yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
Carbon rom with Zeta Chromium kernel. :) :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gipjoe:
Now using Linaro and Mahdi, pretty good combo.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryanrioz:
Yippe...

Flashed PA rom

.:3

Send My Signature phone to XDA with my Bad grammars..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TastyUpdate:
Cataclysm ROM, Franco Kernel, ART Runtime
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Anderson-:
Omni and Trinity. Nice pair :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veganarchy:
Only ROM worth putting on my hammerhead, Dirty Unicorns with Franco. Perfectly smooth with far better customizations than any other available ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nruri:
Stock , franco kernel, xposed with gravity box, and dalvik opt libs. Loving it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s00000000000ka:
Purity and n3oHammer v20
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bostonirishguy13:
Ditto. I always keep coming back to this setup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokuzumi:
I am unrooted. Heck, I still have the "Nexus5" screen protector on it. I'll probably get a screen protector at some point, but the stock one has been performing quite well.

I think about rooting, just so I can have separate volumes for my notifications and ringtone, and not have to run a hack, like volume butler. But my joy of getting OTAs is greater than my desire to root, so I'll stick with what I've got.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
Dude....that's not a screen protector. That's a plastic cover to protect it in shipping. Remove that crap! It's Gorilla Glass 3, and is highly scratch resistant.

Seriously, ditch the piece of plastic. It's a packaging piece, nothing more. You can only baby a phone so much, until it starts to get ridiculous, and takes away from the whole purpose of having the phone --- to have a nice phone to use. If you've got it covered under 15 layers, and the screen blocked by logos on pieces of plastic that arent screen protectors, etc, then you're doing it wrong.

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Is there any real advantage to running those libs? I'm getting great performance and incredible battery life out of Stock + R33 franco + GravityBox + TWRP.

Unless there's some real-world, noticeable improvements by running those libs (which I doubt, considering how fast things already run), then I'm staying put.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nruri:
Honestly I personally didn't notice anything, the N5 is fast as it is.

With stock+franco i'm already getting 1.5 days on battery and the performance is great. I'm still on R32, the only issues i have are the redraws but its minor.

Only thing i can say is that my synth tests did improve so, I didn't bother going back to stock libs.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokuzumi:
I accept donations to my paypal account.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tien113:
greenify will solve the battery problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Great performance and incredible battery life? Don't tinker then. Why fix something that's not broken? ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zidane55387:
LiquidSmooth + ElementalX = Running like a dream
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eodchn:
Same here ! Never been better ! :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSr.:
Rooted stock ROM with TWRP, customized with Xposed modules (Gravity modules and Android Tuner).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nic025:
Stock, Franco Kernel r30, TWRP, SuperSu. Running ART.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GragonV:
Vanir, sad thing is this rom is not ART supported

I've noticed that the stock rom with ART is so far the most smooth rom (most battery friendly perhaps) >> however, must looking for a custom rom and kernel since want the extra good features and s2w... :)

About the kernel, I'm not happy with franco r30 at the moment, flashing r23 as suggested from a friend.. and chaos also (in order to have the gamma tweak > when will faux123 support color setting for N5 I wonder :( )
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corythug:
Stock all the way, for once
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigD18t:
same, dont feel i need to try any roms as its good enough.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondBond:
Running the Latest Purity Realese w/ Linaro Franco Kernel, Great Battery life and best game performance ive seen so far, :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Philz Touch recovery

Kangakat ROM (essentially de-odexed stock)

Chaos Kernel

Xposed+:

-gravitybox

-notification clean

-app settings

-play store fixes

-greenify

Foldermount for otg gaming

Candy shop black theme

AOSP messaging

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Sent via tapatalk.

I do NOT reply to support queries over PM. Please keep support queries to the Q&A section, so that others may benefit
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvelasquez87:
Cataclysm ROM running ART

Chaos Kernel

Unlocked Bootloader, TWRP w/ SU

Battery life is insane compared to anything I've used before including stock. I get almost a full day on extremely heavy usage.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umbc1205:
ROM: Beanstalk 4.4.205-20131231

Kernel: Chaos Kernel v7.1

I ran stock for probably the first month I had the phone, and I could definitely be happy on stock but I like to play so I started flashing. Have always been a fan of AOKP... I tried SlimKat, CM, and one or two others, but Beanstalk has been my favorite so far. Have been running that for about 4 weeks now and the latest update cleared up the only 2 issues I was having.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtwlbz:
I am switching around. But mostly slimkat
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackbox421:
Stock + ART : Simply great

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarRaven:
Stock ROM, Art, unlock/Root.

Twrp, Adaway.

(Bouncing back an forth from stock kernel and Elemental)

Finding stock pretty good, love elementals but happy with stock at this point.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enddo:
cataclysm and art runs my camera app fine
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UZ7:
Stock, faux kernel, xposed/gravity box, twrp.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocksyjj:
me running Unitato 1.1 with exposed framework and gravitybox for some gui tweaks this rom is smooth
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
Yup up to 4% but if you use the power button toggle feature you can disable it by pressing the power button when you're not going to use your phone for a while.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arcaziel:
Stock root for now, can't wait for PA release!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laurentyu1995:
Look at my signature :d... very good combination
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EagleEye92:
Purity + elementalx + art. Amazing battery life and performance as I don't play games
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beauenheim:
Yep, Stock, Franco, and Xposed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blario:
So many things mentioned and I know what none of them are. I searched for a few but the search results came up empty.

What's the advantage of the Franco kernel? I did find GravityBox. Which mods get better battery life than stock? What's ART (couldn't find it)?

In general, all these names, it'd be nice to have a short description or a link to the release thread.

I notice this phone came with a Swype like keyboard built-in (w00t!). Without knowing what most if the stuff you guys mentioned is, I'm running stock, xposed, XPrivacy, stock unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmartinez39:
Stock

Was rooted and unlocked the bootloader but thats it. Lost Root when OTA update 4.4.2 and scared to Root because I'm afraid it might wipe my phone.

I got tired of the constant flashing and most of all, FULL WIPE on upgrades. Back in Fall 2013 with Google updating 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, blah blah blah. This really killed my love for flashing because flashing meant I had to, HAD TO WIPE. I got tired.

Left it stock. Can't complain except for pathetic battery. Found the cause of the drain.... Email syncs. If you have No Email syncs, this phone will last me 13+ hours moderate use, MODERATE!!!! So my compromise was setting the email syncs to 1 every hour.

Its alright. Can't complain.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lferrin:
Beanstalk ROM + experimental x kernal. The best combo I've used to date. Fast and great battery life
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blario:
So there roms that give better battery life?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushako:
A lot of developments are going on with Franco's kernel although at the moment I recommend switching to ElementalX as FK latest release has been having some issues.

You'll find gravity box in the download section of " Xposed Installer App"

You'll find ART in the "developer options."Just Google how to enable the developer options.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsgraphicart:
After a month of using the phone on stock with Xposed, I finally got around to flashing some custom ROMs. I tried a few, CM11, OmniROM, Carbon. But none of them felt complete. Like they are still a work in progress. Battery did seem a lot better on OmniROM but that was the only thing I felt it had over stock. I made the decision to go back to stock, Xposed and Franco Kernel. To me, it just feels complete.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trungamox34:
how can you flash Franco kernel with CyanogenMod 11 :(

I'm using CM11 nightly and whenever I flashed Franco kernel, my N5 stuck at Google screen :(

I read the original thread of Franco, it say that his kernel doesn't support CM11 :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I finally switched to Paranoid Android. Is pretty close to stock ATM. Hopefully we'll see some new feature(s) this week.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Dirty unicorns and bricked. Smooth. ;)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferhatugur:
purity + faux :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaRc0z:
Hey,

I'm running Pac-Man ROM with ElementalX 0.30cm and XPosed with Gravitybox
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballmead:
Purity ROM here and loving it atm.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mo'HAWK:
I've been using Purity with Linaro kernel. Started using art and it's going well. I can say that I have had no force closes and is buttery smooth. I'll have to report on battery life later since I have not been using this combination long.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ireneooi:
Slimkat + ElemantalX 0.32
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corey749:
Is pac-man ROM any good?

Sent from my Nexus 5 running slimkat
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxwilliams40:
Literally just broke the seal on my new Nexus 5. Looking forward to trying AICP since that's what I'm running on the Nexus 7.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zidane55387:
Would love to go to purity but I'm obsessed with lock screen notifications
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mo'HAWK:
If you run dalvik you can use xposed gravity box and I think that there is active display in there.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elias99:
cyanogenmod with chaos kernel.Only reason i switched from stock rom was Chaos kernel.Damn.This kernel is a battery beast.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weysonn:
same, but im gonna try purity with nils for ls notifications
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damian2013:
That was a while ago.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FatBoy_Seconds:
Cataclysm + Faux 11u OC 2.8GHz +ART = SEX
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gipjoe:
Why would you OC so high, really even at 2.2 the CPU doesn't really ever get bottle necked., With that oc you will just burn more power and throttle quicker. This basically means you are using more power and getting less performance. Go to stock or 2.344 and under volt
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Undervolting doesn`t save batterylife, it only decreases heat a little bit. But the advantages of UV are too small to do it imo. OC is only for benchmarks jockey`s wanting to impress their friends :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defffizz:
Everything stock, and I'm not missing on anything :)

Bright Red Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gipjoe:
I was stateing that not ooverclocking helps battery life. Undervolting -50 doesn't effect battery that much but it helps keeps temps lower which means better long term performance
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pain-N-Panic:
Dirty Unicorns ROM + Xposed Framework + Franco r34 Kernel. I am quite happy. Battery life is AMAZING.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This week.....twisted kat and elementalx.....really liking it. ;)

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X,G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mugneto08:
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sent by a noob NEXUS 5 owner lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proud Polac:
PAC Rom with Xposed and im loving it. I can't wait for a stable release.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibmiz:
Stock rom with Franco kernel v35. I am using xposed with gravitybox
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgosiaco:
Stock 4.4.2 with xposed. Franco kernel r33. Gravitybox and xHaloFloatingWindow with floatifications
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllEyezOnMe:
Guys I need help in choosing a new rom, one wich is stable but most of all very customisable.

At the moment on probam but was thinking of omni or PAC. Are ther any other feature packed Roms with alot of options and customisations that anyone can recommend? Also which is better of the 2 I listed?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howard bamber:
Stock ROM with Qualcom binaries and Elemental kernel.

IMO the days of needing custom ROMs are gone ICS, and B4, they were necessary but KK is great as it is. I try roms but go back to stock with Google Apps stripped and replaced with Hansen, etc.

If you want customisation, and who doesn't? Xposed framework and modules is all you need.

Sent by mobile telephone.

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Your using it!!

You tell us if it is!!!

Sent by mobile telephone.

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You right on the plastic but totally wrong on gorilla glass. We all have bits of grit, Inc silica which is as hard and will scratch a screen. When it is scratchd the atoms which were Squeezed closer are released in that area causing a vulnerable area to breaks. See xda TV with the lovely Erica on this.

Sent by mobile telephone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fix-this!:
best combo for me is slimkat stable and zeta chromium kernel.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Pa 4.2 , stock kernel ..smooth and stable
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratdog07067:
Rooted stock with Xposed and Gravity Box. Running pretty well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x111:
[ROM] [4.4.2] SlimKat (hammerhead)

with stock slim kernel

+

exposed with few mods

+

many diff. apps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpcrackpipe:
cataclysm rom

faux123 kernel

xposed with 12 modules.

Way smoother than stock + better battery life
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Returned to paranoid saber XD too cool ROM
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wigginst:
Stock rom, linaro kernel, twrp, xposed with gravity box, and xhalo floating window. Got phone Thursday. Rooted today so haven't experimented around much yet. Stock is very good on this phone. Went with linaro kernel because Franco kernel seemed very popular but I wanted s2w.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzojjh:
Running AOKP 3/10 nightly with ElementalX kernel and TWRP recovery

Also have Xposed but no GravityBox
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've flashed all the big guys in the last couple weeks....and keep coming back to twisted kat /elementalx. Always seems to be something that irritates me with everything else. Lol

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InflatedTitan:
I been trying and flashing Daily. However i cant seem to leave rastakat + trinity. There's always a number of different builds with rastakat and trinity kernel is just balls out awesome. Still trying others though
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfu11:
I mainly run stock all whited out with Franco Kernel, but for customization I like Cataclysm or Revolution. Have had this phone since November and my battery life is still amazing over 5hrs SOT.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armyboy11b:
O.o tired of flashing and wiping?? Most ROMs only upgrade weekly unless your on nightlies ..even then if your on same ROM you can just dirty flash unless coming from another ROM ..either it only takes literally seconds lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kandydish:
FULLY stock. Not even rooted.

I've been considering flashing... Still too lazy to ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeeb:
slimkat with franco
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krnonthak0b:
i really like what PA has been doing with their ROM. but personally i could use more features so used AOSPAL for awhile. Then went back to stock + gravity box + franco kernel and battery life was amazing! but missed the integrated nature of custom roms so just flashed AOSPAL again hehe... never tried AOSPAL with a kernel that wasn't developed specifically for AOSPAL (STS and arkenstone) but wanting to see how it works out with either franco or elementalx!

i think i am a little too flash happy these days... >.<
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walpurgisnacht30:
Stock ROM, ElementalX 0.36, Xposed + Gravitybox, Greenify, DSP Manager, Dalvik + Bionic patch, TWRP recovery.

Pretty satisfied until now :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just decided to go completely stock, locked and unrooted. I do miss the fun features of gravitybox and all the root apps, but then I realized that I'm getting too tired of constantly backing things up, and nandroiding, and never using anything, then losing all the text messages, etc. Keeping it stock so I'm not tempted to wipe.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_dude:
Stock 4.4.2 rooted, stock kernel, exposed with gravitybox.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Rest up...you'll be back to happy flashing!: D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howard bamber:
Same!

Sent by mobile telephone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guzanni:
Rastakat, latest lichti build, Franco R36

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulver:
Still running Omni and Uber kernel, the best combo!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DigitalUnderground:
There is NO ROM with the stability, battery, speed, and custom features that don't require xposed than than than Slim does
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolcopter:
Missed the stock dialer after trying some rooms so I'm back running stock, rooted, with Franco + ART

Not a huge step up over bone stock I was on previously, but having root access is nice
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorgtech:
I´m running a custom made, Stock based Slim ROM and the usual stuff many of you would also use ( eg. ES File Explorer, the tweaked dalvik and bionic stuff, greenify, adaway etc. ). I don´t have any games installed since I also own a Nexus 7 2013.:good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akoolive:
Rooted stock Franco kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimsonedge03:
Stock with franco kernel.

I'm kind of tempted to flash PA, but I want to stick to stock for a while before I start flashing ROMs. This device is only 2 days old :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pekempy:
SlimKat latest weekly.

Stock Slim kernel

xposed for some modifications
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peanutbutter_rooter:
beanstalk ROM, stock everything else.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolcopter:
I love PA's work on my N7, but I reverted back to stock on the N5 because I don't use any PA features on my phone and I love the stock KitKat dialer, which isn't included in the gapps packages (searching local businesses from the dialer is key)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gipjoe:
Liqudsmooth is a great alternative to slim. Pretty much has ever feature and is equally as fast. Only I can't seem to find a rom that matches the speed of VanirAosp. It's really friggin' fast.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoRex:
I'm running AOSPAL for the exact same reasons... But since I use Multirom, I had to flash a new kernel (the AOSPAL stock wasn't kexec compatible, which MR needs). I'm not sure if STS or arkenstone have that patch, haven't tried it.

I loaded Franco on it and it's worked great.. .solid, peppy and stable. I haven't run it long enough to make any battery conclusions, but it's been fine as far as life is concerned.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armymax:
PA 4.2 Beta 2, TWRP 2.7, FK r37, ZipThemer for some customization

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huh_lie:
How can I go back to stock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armymax:
There is a dedicated thread in nexus 5 general forum

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kp2241:
Stock 4.4.2/Rooted/franco.Kernel r37

XposedFramework/GravityBox

Perfect Setup For My 2 Day Old Device
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anthonok:
Omni, Franco
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This week....Graviton with its kernel. Really nice rom. Using gravity box to tweak some stuff. ;)

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenneth196:
Stock ROM with Franco r47 kernel. Just got my Nexus a few days ago :) still need to learn about xposed and gravitybox...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavy666:
37 kernel....

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37 we are far from 47 xD
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenneth196:
Oops haha. Typo!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmartinez39:
I stopped flashing. In Fall 2013, google was upgrading adroid, alot. From 4.2.2 -4.4.2 in matter of two months. I used to have PA for a good 6 months. With the release of Kitkat I had to wait for custom ROMs to get updated. I really really got sick and tired of wiping my data and constant flashing became a chore. Stopped being fun.

I was running on Nexus 4, when I bought Nexus 5, I just rooted it. Thats it. And lost root OTA. Just prefer stability. Also bought a Windows 8 device, Lumia 928. Its really nice but not making it my main driver just yet.

I don't miss flashing. I mean I could do a Full Backup, Flash the recovery, and play with new custom ROMs. Stock is really as good as its ever gonna be. Thing is once you flash, and try new ROMs I can't stop and end up with mountains of backup NANDROIDS sitting in my hard drive. And the constant reading on bugs or issues. I really just got tired of it.

Chances are if I do read a post and see some awesome ROM like PA, I'd get the urge to flash. Nah I'm good.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECrispy:
I can very much agree with this sentiment. The fact is 99% of roms are the same with minor differences which you wouldn't care about if you didn't know, at the cost of stability. Once a truly new feature comes out, like pie control, its quickly adopted by all roms.

With Xposed you can inject any code into any process and this try out any mods without needing to backup/wipe/reinstall.

But hey, the reason we do this is because we like to punish ourselves and would rather flash away, bootloop, restore, read XDA than actually use the damn phone. I mean what fun would that be ?!!

That and the women ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrYnternet:
Stock, Franco

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mgssidley:
Mahdi-Rom has been keeping me pretty happy for the past few weeks, with ElementalX kernal.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtwlbz:
I.like liquid fast but still some missing fonts bad going back to slim
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TastyUpdate:
Stock ROM, Xposed, Gravitybox, Franco kernel