CM, Paranoid Android's "Halo"
If you think AOKP has a lot of customizations, check Carbon you'll be blown away.
I agree about using Carbon We really have all the best customization options of AOKP, PA, CM and Slim roms all in a small package and that is near stock looking and runs SPEEDY and smooth.
AOKP Milestone 1 is surprisingly stable. The only problem I've found is the Recents Menu is somewhat buggy, that may or may not be a deal-breaker for you.
I'm using the latest nightly and it's been working flawless for me. Normally I stick with mile stones, but it had a 2g toggle bug in it that drive me crazy.
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Also, how about a rom that could be used as a daily driver for the wife?
Carbon Rom. If its your wife's phone, chances are she doesn't know how to root and do all that fancy stuff.
Just leave her phone stock unless you want to claim responsibility for anything that she does.
The one in my signature is nice and simple. But I'm with the guy above, if she doesn't know much about technology the stock AOSP rom already on there is already pretty clean and free of bloat.
Course on the other hand, my mom isn't too technical and she's running SlimBean 6 on her Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" just fine. (plus I got it all pink-color themed including the navigation buttons the way she likes it, lol).
CM 10.1 should be everyone's first ROM imho. It's stable and adds more features on the default ROM
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CM 10.1 should be everyone's first ROM imho. It's stable and adds more features on the default ROM
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So is every other rom for the Nexus 4. A unstable rom for N4 is very rare because N4 is a aosp device and has all the binaries available whereas non nexus devices do not.
Make yourself a open book and don't limit yourself to only Cm. Cm o's very strict on their guidelines and don't want to add a bunch of features compared to their old days like Cm7.
Try carbon. It has features all from cm, aokp, paranoid android, etc while being a very speedy rom. You're missing out on a lot of extra goodies such as navigation bar height, halo etc.
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So is every other rom for the Nexus 4. A unstable rom for N4 is very rare because N4 is a aosp device and has all the binaries available whereas non nexus devices do not.
Make yourself a open book and don't limit yourself to only Cm. Cm o's very strict on their guidelines and don't want to add a bunch of features compared to their old days like Cm7.
Try carbon. It has features all from cm, aokp, paranoid android, etc while being a very speedy rom. You're missing out on a lot of extra goodies such as navigation bar height, halo etc.
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Not from my experience, but good luck.
Hi,
Are there any rom that is based of AOKP or provides all the features AOKP have but with the ParanoidAndroid tablet ui. AOKP Tablet UI doesn't work well on the Nexus 4.
The reason why I am not switching to PA based of CyanogenMod is the missing features such as the arrows on the nav bar while typing or the LED color when we get notifications, etc..
Try PAC Android, it's the combination of Paranoid, AOKP, and CyanogenMod.
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