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[Verizon] Any chance for 4.3 custom ROMs?

Well, the Gnex is approaching 20 months in life. This is about the time developers and users start moving to new devices if they haven't already. If I had a GSM gnex, I probably would have used it longer, but I couldn't stand Verizon any longer. I felt dirty being a customer of theirs. I still have my Gnex though and use it for an mp3 player due to having less storage on the Nexus 4. And it's even completely stock :eek:
 
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Carbon says they're working on it, CM has some builds, I'm pretty confident that the custom roms are coming.

I'm using FTL from XDA forums, it's got one or two really simple customizations baked in, but for the most part it's stock - and I have to say, I miss my customizations, but I'm still really happy with it compared to 4.2.2
 
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Guys, check out XDA and Rootz. There are roms. I've got a clean "stock" 4.3 running right now, and it's the best my phone has ever worked. I'm going to try out one of the CM based, and probably JDX, as I miss lock screen targets and such.

So the devs are still playing with the GNex; there's just not a lot of chatter about it here in this forum.
 
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I could have sworn I read somewhere that AOKP was going to do a 4.3 ROM for the GNex.
Me too.

With Nexus devices that can run 4.3, the TRIM feature is going to breathe new life into these devices in a way that no former custom ROM could.

Basically, TRIM is going to clean your internal storage on a 24hr basis when your device has 80%+ battery life remaining. So, the lag seen on the GNex and the 1st Gen Nexus 7 will be diminished by this new stock Android feature. My 1st Gen Nexus 7 feels new and hasn't felt differently since (I'll report back if I find otherwise).

I would imagine that the final major OS update the GNex, and for that matter, the 1st Gen Nexus 7 will see, is Android 5.x.x. That's just my guess, though. No stone throwing please. :D

Nice to own a Nexus, aye?

jmar
 
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Paranoid 4.3 is sweet, everything works and it's fast like a new phone. Data didn't work at first, just went to the network setting and selected LTE or something like that.

Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169514

Tried this and thought that I had a bad build or something with data not working. I am clearly not as smart as you!

Am running a 4.3 called crDroid. Seems smooth it is a hybrid CM 10.2 with additional features from various ROMs.
 
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