Noob 4.3 ROM question - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm a noob to tables but have done many flashes to my phones. My main question is, I'm rooted and ready to flash a ROM to my Nexus 7 but I'm confused about a few things. I'm running firmware 4.3 so do I need to flash a ROM that's made for 4.3? I'm interested in the Carbon ROM but it doesn't state that it for 4.3.
I'm interested in a stable ROM that has a lot of customizing options. Any suggestions?
Thanx in advance for helping out a Noob!
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ROM = Firmware
Flashing ROM = Flashing different Firmware
If you flash a 4.2.2 ROM over a 4.3 STOCK ROM, then you will have 4.2.2, and nothing about your device will be 4.3
just to verify, you have the old Nexus 7 right?

Yes, old Nexus 7. Thanx! Now I feel comfortable trying some Roms.
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What about the bootloader?
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ZombieUsr said:
What about the bootloader?
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There could be partition issues when you have the wrong one.Like there was with the 4.2 update.If you flash a 4.2 rom onto a 4.1 bootloader your whole data will get moved into another /0 folder
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filipathtc said:
There could be partition issues when you have the wrong one.Like there was with the 4.2 update.If you flash a 4.2 rom onto a 4.1 bootloader your whole data will get moved into another /0 folder
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There isn't.
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filipathtc said:
There could be partition issues when you have the wrong one.Like there was with the 4.2 update.If you flash a 4.2 rom onto a 4.1 bootloader your whole data will get moved into another /0 folder
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The nested 0 folders was a recovery issue, not a bootloader one. Neither CWM nor TWRP could initially deal with the new multi-user directory structure. Koush and Team Win promptly updated their recoveries to resolve it.
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Southrn Dawg said:
I'm interested in a stable ROM that has a lot of customizing options. Any suggestions?
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I've been very happy with RasBeanJelly. It has a good cross between features, speed, and light-weight. It tends to be quite stable. I ran it for about 7 months, until I decided that l decided I needed more excitement in my life and jumped to a bleeding edge ROM. Depending on how the new ROM does/does-not develop, I may go back.
Before you go changing ROMs, make sure you are ready. Then make sure you are really ready. After a couple of times you may actually be ready. Look around, and you will find some guides. Here's a good place to start: Flashing Guide. The biggest issue I have had is making sure I have a good BACKUP and RESTORE strategy that works.
Good Luck,
-John

Slimbean 4.3 beta 3 is pretty feature-rich and is a beta in name only...it's been rock solid for me. Get it at www.slimroms.net

Thanx for the ROM suggestions! I been running CyanogenMod Ver 10.2 Unofficial and I like it but now I'm ready to try some more Roms. I've got the hang of flashing stuff again so now I feel comfortable trying some new stuff.
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I'm running Glazed and really like the ROM but interested in trying others. What's the best approach in doing so?
Is there a way to make trying out ROMs "easier"?
Haven't used ROM Manager before, and have read mixed reviews.
Appreciate the help from the wizards on this site.
Make a nandroid. And flash a new rom, don't like it.... restore your nandroid.
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There is no other approach then flashing them and see. Or you could read feedback
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Nandroid backup then flash away.
Paranoid Android
CM10
MIUI
AOKP
EOS
I like EOS for tablet mode. Very stable and great battery.
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What u mean great battery. I got 10h as a reader only. Un rooted...
Can u do better?
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[Q] PAC or Jelly Bam similar Rom for Nexus 7 ?

Hi all,
I wanted to know if there was a hybrid AOKP, CM10.1 and Paranoid Android rom for Nexus 7 like PAC or Jelly Bam for Samsung Galaxy S3 ?
I have already made a lot of research but I don't find anything so if someone can help me, thank you in advance
Sorry for my bad English, I'm french ^^'
Currently, only individual roms
I think I seen one somewhere. Don't get your hopes up though cuz I could be wrong. Just look around and you may get lucky. Lol
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Thanks guys, I hope that wee can see a hybrid rom soon for Nexus 7
Kant73 said:
Thanks guys, I hope that wee can see a hybrid rom soon for Nexus 7
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I'm dying for one,!
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http://www.igio90.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=2787
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http://www.igio90.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=2787
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Lol, where's the Rom?
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Probably not anytime soon. Those roms are based on 4.1.2. Since then, PA has changed from a cm base to aosp. Additionally, PA is in beta, and experiences frequent updates.
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Here you go!
And yeah, this is the only ROM that I know we have and it runs android 4.1.2, hope its what you're looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940255&highlight=4+1+2
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Lol, where's the Rom?
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My point is ..... No time soon. And I doubt if we will see any more PAC ROMs since PA changed to ASOP based. In fact, JellyBAM has already dropped PA from their newer builds.
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Cuzuaintme said:
Here you go!
And yeah, this is the only ROM that I know we have and it runs android 4.1.2, hope its what you're looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940255&highlight=4+1+2
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Thanks man but it's a 4.1.2 rom and I search a 4.2.1
But it's an excellent news to find hybrid rom =D

Any one reverted back to 4.2.2

Just asking who has flashed 4.3 then found its full of bugs and then reflashed 4.2.2 !!
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nickslg said:
Just asking who has flashed 4.3 then found its full of bugs and then reflashed 4.2.2 !!
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Me, just now.
Was unhappy with the scrolling (stuttery & laggy - to me it seemed like the touch sensor was being polled less because while your finger was touching & moving, the screen scroll stuttered, when released, it continued its scrolling smoothly)
Also, WiFi was sometimes not reconnecting - had to either reboot or forget / re-join.
also had an issue with the camera flash failing to operate after 3 or 4 photos.
I was beginning to think I was imagining my N4 was nice an smooth - but I got so annoyed with 4.3 I unlocked & flashed 4.2.2 factory image. IT Is DEFINITELY smoother.
Screen stutter/lag can be rendered by checking "hardware overlays" in dev options
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I'm missing aokp ROMs from 4.2.2 going back when I get to my computer later today
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nickslg said:
I'm missing aokp ROMs from 4.2.2 going back when I get to my computer later today
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I've flashed a couple of 4.3 ROMs starting with stock but keep going back to LiquidSmooth v 2.9. I don't see any degradation in performance with 4.3, I have been getting better battery life from LiquidSmooth.
There were a couple of apps that I use that were not performing well with 4.3. I decided to flash back to cm because of this. It was mainly Swype that was driving me crazy. I'm unsure if it was the fault of Swype not being updated for 4.3 or if it was the screen polling of 4.3 everyone is talking about.
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Still on 4.2.2 lol Never upgraded...:victory:
nickslg said:
Screen stutter/lag can be rendered by checking "hardware overlays" in dev options
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I don't see hardware overlays. Do you mean "disable HW overlay " or "force GPU rendering" ?
These were default (I.e not disabled and not forced)
Im not sure these would help?!?!
I tried 4.3 two times, but after a few hours I reverted back to CM10.1 :silly:
I'll wait for good and stable custom kernels, and for good custom ROM's.
It's me. I expect 4.3 very much. I update to stock 4.3, Titanium can't remove system app. So I tried to use PA rom, version 3.91, while I'm download PA rom, I detect a new version of PA, version 3.92. I'm very suprise with PA group speed, they're provide rom patchs continuous. And I had to download from beginning. After that, I install new rom with a big expectation but titanium still can't remove system app. Finally I had to restore to PA 3.69 by TWRP and wait a new rom version :crying:
Tried a custom CyanogenMod 4.3 Build, but I prefer to stay with the "current" nightlies right now.
Theres a reason why they didnt start rolling out nightlies already.
A question, where did you get the CM build? Is it from the team itself or was it made by someone else?
4.3, same on the outside, fubar on the inside.
My fears about the head honcho of android chrome being made head of the whole OS have come to bare.
If it wasn't for the fact that 4.3 fixed the double dial issue for us Solavei users id go back to CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2)
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Am I the only one whose 4.3 is working just fine?
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Logomotph said:
Am I the only one whose 4.3 is working just fine?
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No, mine's working great also on 4.3. Missing the added functionality of custom Roms atm. Just waiting on cm 10.2 to become official:thumbup:
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Logomotph said:
Am I the only one whose 4.3 is working just fine?
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I find it hard to believe its working as it should be
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I might revert back. I get several hours less battery time with 4.3 because Android OS "keep awake" is draining my battery. I never had such issues with 4.2.2. :/
lowrider262 said:
No, mine's working great also on 4.3. Missing the added functionality of custom Roms atm. Just waiting on cm 10.2 to become official:thumbup:
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I quite like the stock rom....kinda sad Matr1x only supports the JSS build....might flash a JSS rom...or maybe build it myself.
But yeah, I'm happy with 4.3. Never had any issues with OTAs
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I find it hard to believe its working as it should be
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Everything seems to be working well. I couldn't test BLE, because I don't have a BLE device, but otherwise everything seems to be fine.
Yea I went back to 4.2.2... I'll wait for liquid smooth too upgrade to 4.3 before I flash another ROM.
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Issue solved please close

Hey guys I just rooted and installed a few custom ROMs on my n4. When I install a custom 4.3 kernel on any 4.3 ROM I get ridiculous flickering issues. It never happened on stock and only happens on custom ROMs when flashing another kernel. Am I missing something obvious? I have searched for an answer but have come up empty. Any help would be appreciated cuz I really would like to run Franco or faux ( my two favs from my Gnex days). Thanks a lot guys
Edit: sorry I meant to put this in q and a mods feel free to move
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Flash the proper kernel for you ROM hint there are two different builds for 4.3
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I did flash the correct kernel. At least I think I'm running cm 4.3 (jss15j) and I tried flashing faux's latest 4.3 kernel. If that is for some reason incorrect which faux or Franco would u recommend?
Edit. Ahh I see what u mean by two different builds. Thanks I thought there was only one build on 4.3
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[Q] CM 10.2 nightly won't boot after flashing franco r191-JSS

Hello,
I am running CM 10.2 (latest nightly). I flashed the franco kernel r191 for the first time and it bricked the phone. The boot animation won't come up. It gets stuck after the Google logo. I would appreciate if you could help me out. Fortunately, I had a full nandroid backup and was able to recover my phone.
I use the TWRP recovery.
Thanks.
You need to learn what the definition of bricked means.
a bricked phone is worthless and unrecoverable, it makes a great paperweight/door stop. flashing a kernel that wont boot is not bricking a phone, and not close, and there are many ways to recover from a non booting kernel, nandroid restore being one way. you can also just flash a good kernel or your rom to recover.
Thank you for clarifying the definition of brick. I did not know that. Please feel free to chime in regarding my original question. Thank you.
devadam1 said:
Thank you for clarifying the definition of brick. I did not know that. Please feel free to chime in regarding my original question. Thank you.
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What IS your question? From what I've read, you were able to restore your nandroid, right? Just don't flash that kernel if it messes things up.
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try a different franco kernel. are you sure that you pucjed the right kernel? 4.2.2 kernels dont boot on 4.3, and 4.3 kernels dont boot on 4.2.2.
simms22 said:
try a different franco kernel. are you sure that you pucjed the right kernel? 4.2.2 kernels dont boot on 4.3, and 4.3 kernels dont boot on 4.2.2.
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According to the author, I am supposed to flash the one that has a JSS tag in the file name. http://franciscofranco.minooch.com/Nexus4/4.3/zips/
I am sure I downloaded the correct file and flashed the right version. Since I am new here, I am not allowed to post in the original thread, which is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
iamterence said:
What IS your question? From what I've read, you were able to restore your nandroid, right? Just don't flash that kernel if it messes things up.
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I would like to know whether there is a way to flash the franco kernel on CM 10.2. It seems to be buggy. I wanted to post my question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
But I need at least 10 posts to ask my question there.
devadam1 said:
I would like to know whether there is a way to flash the franco kernel on CM 10.2. It seems to be buggy. I wanted to post my question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
But I need at least 10 posts to ask my question there.
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no. custom kernels no longer work on cm properly, if at all.thats probably is the reason why franco kernel wont boot. cm changed their base code from aosp to qualcomm a few weeks ago, and that broke the ability to use custom kernels on cm. custom kernels are based on aosp, and qualcomms code breaks stuff because of it.
Thank you so much! Now I understand why.
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when did this start? currently running cm10.2 and Franco190, now I'm scared to update cm as I need Franco for the battery life
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Started a couple of days ago. Not sure if the r191 is the cause or the cm 10.2 nightly.
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As said previously CM is the cause, Franco still remains AOSP based, you can try hellscore kernel, Google it, it as a nice reputation for amazing battery life and has a CM version of it.
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devadam1 said:
Started a couple of days ago. Not sure if the r191 is the cause or the cm 10.2 nightly.
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it started with a nightly about 2 weeks ago
Thank you! I'll definitely give it a try.
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simms22 said:
it started with a nightly about 2 weeks ago
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You're right. I just installed the nightly later on.
mine is Sept build good thing I didn't update
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albundy2010 said:
You need to learn what the definition of bricked means.
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simms22 said:
a bricked phone is worthless and unrecoverable, it makes a great paperweight/door stop. flashing a kernel that wont boot is not bricking a phone, and not close, and there are many ways to recover from a non booting kernel, nandroid restore being one way. you can also just flash a good kernel or your rom to recover.
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Aka: soft brick.
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Endoroid said:
Aka: soft brick.
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I don't even like the way that term is used to be honest. To me a soft brick is more or less something that requires a JTAG.
A bootloop or a failed boot just isn't any type of brick at all really as far as I'm concerned.
You really should change the title of the thread. Franco does great work and really does not need to be slandered. After all cm is preventing your device from booting not Franco's kernel. If you want to rant maybe you could change the title to cm bricked my phone
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