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Have you flashed a Rom or stayed Stock?

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.

Starting to get bored of the stock look and feel. Any ROMs out there that may have To

Don't get me wrong, I love stock. Just lately I want something a little different. Just to try. Maybe I would miss stock after that but is there anything out there that I could try?
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Paranoid android.

I'm the same, I love stock but I'm not sure if I should try something else, whats the difference in paranoid android?
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Avatar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38397655

I started to get bored too, I'm waiting for the official miui v5 release.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38397655
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I agree. I've used avatar before. If you want a different look this should fit your needs. Add this plus the newest miui launcher, which you can also theme (lock screen included) and you will have a completely different look. I liked it myself but find myself always going back to stock.
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I hopped onto paranoid android yesterday. The only thing bothering me so far is that the stock browser text size seems small??? What's going on? Any work around?

shadehh said:
I hopped onto paranoid android yesterday. The only thing bothering me so far is that the stock browser text size seems small??? What's going on? Any work around?
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change the dpi in hybrid settings.

You don't need to change rom's to completely change the way your phone looks. If you want to change rom's that's great and all, but I'd say that everything cool that you see on mycolorscreen.com can be achieved with the factory rom. You just have to use your imagination and think for yourself.

Lot of options!
monkey hung said:
Don't get me wrong, I love stock. Just lately I want something a little different. Just to try. Maybe I would miss stock after that but is there anything out there that I could try?
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If you look at the development you can find some Xperia (sony), Touchwiz (samsung), Blur (motorola) and even LG alike UI's themes on roms, just look at them at development thread. If you want something closer to stock I would recommend Asylum rom, its a darker version of CM10.1 with some improvements and daily updates
Try them and find the one you like the most! Then come and tell us your experience!

Yeah I have PA. There's really no launcher that I like since Nova and Apex change the dock size a little (too spaced out). I'll take a look at avatar ROM.
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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

sewa2k said:
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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cyanogenmod vs stock

Hello all,
Browsing the cyanogenmod website I am unable to find how this custom rom actually differs from stock. Could anyone tell me how it differs in tersm of features, performance etc.. ?

joefso said:
Hello all,
Browsing the cyanogenmod website I am unable to find how this custom rom actually differs from stock. Could anyone tell me how it differs in tersm of features, performance etc.. ?
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Unfortunately, the best way to go is to flash cm and then you'll see the difference(s)! Don't forget to do a nandroid backup first though.
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There's no real reason to use CM on a Nexus phone, other than for since variety. Stock plus xposed lets you do everything a custom ROM does.
CM is really made for phones burdened with terrible manufacturers skins.
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chrisrozon said:
There's no real reason to use CM on a Nexus phone, other than for since variety. Stock plus xposed lets you do everything a custom ROM does.
CM is really made for phones burdened with terrible manufacturers skins.
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Don't listen to this post , if it was true then no dev would release a rom here. There are plenty of roms that offer a lot more then exposed + modules. Even stock roms offer ART runtime which isn't possible with exposed. Try a few and ask questions on the rom in question thread as most people hear are more then happy to help.
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bladebuddy said:
Don't listen to this post , if it was true then no dev would release a rom here. There are plenty of roms that offer a lot more then exposed + modules. Even stock roms offer ART runtime which isn't possible with exposed. Try a few and ask questions on the rom in question thread as most people hear are more then happy to help.
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I don't have the exact numbers, but quite a few roms are based on CM. Take CM out of the mix, and there will be only be a few roms to choose from.
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Cm offers better control of your phone compared with stock rom. Besides, pravicy guard and crypted message is cool.
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I prefer AOSP, code is cleaner, sure devs would agree.
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chrisrozon said:
There's no real reason to use CM on a Nexus phone, other than for since variety. Stock plus xposed lets you do everything a custom ROM does.
CM is really made for phones burdened with terrible manufacturers skins.
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htc dream and htc magic, first devices with cm support had "nexus like" stock rom. So i guess that CM roms are still good for nexus devices

I reverted back to stock, the reasons for this are the battery drain with CM 11 M2 and the camera issue and the crashing, two of these I also experienced with CM 10.2. I am currently running franco kernel with the Dalvik/Bionic optimization and until now the battery life and performance have been like never before!

let me tell you someting buddy. the battery has several charging cycles ,wich means that over time it will not be as new.this is main reason for the bad battery life.
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joefso said:
I reverted back to stock, the reasons for this are the battery drain with CM 11 M2 and the camera issue and the crashing, two of these I also experienced with CM 10.2. I am currently running franco kernel with the Dalvik/Bionic optimization and until now the battery life and performance have been like never before!
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I don't have any of these issues on CM. The phone drains under 2% an hour while sleeping.
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good for everyone that enjoys CM, I do not think I will be returning to it, going to stick with PA for the near future if any rom is going to be flashed. I tested the battery life compared to recent usage, not that this matters anymore.

Omnirom???

Anyone using Omnirom on their n10? I didn't see any recent topics on it. I've grown use to the multi window feature on my Samsung products and would like to try the multi window feature of omnirom. My nexus 10 is still stock which I have no problems with. Thoughts?
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Anyone using Omnirom on their n10? I didn't see any recent topics on it. I've grown use to the multi window feature on my Samsung products and would like to try the multi window feature of omnirom. My nexus 10 is still stock which I have no problems with. Thoughts?
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A quick look through the Android development forums and you'll see, now, two OmniROM roms. The official one was just released yesterday and Tempest rom has been around for a very long time. Good luck.

Try it out! It's nice if you are accustomed to using it. I flashed Omni for that specific reason. I just find I have been using it less and less since I graduated; it was very useful in college but now I can't use it at work because the N10 is not company-issued ("secure") and when I'm just browsing the Internet or playing a game, I have no need for it. If you will find it useful definitely check it out.
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Try using the xposed module Xmultiwindow. Works just like omni window, but on any ROM
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