Which ROM would you say is the coolest/best ROM for the nexus 7 (grouper), because I'm running PA3+ and its great but I need something else.
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- nexus 7 (2012)
Revolt has AOKP pa and revolted cm version only bug and this comes with all ROMs built with more that 2 inside when rotated in landscape you can barely see the Navy buttons I just changed the ui to phone in pa settings and I'm running the second nightly build
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I'm running Nexus Evolution on my N7 and GNex and love it on both. Lots of features, extremely stable.
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https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Scre...AA5yuCJqIvhzNCWp-W_zwGybpCSNvE8q6HdMNOufbucww screenshot of revolt seeing if this way will show the pic
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I use AOKP at this point. I used Jelly Belly for a bit. I actually stayed Unlocked, Rooted and Stock for a long time because Jelly Bean is so solid stock but started to ROM once I got bored.
The ROM I have used the most in the past 1.5 years has been AOKP, mostly on my former device Galaxy Nexus. I used it exclusively during the ICS days. I used Jelly Belly for a lot of the JB days (which are on going at this point) because JakeDay was the first dev to drop a JB ROM for the GNex. The reason I stopped using Jelly Belly was because GWallet has been borked for a few releases on the N7 and N4 (GNex is working). When I switched to T-Mobile and an N4 and found that GWallet was borked I had to switch back to AOKP (Disclaimer: In no way am I bashing JakeDay. He does great work and I have a friendly relationship with him as I have spoken with him many times. I've also donated to him on multiple occasions. Just sharing my experience is all.). Now I run AOKP on my N4 and N7.
What I like about AOKP is that they really innovated for the GNex and in some cases outdid a lot of ROM devs, especially in the ICS days. And while they were slow starting on Jelly Bean, their work and time has really paid off.
I feel like AOKP is a wonderful mix of features and stability. Great choices of customization are available and make for a real well put together Android experience. It great to run a ROM that is stock, but improves upon it while keeping aesthetics clean and performance peaking. These devs care about their community and strive to improve and innovate.
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The ROM I have used the most in the past 1.5 years has been AOKP, mostly on my former device Galaxy Nexus. I used it exclusively during the ICS days. I used Jelly Belly for a lot of the JB days (which are on going at this point) because JakeDay was the first dev to drop a JB ROM for the GNex. The reason I stopped using Jelly Belly was because GWallet has been borked for a few releases on the N7 and N4 (GNex is working). When I switched to T-Mobile and an N4 and found that GWallet was borked I had to switch back to AOKP (Disclaimer: In no way am I bashing JakeDay. He does great work and I have a friendly relationship with him as I have spoken with him many times. I've also donated to him on multiple occasions. Just sharing my experience is all.). Now I run AOKP on my N4 and N7.
What I like about AOKP is that they really innovated for the GNex and in some cases outdid a lot of ROM devs, especially in the ICS days. And while they were slow starting on Jelly Bean, their work and time has really paid off.
I feel like AOKP is a wonderful mix of features and stability. Great choices of customization are available and make for a real well put together Android experience. It great to run a ROM that is stock, but improves upon it while keeping aesthetics clean and performance peaking. These devs care about their community and strive to improve and innovate.
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Nevertheless, both ROMs are solid, stable and a great choice for most users.
FWIW, one may run AOKP as an AOSP ROM. There is nothing that says one must customize each option presented. One may choose when to stop customizing. Lastly, let us not forget that AOKP has pioneered features which don't exist on other ROMs, have been Kanged by other ROMs, or have been put into CMs own device tree and code.
Glad you enjoy CM. I ran it on the DInc and DInc 2 and loved it in the GB days.
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Yeah. Tablet UI is available through ROM Control.
I can agree that AOKP used some CM device trees and code to assist in building features on top of AOSP but a lot of ROM devs have used CM device trees and code. To say that they wouldn't exist...not sure we have the evidence to support that notion. If we said that a ROM wouldn't exist without AOSP, that might be more accurate.Not to knock on AOKP, but it wouldn't exist w/o CM.
When I tried it, it was nice, just 'too much' for me tho. AOSP too lil, CM just right.
PA2/3 was nice too.
Nevertheless, both ROMs are solid, stable and a great choice for most users.
FWIW, one may run AOKP as an AOSP ROM. There is nothing that says one must customize each option presented. One may choose when to stop customizing. Lastly, let us not forget that AOKP has pioneered features which don't exist on other ROMs, have been Kanged by other ROMs, or have been put into CMs own device tree and code.
Glad you enjoy CM. I ran it on the DInc and DInc 2 and loved it in the GB days.
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Wouldnt exist may been a lil strong, but I wasnt referring to the use of device trees, but more so of the core code. And yes I'am sure CM takes from AOKP too, we all know they took pie controls from PA and tweaked em just recently.P
Yeah. Tablet UI is available through ROM Control.
I can agree that AOKP used some CM device trees and code to assist in building features on top of AOSP but a lot of ROM devs have used CM device trees and code. To say that they wouldn't exist...not sure we have the evidence to support that notion. If we said that a ROM wouldn't exist without AOSP, that might be more accurate.
Nevertheless, both ROMs are solid, stable and a great choice for most users.
FWIW, one may run AOKP as an AOSP ROM. There is nothing that says one must customize each option presented. One may choose when to stop customizing. Lastly, let us not forget that AOKP has pioneered feature which don't exist on other ROMs, have been Kanged by other ROMs, or have been put into CMs own device tree and code.
Glad you enjoy CM. I ran it on the DInc and DInc 2 and loved it in the GB days.
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Im currently on paranoid android. Previously had cm10.1 which is admittedly many times more stable in my experience but im too lazy to flash it and get all my data across so im just waiting for google to push out 4.3. Either that or a MIUI port for us.
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The coolest/best ROM will be the one that works best for you . By all means ask the question as at least on here you'll get helpful replies, and might help you narrow down your choice. But at the end of the day there's no substitute for just trying out a load of ROMs of different flavours - made so easy with custom recovery and nandroids. And don't forget to try different kernels either, and recoveries too.
Choice - that's the beauty of Android being open source and made possible by all the devs who devote time and effort working with it. Absolutely why I chose and will continue to choose Android devices.
(Oh yeah, I currently run an AOKP on my N7, and a Sammy-based ROM on my S3 cos I like some of the Samsung features
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. By all means ask the question as at least on here you'll get helpful replies, and might help you narrow down your choice. But at the end of the day there's no substitute for just trying out a load of ROMs of different flavours - made so easy with custom recovery and nandroids. And don't forget to try different kernels either, and recoveries too.Choice - that's the beauty of Android being open source and made possible by all the devs who devote time and effort working with it. Absolutely why I chose and will continue to choose Android devices.
(Oh yeah, I currently run an AOKP on my N7, and a Sammy-based ROM on my S3 cos I like some of the Samsung features
)
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