yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buneco05:
Custom rom you mean custom android system? I have all original, if is that what you mean..
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
Ginger bread , Ice cream sandwich or jelly bean??
[XPERIA X8 General] Illuminatus_:
Froyo
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Cupcake
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
multibooting android donut and android beta :(
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
seriously??? android 1.5 l0l....
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Aosp 1.5
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
i would thank you but i have passed limit of thanks

:good: :good: :good: :good:
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
lemon cake 5.0
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
yeah :silly: :cyclops: :cyclops:
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
nevermind...... (-_-)
[XPERIA X8 General] - Swift -:
iOS 6.1 :)

Heavier, Slower, Less Innovative and $395 more expensive!

-------------------------

Just another guy from Potato Land™...
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
badaOS lol
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
Symbian

Sent from my HTC One S
[XPERIA X8 General] cascabel:
Vista.
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
Bios
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
IBM,colossus binary system
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
.......

Facebook :D
[XPERIA X8 General] playjun:
6.60 me-1.8/pro-c:)

kidding':

cm7-gingerdx v29
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
emulated DOS
[XPERIA X8 General] ScatteredHell:
Cyanogenmod8..

Yo guys op didn't want jokes I think.
[XPERIA X8 General] MrSoulSOng:
GEOS
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
Oops,really?!
[XPERIA X8 General] kinghades:
Stylishperia CM9 version 1.7

funciona muy rapido mejor q cualquier CM9 q haya provado lo unico malo es que no funciona el wifi u.u
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Ouu i got a good one

......GAMEBOY COLOR

Actualy i do have it for my pokemons ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
what are you remind me now.......

awesome days!
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
I just change the versions,saphire,emerald,withe,leaf green,but i dont play black and white:i dont like them :)
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
I don't play now....so I don't play black and white,my last pokemons were leaf green and Ruby,I don't like the latest Pokemon as well,the best were the old ones(blue,red,crystal,silver) but they had some disadvantages(like the bag slots,items,key items and pokeball were in the same bag and you couldn't have many things) that they fixed them in the leaf green - fire red,and ruby-suphire and so on...
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
C-CUPCAKE 1.5.

D-DONUT 1.6

E-ECLAIR 2.1

F-FROYO BREAD 2.2

G-GINGER BREAD 2.3

H-HOMEY COMB 3.0

I-ICE CREAM SANDWICH 4.0

J-JELLY BEAN 4.1

K- Key lime PIE :) <3

Multi booting them on my UNIVAC :D

-------->100Th POST YEAH!!!<---------
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Saphire is my favorite:)
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
Mine is leaf green:p
[XPERIA X8 General] 2010matej:
Lemon Pie 4.2 (coming soon to Nexus)
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
To maintain the sequence I think it will be named Key Lime Pie and so do other XDA-ians.
[XPERIA X8 General] CnC-ROCK:
lol OP trolled..... you better port gameboy os for him....

anyway i use froyo

and Lukenda how long you took to complete emerald/ruby/sapphire

---------- Post added at 07:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 PM ----------

:thumbsup: let key lime pie os for x8 be better than the jelly bean and ics for x8 although they are quite good....
[XPERIA X8 General] cascabel:
+1

And i seriously doubt x8 can handle klp if it turns out to be android 5.0 up.
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
What do you mean complete emerald?! Do you mean complete the pokedex?! Without cheats,that's should take about 150+ hours of gaming

Do you mean to win the jonto or how it was told?(that tower with the 5 opponents?)in emerald one time it took me 7 hours. My record is in leaf green with 4 hours and 20 minutes,yea I'm not lying! I trade some strong Pokemon and all I had to do was to take the badges and some other things...

I think its been 7 years since I was playing Pokemon...I was a little addicted...lol
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
KLP, if it's android 4.2 should be easier to run (and port). If it's 5.0, then it's the end for us. But we may still have active development from other young devs (like me). I have to stick with this device for at least another year so expect some stuff from me (don't get your hopes high though).
[XPERIA X8 General] cascabel:
I honestly think it will be 5.0... but knowing you still have a year with x8 is good news. :D
[XPERIA X8 General] dagger:
Guys dont you think that android 5.0 will be tooooooooooooo much for our little innocent X8...:p
[XPERIA X8 General] cascabel:
I did say that a few posts back. :p:D
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
huh, i so wanna buy some kind of tablet. they're really cool. and anyway to answer the OP's question i use MiniCM10 4.0.1.
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
You are the first to answer this thread lol:p
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
it's almost like you guys are ignoring the OP. stay on-topic. the off-topics thread is in the general section. i'm pretty sure you guys don't want any MOD action here, or do you?

EDIT: yes we are in the general section but you can't just ignore the OP's question and continue to post in this thread.
[XPERIA X8 General] ScatteredHell:
Yep bro you are right. Obviously.

Im using CM7
[XPERIA X8 General] ThePietn1:
Nice OS's xD

eCFW 6.60 TN-A for the Urbanix exploit on top of OFW 1.81. (you don't know this, do you?) :)

On-topic: I'm using the awesome ICZaraki ROM, which is Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). :D
[XPERIA X8 General] fotak-x:
that "off-topic" should be renamed in "on-topic"
[XPERIA X8 General] Arex780:
SEMC Debrand Engine (2.3.7)
[XPERIA X8 General] rbernabe83:
Im Using NAa's CM9 ICS 4.0.1 Oct. 3 Nightly

Sent from my E15i using ICS xda premium
[XPERIA X8 General] kopter36:
haha.. this thread should be renamed to "What version of pokemon game that you played?" lol. :p

anyway im using ICZaraki v01.. heh..
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
Haha,agree ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] CnC-ROCK:
i am till elite 4 and the campion....start from scratch...no trades and no cheats....you understand what i mean right? ...
[XPERIA X8 General] stamatis:
Yes,it depends on how you are playing,I guess about 20 hours are ok:)
[XPERIA X8 General] vanillaLVL:
2.3.7
[XPERIA X8 General] estherath:
I'm using Semc Debrand Engine + nAa kernel v14
[XPERIA X8 General] CnC-ROCK:
try GDX?
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
Android 4.1.1
[XPERIA X8 General] Marinake:
Android 2.3.7

GingerZaraki
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
4.2 on my LG Nexus 4!
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Badass :)

2.3.5
[XPERIA X8 General] Marinake:
Which ROM?
[XPERIA X8 General] Heronger:
Haha. No. :P
[XPERIA X8 General] Mockingbird:
Back to MiniCm 2.2.1 with alfs v8 .
[XPERIA X8 General] HashyCode:
2.3.7 a.k.a GingerSony ( current )

4.1.1 JellySony ( release date unknown )
[XPERIA X8 General] insiemes:
Android 2.3.5 - MiniCM7-2.0.7, since a few days ago, cause i am a noob and i don't know how to install anything newer :laugh:
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Me too,battery life is great and it is still the smoothest :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Clau4U:
I'm using GingerDX v29 the best Rom I ever had.ICS interface.ICS YouTube.And a lot of ICS functions.But is GingerBread.XD

Sent from my home with my Xperia 8
[XPERIA X8 General] playjun:
no 1 for me.

gingerdx v29 + Alfs-8a_cm7.

minimum edition™®
[XPERIA X8 General] Marinake:
Android 4.0.4 | MiniCM9 3.0.4
[XPERIA X8 General] David.V:
gingerbread! (mini cm7 / ginger dx + naa14/ alfs 08 )
[XPERIA X8 General] Lajbymester:
Dualbooting OS/2 and Nokia 3310 firmware

Seriously: modded MiniCM7-2.2.1 with a modded nAa kernel :D
[XPERIA X8 General] petrukgrinder:
i'm still on gingerbread 2.3.7 :D
[XPERIA X8 General] cascabel:
4.1
[XPERIA X8 General] rbernabe83:
MiniCm9.1 3.0.5 ICS 4.0.4
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
3 roms in 1..on my note! :P (parandroid jb)
[XPERIA X8 General] leonardv128:
My version

In this moment trying the SIII Ics port, and it´s awesome really.
[XPERIA X8 General] asdfprah:
I'm using SDE , gingerbread 2.3.7
[XPERIA X8 General] eddrowe:
Gingerbread. Others not stable enough imo

Sent from my X8 On GingerZaraki
[XPERIA X8 General] Azhery:
Minicm10:D

Sent from my E15i
[XPERIA X8 General] 2010matej:
2.3.7 ,best android version for our phone,fully working,fast... ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
Back to MiniCM9-3.0.4 for easy TWRP-testing. Something big is being cooked up (or so I'd like to believe).
[XPERIA X8 General] stavrakos golfakias:
xperia x8 jelly bean .4.1.1
[XPERIA X8 General] kopter36:
gingerKC v05. i dont know what version it is. :p
[XPERIA X8 General] Marinake:
MiniCM9 Android 4.0.4

Sent from my Xperia X8
[XPERIA X8 General] Mockingbird:
Went from minicm7 to grz v9 to see how it works.
[XPERIA X8 General] sgt. meow:
Usually all GingerXX (here XX can be any two letters) ROMs are based on 2.3. And GingerKC is definitely 2.3.
[XPERIA X8 General] cLinXperia:
GingerXperia 2.3.7 - Fast and vey light. :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X8 General] veeman:
GUIs are for n00bs. I communicate with my phone through assembly code.
[XPERIA X8 General] LordManhattan:
Galaxy Note 4.1.2 (TouchWiz)
[XPERIA X8 General] piratsko:
VErsion 2.3.7 Is best at the moment for me
[XPERIA X8 General] Heronger:
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Amazing ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] :
Jellybean 4.1.2

Sent from Xperia Ray powered by Jellybean using Tapatalk 2.
[XPERIA X8 General] :
4.1.2 :)
[XPERIA X8 General] :
Jellybean 4.1.2
[XPERIA X8 General] 2010matej:
2.3.7 :D
[XPERIA X8 General] GeneralxMartin95:
Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread
[XPERIA X8 General] semdxd:
2.3.7 Xperia s
[XPERIA X8 General] eDDe2:
Gingerbread ... still the most stable and greater performance for our little x8
[XPERIA X8 General] Miandam:
2.3.7
[XPERIA X8 General] DoccX8:
GB! :D

--------------X8--------------

- GingerSony v09

- NaA 14
[XPERIA X8 General] IkarusVC:
GB / GingerDX v029
[XPERIA X8 General] Gogeta:
Same.....

On stock kernel
[XPERIA X8 General] khutjink:
Hi, I am using GB....

Sent from my iXperiA 8s
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
Now? Ios 9.0.1
[XPERIA X8 General] George Brellas:
Gingerbread and Jellybean ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] paulebe525:
GingerBread and JB
[XPERIA X8 General] Admiral General Aladeen:
iOS 6.1
[XPERIA X8 General] cristi-esp:
GingerDx v30

nAa-14
[XPERIA X8 General] Ryuuzaki47:
GingerBread a.k.a CyanogenMod7 :):)
[XPERIA X8 General] iks8:
gingerbread
[XPERIA X8 General] Gogeta:
Gingerbread;)

sent from.......
[XPERIA X8 General] Beastben13:
Jbmp
[XPERIA X8 General] pilu1978:
2.3 :) Much more comfortable for our hardware than the 4.x versions, and the 99% of the apps running on this "old" system. ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] rajkumar85:
jelly bean

iam using jellybean 4.1.2 on my w8.

rom: slim rom (pongunamu roms)

kernel : nAa jb 03 kernel. its working very nice.:D
[XPERIA X8 General] Mockingbird:
GingerDX v30 on my x8 and 4.2.2 on my nexus 7
[XPERIA X8 General] Doko8819:
Gigerbread :good:
[XPERIA X8 General] alexra1205:
GingerDX v029 (android 2.3.7 gingerbread)
[XPERIA X8 General] kreatonn:
Fde v6 latest gingerbread, naa14 kernel, more free ram, more internal memory,
[XPERIA X8 General] Doko8819:
test my Rom GB 2.3.7 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2161301:D:D
[XPERIA X8 General] CnC-ROCK:
eh. not a "Get testers thread".:rolleyes:
[XPERIA X8 General] kaikupascual:
Android 2.2:cyclops: yes... i'm very obsolet:silly:
[XPERIA X8 General] killerassassin:
Currently I am shuffling between GingerDx and matej's 2.1 rom.:cowboy: I love the stock sony look:D
[XPERIA X8 General] Bart11666:
last jelly bean !! nAa rullez

had tried a lot of roms but this is beat for me
[XPERIA X8 General] khutjink:
I am using GB. 237 Iphone X8 V3, stable..

Sent from my IPhone x8
[XPERIA X8 General] ibanezs470dx:
GingerBread (GingerDX v31b) Gunna change to stock Sony ICS cus I'm changing phones to an Xperia Sola :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Groot:
GingerIceJelly (v10.0) having a script that increases x8's RAM to 5GB and running an android code of 7.0.0 (CyanogenMod Infinity)
[XPERIA X8 General] paulebe525:
Stable 4.1 by fabe
[XPERIA X8 General] Pweer Duty:
Eclair official SE rom
[XPERIA X8 General] abi_279777:
Android jelly bean 4.1.2 nAa kernel based

using nAa kernel based jb 4.1.2 its very smooth and fast really loving it...

xda thread- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136211

having one problem my play store isnt working... :(
[XPERIA X8 General] Groot:
try reflashing the ROM

or the GAPPS...

or you have no Google account yet?
[XPERIA X8 General] Vardaan007:
CM7 (2.3.7)
[XPERIA X8 General] Ajjai:
Jelly Bean !!

JellyBlur 4.3 running on nAa's JB kernel.

There is no lag while scrolling .. But it does take a few seconds to switch from one app to another .
[XPERIA X8 General] ssk73:
Android

Xperia Blur 1.7, android 2.3.7! This is very cooooooooool! :good:
[XPERIA X8 General] :
I use Simplebean ROM on my X8. Gives me JB 4.1.2 with a smooth experience.

Sent from my Sony Xperia U!
[XPERIA X8 General] CtrlAltDelIrl:
Back on FroyoPro - nothing comes close to it's speed.
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Lol,make your mind!;)
[XPERIA X8 General] Failure2Launch:
I went trough miniCM10 -> JBminiProject -> SimpleBean. The best CM10 rom! Performance, stability, battery, gaming.

But because some games don't work in 4.1 i had to downgrade to 2.3.7 - the minimum I am able to tolerate :)

Gangstar Miami Vindication - FC

Asphalt 5 & H.A.W.X - "not enough space on sd error" - bug?!

If anyone made them work in 4.1 please help me I would love to go back to SimpleBean.

I've choosen the fan favourite CM7 - GingerDX, but did not like overall looks and the font trailing and switched to the SimpleBean equivalent for 2.3.7: SlimBlur.

Games above work very well, other games run as well as in SimpleBean, but the overall enjoinment of the OS is below 4.1 :(

There you have it.

There is incredible amount of "spam" roms here, SimpleBean (4.1) and SlimBlur (2.3.7) stand out along the official compiled roms.

Thank you Fabe, 19LeoN94 and specially nAa!
[XPERIA X8 General] captx:
Zencefil i love it
[XPERIA X8 General] 95mediatech:
Eclair,froyo and gingerbread!

Ics and jb! Need to buy a new phone;)
[XPERIA X8 General] 08lester08:
gingerbread 2.3.7
[XPERIA X8 General] Vardaan007:
4.1.2 jellysony.......Its awesome must try nAa kernel only:D
[XPERIA X8 General] Little Zed:
1.6, 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.5, 2.2.9, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.7 (Highest)

Thumbs up! :P
[XPERIA X8 General] petrukgrinder:
the start story of my phone is :

donut, eclair, gingerbread, ics. i never try froyo and jb rom :D

Send from my fvckin fingers
[XPERIA X8 General] kreatonn:
GB 2.3.7 and JB 4.1.2:cool:
[XPERIA X8 General] ethem606:
ahesear

JB 4.1.2 is perfect:p
[XPERIA X8 General] Inceptic:
GB 2.3.7
[XPERIA X8 General] hubert123454:
4.1.2. slimbean 5
[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
:D . 4.3 :P S4 :eek:
[XPERIA X8 General] Cancar96:
Show off haha
[XPERIA X8 General] KillForFun:
2.1 for a lot of time and i finally decided to root and get 2.3.7 i used gingerdx then moved to xperia soul v5 rom and now im trying zencefil since i love roms that get updated :D

Wish i could go for android 4 but i need to unlock my bootloader and my device is from 2012... :mad:
[XPERIA X8 General] xiah1512:
GB :laugh:
[XPERIA X8 General] dagger:
Android 4.4 kit kat..:cool::cool::D
[XPERIA X8 General] Gogeta:
Build.prop;)

Sent from my xperia katana :D
[XPERIA X8 General] u_dnt_knw_me:
Eclair to gingerbread. Gingerbread to ics. Ics to jb rom :cool:

Sent via Bluetooth
[XPERIA X8 General] HashyCode:
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
CM 10.2 official 9/5 nightly :)
[XPERIA X8 General] ^I'm_With_Stupid:
Android Zebra Cakes :good:
[XPERIA X8 General] hubert123454:
i'm use Gingerbread.

Rom:Ginger DX v31b & kernel: Alfs v09c.
[XPERIA X8 General] rafelkrok:
Froyo pro v2.5 +alfs kernel . Faster then the ather Rom and good battery drain
[XPERIA X8 General] u_dnt_knw_me:
Currently using LiteCM10 by fabe. :cool:
[XPERIA X8 General] DeepSahota:
XperiaBread z Ultra
[XPERIA X8 General] ryanperez:
2.3.7 Gingerbread

Rom: XperiaSOUL generation 6 Cosmos
[XPERIA X8 General] projo27:
Jelly Bean

ROM : MiniCM10 4.1.0

smooth ROM, thanks to nAa
[XPERIA X8 General] kopter36:
GingerZaraki v09 + Alfs cm7 v09a
[XPERIA X8 General] AppleYard Junior:
GingerDx 31b Stock.
[XPERIA X8 General] prashanthkp:
GingerDx 31b Stock.
[XPERIA X8 General] goudaniket:
Ginger bread :D

Xperia SOul engine

Custom rom! :D
[XPERIA X8 General] MarekAG:
My gf has xperia. She uses Ginger DX with Android 2.3.7. It's quite slow for couple minutes after boot, but after that is just good and smooth.
[XPERIA X8 General] ElmirBuljubasic:
4.4
[XPERIA X8 General] chrissykess:
Every rom after boot is bite slow, bećuase all apps is loading and system loading. Like in PĆ. :>>

Im using sometimes 2.2/2.3.7 or 4.1.2, Every day i ćhange rom, bećause i don;t know what rom is good for me...
[XPERIA X8 General] Lacc86:
XperiaSOUL Generation 6
[XPERIA X8 General] deepak02093:
android 4.1.2

CM10 MOD

yair kernal:good:
[XPERIA X8 General] soso90:
I use GB

I prefer optimus nexuss me and gingerdx

its some day I'm using alfs kernel and its excellent. I before used naa kernels.
[XPERIA X8 General] TheScriptKitty:
JellyBean on my Xperia X8 :D
[XPERIA X8 General] mario_R:
Android 4.4 KitKat made by afi1982 with him kernel
[XPERIA X8 General] knowledge@heart:
Gingerbread

GDX
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hamzawy55:
i9003

Android 2.3.6

after update the bluetooth sending files only but couldn't revive files
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon211175:
Hi all,

sorry if this has been asked before - I've had a look but found nothing definitive.

Last week I upgraded from stock froyo to Quarx's CM10, which although looking good, makes my phone too hot and the battery is not impressed. Having recently had my phone out of action due to a battery issue while using CM9, I'm now concerned enough to have made the decision to move backwards.

So, not wanting to go back to Froyo, I'd like to go back to a CM7 variant. As far as I know, I'm still on a Froyo kernel - so can I just flash a CM7 ROM (with a wipe etc), or do I need to go back to bootloader stage to restore the original SBF?

Thanks for your help.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
wipe data + cache is enough
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon211175:
Really? I'd have thought a full wipe at least - will give it a go. Thanks.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neil12cross:
yap just wipe data/ factory reset and wipe cache partition and flash zip !

Hit thanks button if i helped you :good:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naleyb01:
Just to let you know I downgraded today to Motorola Ice Gun rom and everything has gone smooth.

Full wipe + cache + dalvik cache will be fine.

It's actually a very fast and stable rom if you were considering trying it
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Its actually a full wipe, effectively:)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevor68:
Does wireless internet sharing work? Thinking about reverting CM10>CM9 back to CM7, as 7 was the last one I could share internet.

And no, apps from the market dont work either.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
I bought a Nexus 7 for my son and I've been dealing with software issues since day 1. Apps crash regularly, when I hit the home button, many games don't stop (you can hear the music play in the background), web browser stops for 1-3 seconds occasionally, and this morning when I clicked on Settings it was frozen for 10 seconds and came up with "Settings is not responding". Even though I hit "Wait", it rebooted itself.

If I compare this 3-day old device to my highly skinned Samsung Note 10.1, I'd go with the SGN any day, because not one app crash or random reboot happened so far (I've had it for more than a month). Please note that I'm running the exact apps/games on the SGN. When I had a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" and 7" in the past, the experience was the same (problem free).

The tablet that I had before SGN was a Toshiba Excite 10.1 running a stock ICS (Toshiba only added few of their apps, that was it). It was a nightmare as well. Web browser crash, frozen screen, random reboots. etc. happened all the time.

The root of the problems could be hardware related, but both Nexus/Asus and Toshiba with stock Android had numerous similar issues. At the end of the day, with my limited experience, I'm a non-stock Android believer, not to mention all the extras Samsung built on top of stock Android (e.g., multiscreen, mini apps, etc). Yes, I do understand that updates are delayed with non-stock Android versions, but I'd rather use a problem-free device and wait a little longer for an update.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] fozzir:
I agree with you on the Nexus, mine is stock and even launching apps like Wallet my tablet freezes almost everytime. I don't think it's a hardware issue, I think it's more a software issue. As for as the GN101, so far I have found it solid without the need for any ROM changes at all.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
The obsession with stock came from a time when devices were underpowered and didn't have enough RAM. Manufacturer overlays really bogged down performance. So the XDA devs went on a quest to offer AOSP/AOKP alternatives. Back then, going naked really did improve device usability.

With quad-core processors and 1.5/2 GB of RAM becoming the new standard the overlays really don't interfere the way they used to. They also add a lot of value with additional audio and video codec support, faster alternative toggles and menus, more functions added to apps (EG: camera), usability features (EG: SmartStay), and better integration between apps which helps people be more productive.

You'll hear people talking about being "bloat free." By the time someone's done loading third party versions (sometimes multiples because one won't work for everything) of apps that come pre-installed they have more crap on their device than the OEM version. I truly wonder if a lot of people even use their devices to do anything. You see post after post about how lag free their transitions are but you never hear them talk about actually using any of the apps they have installed or trying to accomplish a specific task. ;)

As for your situation with the N7 I think a lot of the issues are h/w related. You don't hear people on the SGS3 or Note II forum running in to similar issues. There are h/w related issues on Asus' premium tablets so if anything their budget tablet shouldn't be expected to perform any better.

Mainstream shoppers like overlays. In the Apple case it came out that Samsung sold only 500K Galaxy Nexi. That's a pretty embarrassing number considering all the chatter about "pure Google" and the cult following Nexus devices are supposed to have.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] prenedo:
Definitely not SW issue. Vanilla android is as stable as it gets. It can only get worse from there. The nexus 7 is an Asus device, which are known for i/o issues as described. The reason aosp is always 'buggy' on (insert device) is because alot of modifications are needed to get it running on most devices, making for a possible unstable build. Manufacturer's skins absolutely slow down the device, but with the newest gen dual/quad core processors, the newer devices run pretty darn fast stock...

Try cm10 on the note and you'll see how much more efficient it is... But you'll also see minor issues like camera not working
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
I guess I don't understand the point "Vanilla android is as stable as it gets........The reason aosp is always 'buggy' on (insert device) is because alot of modifications are needed to get it running on most devices, making for a possible unstable build". If each manufacturer needs to modify it to run it on their device, then which device runs the "vanilla" android?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] prenedo:
Nexus devices. Manufacturers add more functionality and appearance to stock android (ie, TW, sense, blur) which present more of an opportunity for errors/bugs.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
It's ironic, because I'm having issues with a Nexus device while the SGN with Touchwiz works without any issues.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
The theory of Nexus is much different than the practice. Different radios and even bands make it as fragmented as a skinned device.