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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 Root, Hacks, Mods And Development => Topic started by: norcal618 on September 30, 2012, 05:26:55 PM
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Hi all. I've had my n7 since july. I rooted & unlocked almost right out f the box and I love this tablet dearly. Its by far my favorite gadget. Even better than my iPhone, by a long shot. Lol. I'm looking for suggestions for a great ROM. I played around with several at first until a came upon xenon HD about a month or so ago. This ROM has been great to me. Smooth, functional, customizable. All though xenon HD has been the bomb, I'm getting bored with it and ready to try something else. I would love for you guys to tell me your favorite nexus 7 ROMs and what you like about them. I'm thinking about flashing smooth ROM and giving the tablet ui a try. So please let me know which ROM is the best guys! Thanks :)
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Come on! Nobody?
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Codename android. I've tried others, I keep coming back to this.
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If yoi want something different then try Paranoid Android, avialable on XDA and rootzwiki.
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Thanks for your replies guys. Paranoid is actually the first ROM I ran on this tablet. Code name android sounds very promising. For now I went with smooth ROM and I'm utilizing the Franco kernel along with it. I opted out of the optional tablet ui because of reported bugs. I went ahead and lowered my DPI to 160 which gives me a kind of hybrid ui along with nova launcher. The ROM itself is very basic containing absolutely no ROM settings or tweaks within itself. Its very close to stock. That being said I am very happy with performance. As the ROMs name suggests it is very smooth. No lag or hiccup at all. I ran a quadrant benchmark and came in just under 5000 without any tweaks to the kernel. With the DPI lowered to 160 it makes things appear very small on screen. Im contemplating flashing the tablet UI patch but I'm not sure if this ROM is supported. If anyone has info on that please share. I would still like to ask you guys, my fellow n7 users to please still let me know what your favorite ROMs are.
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I haven't tried installing roms on the Nexus yet. I was leery, but I just did a crash course in rooting for my phone and have tried several different roms and kernels so I am starting to get the hang of it!
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When I first go my N7 I really wanted to keep it stock JB, especially since I've got some reviews to write up on the N7, but alas, it was too restrictive in a number of ways.
First step was to change the launcher to Apex.
Then found a few other shortcomings and the way I normally find alternative roms is look at the number of views on the XDA threads. :P
Paranoid Android had the highest views and suits what I wanted perfectly. The fact that I can change the DPI of almost any component independently is great, means I don't have to do the global DPI hack ( my eyes aren't as good as they used to be) :)
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since i am what is classed as a newbie and still working my way through the threads--i have tried a few roms but settled on AOKP. was using 4.1.2 but just updated to 4.2.1 ithout any problems. like the various bits and peices you can tweak. very solid, had no crashes etc.
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I think AOKP and CM10.1 are my personal favourites but I'm on stock 4.2.1 at the moment...
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At the moment I am using Dirty Rootbox... we'll see his long that lasts.
One thing I have been sticking with is the kernel. Or rather I found two that seem to give me great battery life. One is based off the other so this is not surprising. They are M-kernel and Omega. Omega has a number of additional governors and schedulers, but I actually end up using the same ones on both.
I too tried Franco's kernel and it was nice. But the m-kernel is also actually faster as well. Of course this can vary from N7 to N7... ymmv.
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I am currently using Xylon/FNV version xylon_grouper-official-016 and I love it!!!! I had been running Liquid jellybean for quite some time but got bored. You should all check this rom out!!! http://xylon.androidvenue.com/downloads-2/xylon-aosp-nex (http://xylon.androidvenue.com/downloads-2/xylon-aosp-nex) us-7/ . Its Really fast and smooth.
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What are some of the features that you enjoy with this ROM? Customizable features? Can you post screens? How about benchmark scores?
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Come on! Nobody?
I just cannot figure for the life of me why I need to root. I keep seeing people say this room is smooth no lag and all that jazz but my n7 never lags and it's stock out of box and I couldn't imagine it runnin smoother. That being said I guess I'm kinda jealous bc this is my first android anything and I don't get it like did my windows stuff. I would run Ubuntu on my win laptop.is that the equivalent? I always came back to windows anyways. I feel like since this is fine for me keeping it stock then I must not know something. There musty be appsthat I done know about this stock n7 is running fine to run pocket and rascally and chrome every now and then. I'm missing
something and don't know what or is.help
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Come on! Nobody?
I just cannot figure for the life of me why I need to root. I keep seeing people say this room is smooth no lag and all that jazz but my n7 never lags and it's stock out of box and I couldn't imagine it runnin smoother. That being said I guess I'm kinda jealous bc this is my first android anything and I don't get it like did my windows stuff. I would run Ubuntu on my win laptop.is that the equivalent? I always came back to windows anyways. I feel like since this is fine for me keeping it stock then I must not know something. There musty be appsthat I done know about this stock n7 is running fine to run pocket and rascally and chrome every now and then. I'm missing
something and don't know what or is.help
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Superuser Control of my file system, Nandroid backups, and root only apps mostly.
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Come on! Nobody?
I just cannot figure for the life of me why I need to root. I keep seeing people say this room is smooth no lag and all that jazz but my n7 never lags and it's stock out of box and I couldn't imagine it runnin smoother. That being said I guess I'm kinda jealous bc this is my first android anything and I don't get it like did my windows stuff. I would run Ubuntu on my win laptop.is that the equivalent? I always came back to windows anyways. I feel like since this is fine for me keeping it stock then I must not know something. There musty be appsthat I done know about this stock n7 is running fine to run pocket and rascally and chrome every now and then. I'm missing
something and don't know what or is.help
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Rooting isn't for everyone. If you're happy with your device stock then there is no reason to root. Some of us just like to tinker with things and push our technology to see what we can get it to do...I always hacked Windows settings, rooted Android, jailbroke my iPad 2, and I just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on my old Dell XPS M140 laptop that had vista on it...I love technology!
As for the ROM I'm running on my Nexus 7 3g (Tilapia) is XenonHD. It's super smooth, has some nice extras and just overall runs great.
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paradroid android is the best
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Come on! Nobody?
I just cannot figure for the life of me why I need to root. I keep seeing people say this room is smooth no lag and all that jazz but my n7 never lags and it's stock out of box and I couldn't imagine it runnin smoother. That being said I guess I'm kinda jealous bc this is my first android anything and I don't get it like did my windows stuff. I would run Ubuntu on my win laptop.is that the equivalent? I always came back to windows anyways. I feel like since this is fine for me keeping it stock then I must not know something. There musty be appsthat I done know about this stock n7 is running fine to run pocket and rascally and chrome every now and then. I'm missing
something and don't know what or is.help
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The thing I enjoy most about having my nexus 7 rooted is being able to run different versions of android that have many settings and customizations that you just won't find in stock jelly bean. These settings make for much added functionality. Plus its fun testing out different modified versions of android and testing out all the different settings until you find that sweet spot where your nexus 7 becomes a beast. This tablet was designed to be hacked! But its still a fine gadget stock as well!
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Thanks for all the amazing replies! I'm currently running an awesome ROM called Bigfoot. I don't believe it can be found on XDA or any forum but it is available at the developers website. It is packed with features and it's super stable.http://drewgaren.com/DrewGaren.com/BF_DL_grouper.html (http://drewgaren.com/DrewGaren.com/BF_DL_grouper.html)
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. Great to see someone progress so quickly. Precisely what this community is about.
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I use CleanROM. Near to Stock but with Aroma installer.
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Paranoid Android FTW!
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Any link for paranoid android rom?
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Any link for paranoid android rom?
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Link to Paranoid Android development thread. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020336)
Link to grouper download page. (http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/grouper) Download the newest stable release for your device. 3G is Tilapia, wi-fi is grouper.
Link to gapps. (http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps)
I just flashed PA 3.96. When Android 4.3 came out, I flashed the stock ROM over my PA running on 4.2.2. I immediately missed PA's full screen, PIE, customizable nav buttons, and PA's handy two touch airplane mode, reboot to recovery or fastboot, and screen capture options.
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your link to PA is for nexus 4, can this be used for nexus7?
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Do NOT use the mako build on the Nexus 7, Nexus 7 2012 is grouper and the builds are here...
http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/grouper
PA 3.97 is the most recent build.
GApps are here...
http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps
08/15 or 15/08 depending on what offset of the world your from is the most recent.
Factory data reset> Flash ROM> Flash GApps> wipe Cache & Dalvik cache> reboot and wait...
Do bear in mind if you flash a custom kernel you'll break root so you'd need to flash SuperSU v1.51 to regain root.
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thanks, will try this
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