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[Nexus 5 General] Shudder123:
Same here. I recently went back to stock ROM on my N5 and really feel no need to change apart from the occasional kernel tinkering. With Gravity Box I feel everything a custom ROM has to offer is there. When I was on my prevoius Samsung devices, I would always install a custom AOSP rom straight away.
[Nexus 5 General] JamieFL:
That is what apps are for. Try LUX.
[Nexus 5 General] proper69:
Kangakat with his xposed gravity box. Stock, battery life is great. Zero bugs and all the useful mods from aosp. I've been flashing since my g1 and this is the first time I have all I need.
[Nexus 5 General] Wakamatsu:
Aside from root and recovery, I'm running stock. But I know it's just a matter of time before I break down.
[Nexus 5 General] nohcho:
Thanks, I'll give it a shot
[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
I agree too. When I got my S3, I rooted it and installed CM even before the first boot up. But with the nexus 5, my first nexus phone, I have discovered that rooted stock with gravitybox xposed module is all I need.
[Nexus 5 General] elementaldragon:
I basically feel the same way, although i DID install a custom ROM. KangaKat.... so it's still 90% stock... just with some extra bonuses. Was on stock since i got mine (ordered launch day and got a few days later).... so about a month and a half. Just installed KangaKat a few days ago. Kinda debating if i want to keep it, though... or go back to my stock backup.... or if i want to try out another rom. Kinda tempted to try Omni...
[Nexus 5 General] Badd_blood:
This is only my 3rd android device but everytime I end up rooting and spending hours on end exploring stuff.. its fun, but wastes precious time. Haven't installed a rom this time at least and don't plan to.
[Nexus 5 General] tamshiwen:
Same here. Been about a month now on stock, with no urge to install latest cm nightly. Of course, gravity box provides the quick fix I need to get me through the day ;).
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
I'm right there with you. I'm totally happy with the stock rom on this phone. I'll probably flash something else at some point down the line, but right now I have no desire to change it up.
[Nexus 5 General] NAB4:
The evolution of Android has been a great one to watch. Having played with a G1, it was convoluted and a bit cumbersome. Now, the os is clean and concise, and most importantly it's open. Kudos to progression...
[Nexus 5 General] darshan9222:
my first android

this is my first android cell phone,,,absolutely loving my nexus 5 and flashing rooting stuff,,,ditching iphone 4 and getting nexus 5 felt great,,,

using purity rom with franco kernal,,,,awesome experience,,,tried droidkang cm catacyslm minimus omni slimkat

flashing is addictive then my beer addiction ,,,

previous phones: iphone4, nokia e 5,iphone3g, nokia n73,
[Nexus 5 General] OMEiAM:
I'm really happy with how much I love my Nexus 5. To me the speaker got a little bit better from 4.4 to 4.4.1 so I was able to hear my alarm in the morning better.
[Nexus 5 General] rootusr:
Same here!

Since I use Nexus devices I stopped flashing, I used to flash my Galaxy S, Galaxy SII almost 1 once a week.

even more.. now I'm not even rooting my devices I guess I'm cured hahaha
[Nexus 5 General] NAB4:
Anyone have any add-ons or tweaks they have added on the stock rom, that don't inhibit overall performance.
[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
Xposed framework with the gravitybox module. It has lots of useful options that you would find on a custom ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] Datsun.510:
I do agree with the OP. The N5 software is awesome and it really doesn't need anything else. But I do like certain mods not included in the stock ROM. Such as volume wake, smaller NavBar, battery icons, clock in the middle, active display, Halo, keyboards showing sub-keys, clear all recent button, LED lights, dark UI, themes, and maybe a few I forgot. So even though I find the stock ROM good enough, I think the N5 gets even better with all the features I like and use. My choice is Soupysoup's unofficial Beanstalk with Chaos kernel. Getting great battery life and its super fast. I'm glad that Google has released great hardware and software with this phone. +1 to Google and +1 to the Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Cvballa3g0:
So true. I'm only rooted for like a couple of mods. But honestly I could stay stop and be fine.
[Nexus 5 General] jmudrick:
Dedicated Francophile on the GNex and Nexus 4 but still stock on N5. Display is fine, sound is ok, fast as it needs to be and battery life good. I'll probably give Franco a hello but purely for ****s and giggles not because this device needs it. ROM, no, Power Toggles and Nova Launcher take care of 95% of what I'd use with a custom ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] jdh10475:
I agree all I need is root and recovery. I just did a factory image restore to 4.2.2 installed root and recovery and all is good. Maybe back to franco but that will probably be it. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Tuberomix:
Cool story bro.

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Same, I also always stayed behind on versions just so I could keep my jailbreak.
[Nexus 5 General] xotry:
There are some pretty good features in some roms and the battery durability of some kernels is just incredible.
[Nexus 5 General] muEcke*:
Can't really agree with the OP. For me the stock ROM is a Google overkill. Had to deactivate almost 50% of the pre-installed apps. So I use Purity ROM for a pure Android experience and Franco kernel for a great performance and battery life.
[Nexus 5 General] yoramweil:
Couldn't agree more. After downloading CM 11 M1 reverted back to stock. The only thing I miss is a kill all app by bit otherwise very happy with my rooted stock
[Nexus 5 General] Stay Frosty:
Yep, stock here as well with no desire to flash custom roms.

However, I do feel that root with a select few tweaks is a must. Nothing cripples this phone more than the hideous softkeys that take up half an inch of your screen. Hiding the softkeys in build.prop and installing LMT was the best thing I've ever done to this phone. AdAway is brilliant as well. Gets rid of all in-app ads. Most importantly, youtube.
[Nexus 5 General] yamahakid:
Same here. I was using galaxy devices for years (captivate, skyrocket, and s3) always rooting and usually running CM. Went to iPhones for a few months, and I was happy with my jailbreak but when it came time for ios7, and I lost my jailbreak I knew I had to come back. Just in time, the nexus came out.

Unlocked boot loader and rooted my nexus as soon as I opened it up. Still running stock rom, with Franco's kernel. Don't think I'll be flashing any custom roms anytime soon.

When I has my older devices I was younger, back in college. So I had the time to constantly flash and tweak. Now that I'm working I don't have the time for that as much, and I can't afford my phone not to work 100% of the time.
[Nexus 5 General] HenrikSolna:
Same story here, used jailbreaked iPhones, then:

Gnex - dropped the phone after two weeks in the Maldives. May the sharks have mercy on it.

LG Optimus 3D - crap, crap crap.

Samsung GS3 - rooted and flashed aosp right out of the box.

iPhone 5 - jailbroken, was pretty satisfied until the speaker broke down, got a new one from Apple that had firmware that couldnt be jailbroken :/

Samsung GS4 - Traded my iPhone to a SGS4. Flashed GE edition rom directly out of the box, but poor camera and slow updates made me unhappy.

Nexus 5 - Still stock, only rooted and the only thing im missing is a brightness slider in the nav bar.
[Nexus 5 General] x10man:
Agree highly. I have Franco.kernel installed, but I'm currently not even rooted as 4.4.2 broke it, but I don't care. Stock android is almost perfect, and I won't switch from it until paranoid android is released probably

X10man
[Nexus 5 General] st0ryt311a:
They should have put a warning on the box saying "warning, flashing a custom rom can be addictive"

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] unoo:
Like a lot of there people that have replied, I agree. I am currently on stock 4.4.2. I have rooted my phone and installed the xposed framework though. I love android because I have a lot of freedom to do what I want with it but Google has hit the nail on the head with 4.4.
[Nexus 5 General] atticusmas:
Honestly, I MISS being a flashaholic. All the roms just...work. It's kind of sad in its way. I miss checking xda for all the latest bug fixes for everything and all these amazing features. I remember being exited that my htc one x finally had the ability to use the camera and NFC. And then when it got jelly bean, whooo man did development get exciting.

Now it's just....empty.

As if I have nothing to live for.

:crying:
[Nexus 5 General] droid_<3er:
I completely agree, and even though I haven't had that many phones (damn you, three-year contracts!), I've had my share of experiences.

HTC Desire: loved GB roms until ICS and JB made Sense 2.1 look terribly outdated. There was a valiant effort to get Sense 4.0 going but with all the new white backgrounds and buttons to draw, Adreno 200 was dying to be put out of its misery. AOSP ROMs never had properly working animations, they made me feel like I was running CM10 on a ARM11 device with no physical GPU. Choppiness galore.

Motorola Defy: I don't know what happened. Froyo, GB, CM9, CM10 and CM10.1 all worked flawlessly then halfway through 2013, it just quit. Perhaps the NAND was extremely low-quality or I had flashed too much, because lag has conquered my Defy since June of this year. Some days, it is better and I can go by doing what I do on a daily basis; some days, it's so bad I don't bother to even turn it on. It would randomly freeze upon doing simple tasks like opening an app or turning on Wifi; now my Defy is but a shadow of its former self.

LG Optimus G: I used it for a week and I absolutely loved it, but it wasn't mine and I had to return it to my friend who still wanted to sell it so he could get an S4 (worst decision of his entire life, he's still regretting it while I'm rocking my Nexus 5). LG UI was a beauty and very enjoyable to use, everything was so fluid and fast. Best week of my life.

Nexus 5: Here's where it all comes together. I don't know where I stand. So far I've been through rooted stock 4.4, KANGAKAT, CM11 M1, Cataclysm and Beanstalk, but I've stuck to DroidKang V11 for the past week and I think this will be a keeper. I couldn't stay on stock, KANGAKAT and Cataclysm because of the lack of Theme Chooser (I hate XThemeEngine because it is simply a fail), and CM11 M1 was laggy. However, DroidKang is successfully suppressing my inner flashaholic because the mix of KitKat, CM and AOSP is simply outstanding.
[Nexus 5 General] klin1344:
Me too...lol. I miss the excitement of flashing test CM / AOSP-based ROM betas, where stuff is still broken and the maintainer works hard to fix issues...
[Nexus 5 General] ppog:
I'm marking time with CM11 until Paranoid Android relaese a KitKat build for N5. Used to flash a lot on my GNex till I found PA. Never looked back. That said, I am impressed with KitKat in general. Apart from ad blocking and a bit of DPI tweaking, I can't really see anything that desperately needs to be improved.
[Nexus 5 General] umesswitme:
On my previous devices I have always flashed new ROM's constantly but with the N5 I just recently flashed my first custom ROM for the sole reason of having the lockscreen widgets always expanded, it makes dash clock that much better.

I know that feel bro I had a HTC desire HD I didn't have a working camera for 75% of the time that I used the phone, then you have to explain to people why you can't use your camera. :'(
[Nexus 5 General] NAB4:
I've been reading up on it, still undecided. I might download and give it a run...
[Nexus 5 General] razholio:
here! here! I cannot recommend lux highly enough. For anyone dissatisfied with their auto-brightness, try lux lite for free, and if you are impressed like I was, buy the full app to support an awesome dev.
[Nexus 5 General] NAB4:
Giving Franco kernel and xposed a run for a few days. I am loving the fact that I can have good tweaks without flashing a rom...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DeMiNe0:
Hi Everyone

I'm having issues with Google Voice Recognition. If I have headphones plugged in and I toggle voice recognition from the soft keyboard (the little mic icon) the media player I have running in the background cuts out. It stays out even after voice recognition has finished listening.

If I toggle voice recognition into listening mode again, the media audio cuts back in until voice recognition stops listening, then it cuts back out. Even apps like Utter! cause this same exact behavior. It seems to be when one of these apps forces the audio to focus on something else. This issue doesn't happen at all if I *don't* have anything plugged into the headphone jack. It works like normal in those cases.

Restarting the media player doesn't fix it. The only ways to fix it are to totally restart the phone, or unplug the headphones, toggle voice recognition, wait for it to stop listening, then plug the headphones back in. Then it all works correctly until the next time voice recognition is toggled. Then the problem happens all over again.

I'm running Beanstalk 4.3 RC1.1 + W03Tweaks v1.6.1 with uneak kernel 2.22. I've tried switching to a different kernel (devil) but I get the same results. I've noticed this problem on both 4.2 and 4.3 rom's for me (Both Beanstalk, haven't tested other roms).

It's driving me crazy since I can't use voice recognition when I'm driving without causing my music to stop. I made a video of what it's doing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFm-Hk0TADw.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] designgears:
Mod Edit: You have a very probable brick if you successfully flash these ENG images. Dont do it.

These are the files that were leaked to me for the Verizon Note 3, I don't have anymore Notes, maybe someone else can do something with these.

ALL_N900VVREBMHV_N900VVZWBMHV_1554921_REV03_eng_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.7z 1.45 GB

https://mega.co.nz/#!H4pAGb5B!awVu4SGnvHRt19g19gxfh0NHzR0MeGG_b0JLzoHYuWg

ALL_N900VVRUBMI9_N900VVZWMI9_1671014_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.7z 1.27 GB

https://mega.co.nz/#!3gAwQZgL!BL-kZkfWn5HpiwES36kjBk8DCsw8IozG03dTQ_-9_VA

BOOTLOADER_HLTE_VZW_TestBit_1525763_REV03_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.7z 957 KB

These allow you to down grade the bootloader

https://mega.co.nz/#!7wJzyCYD!Zo3Hv2EfQFPcPiCrMvfgtC_mT0Y98UCwz35DZXQrSP0

COMBINATION_N900VVREAMG3_N900VVZWAMG3_1031711_REV03_eng_mid_noship.tar.7z 1.62 GB

These seem to only work on dev devices, never got any of it working on retail

https://mega.co.nz/#!Wkx3lS4K!SEbUulbz2HAVmL0NJAZofluN4pxGlIjlDyyoqBagEo8
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Thanks again!

Okay:

Flashing bootloader through ODIN failed, I knew this was going to happen, just because it's a user release and a downgrade, just wanted to try. Recovered soft-brick to all my data intact by flashing MJ7 radio. Going to try the first engineering build next.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dadsterflip:
Nice thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
lets hope the bootloader download will save us in the future
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kwkw480:
OP,

Thank you for these!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheLoonyRebel:
I almost wonder in a way if this could be used towards some kind of bootloader unlock method.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dadsterflip:
That would be awesome. Enough to downgrade to be able to use loki maybe. If it's possible .
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] slowz3r:
This could be a breakthrough with the right person or people working on it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
The aboot from the unsigned engineering build is significantly smaller than the rest... I wonder... Not to mention the SM-N900 boot recovery guide leak from Samsung. If we could get an old sboot.bin we might have a shot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kwkw480:
blahh.. i wish you guys the best of luck. However, I am sick of verizon locking down our dang devices. I'm taking my 4 lines over to sprint today where i can be worry free :). With that said I have a new shinny note 3 (retail) and a note 2 and galaxy nexus for sale :P
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
enjoy your .5mb download speeds hahaha jk:p
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neyenlives:
Its not worth bring on a Sprint connection, that's junk man. Been there done that. TMobile, Sprint and ATT are all second seat to VZW in regards to service. Besides, what do you gain from getting an unlocked bootloader? AOSP? Junk too. Move to AOSP and not only will you have a phone on a junky network, you will have a less capable device in terms of reception. Been there done that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jcase:
These are ENG builds, not developer builds. The best you would get from flashing the bootloaderes would be more detailed information during the boot process, and it would not unlock your device's bootloader. Worst case, you will end up with a brick since these predate the SBLs you are running now, and a fuse has been blown to prevent the older bootloaders from functioning.

My word of advice is, unless you like bricking phones leave them alone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hobbit19:
I know it.

* therefore asked the firmware version from dev

with engineering Bootloader phone is not start...

but it does not die and then be impeccably renovated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
I was looking for an older sboot so I could attempt the leaked SM-N900 SD Boot Recovery process to see if I could downgrade my radio (step 14 in leaked article. Have you seen the leaked documentation? I could avoid the SW rev error and possibly have a loki-able aboot from an older pre-patch bootloader, which I might have found. I'm not sure though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jcase:
Link me to the documentation please
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
I'm at a friends house now. I can't remember where I found it but it was brand new. It's like 13-58 SM-N900 Boot Recovery and released by Samsung Global CS HQ. They revealed the short needed to boot SDCARD mode with the sboot, and the last step is to flash everything back including BP and AP, after you've restored boot process which makes me think it's possible. I'll link you immediately when I'm home. Also it was a mediafire link. I'll keep looking.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] crimsonsin:
While safestrap is a great accomplishment I hope there are devs here that are not as content to call that a complete victory and manage to follow a crumb trail to an open bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Here you go

*Fingers crossed* :) I'm no expert but this pdf looks promising. YAYAY

http://www.mediafire.com/view/jkw1vv95ub8596h/13-58_SM-N900_Boot_Recovery_Guide_rev1.0.pdf

Here are few more things..but for Galaxy Gear

http://www.mediafire.com/view/i3q3yiefvc24ytx/Galaxy_Gear_Boot_Recovery_V01.pptx

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ji397waz5j945qs/SM-V700_USB_Recovery_V0.2.zip
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Confirming first link is the documentation I am referencing.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dadsterflip:
Sounds very interesting.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SeanPlunk:
I was just getting ready to cave in and buy the Dev Edition. Now I'm tempted to wait and see if the retail version gets unlocked...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Don't put too much faith into it. It's still a long shot. Certainly worth a try.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] akellar:
You guys realize hashcode, a very knowledgeable dev, had these files and couldn't do anything with them? Not saying anything is impossible but let's keep expectations realistic.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] droidstyle:
Its not getting unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hobbit19:
hello Friend

* you do not have the full version of the firmware for the dev version

or even be all for it downloaders
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
Unfortunately, they don't share what they've tried, what documentation they have, or what leaks they have with the public, and most are either impossible to get ahold of, or don't care to talk about it. If I find or discover anything, unless its been published or I can find it in a thorough search, it's all new to me. So this is news to to me. Everyone seems to have given up, obviously because there's almost no chance of making it happen, but I want to keep looking and trying.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jcase:
These files have nothing to do with unlocking, even if they were flashed they would not unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dadsterflip:
to be able to downgrade the BL just to have loki would be great. i think that would be plenty enough for me
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] SeanPlunk:
I hadn't looked at what exactly it was. Thanks for the clarification.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
This is partially why most of this type of work is done in secrecy. People read things and come to assumptions immediately, without really understanding the technical obstacles. I had more of a theory that could possibly work, at least logically if a few of my assumptions were correct, but I haven't even looked in-depth at the aboot image I *think* could be loki'd. I asked designgears for the files so I could play around and take a look, maybe getting my device in SDCARD mode by chance, or QCUSB_BULK mode with EMMC USB Mass Storage, also by chance. I apologize if I made any misleading posts, but please understand the brilliant minds in the N3 community have already seen this stuff and tried what they could to no avail. Buy a dev device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheLoonyRebel:
Right I get that. But especially with that one bootloader file you'd never know if some method could be used that could unlock it using something from that file. Now the chances of that happening are next to none but one never knows, right?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
Unfortunately I hate jcase right now because he's normally right and knows what he is talking about. There's a couple of devs you want working on something as big as this and he is one of them.... (I don't hate jcase, he's a brilliant devs!!)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TheLoonyRebel:
Oh trust me I'm very sure jcase is dead right on the situation as hes an amazing dev. But like I said you can never count out something that might be helpful in some fashion. We'll see.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neyenlives:
We had all of this on the GS3, no unlock came until the African Canadian Sock Monkey came around.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
I sure wouldn't mind if he appeared out of nowhere... Even if we had an insecure bootloader, I doubt we'd even be able to flash it with Knox preventing downgrading.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
there's several people with the dev device including Beanstown & Hashcode. Contact them for a system dump
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hobbit19:
I wrote them

* they didn't answer me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Sorry

Sorry I saw your PM but unfortunately I don't have a Dev device. I just have the regular (locked) device. I hope someone helps you out so we can get this ball rolling :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
Post in this thread, someone will respond for sure

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2479566
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] billymaloney3:
anything new here?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ryanbg:
No, and there won't be. These files are not of use for unlocking the bootloader, just gives us an idea of what's going on. There isn't really anyone actively working on unlocking this device anymore, sad to say...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Diceroll:
Well theres still a little bit of lookining in to it. There just seems to be nobody on MI9 that wants to take the chance of making an insurance claim.

Hit thanks if I helped you out.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running Jelly Beans

Previous Devices: S4, Note 2, Droid Charge, Fascinate

Posted by a Indirect Verizon Rep that actually knows what your talking about.