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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
well, then nexus romming wont be right for you.

on second thought, the nexus 5 is definitely not right for you.

there are many roms that include custom kernels. and, there is a large number of custom kernels that you yourself can CHOOSE to flash on your own.

and the thing about nexus devices, all of them, is that they dont include bloat. which is another reason people buy them. the far majority of people here dont want roms to add more apps. again, you can do that on your own. it gives you choice of what you want, and you dont. many here like roms debloated.

and you talk about cm as its something big. cm isnt big for the nexus 5, its aosp. thats what people want. they want the pureness. not the over-hacked bloated of a rom. and again, thats what people buy nexus devices. we have full source. no over hackery needed, its clean and pure.

the proprietary stuff comes with the phones already, so people that buy those phones have a right to it. anyways, people that arent part of open source steal it. sometimes they get in trouble, sometimes they dont. legally, they can get in trouble if they distribute it. people that are part of open source respect others rights, and adhere to the rules and practices.

and there are two kinds of developer forums here, if you haven't noticed. android development and original development. in original development, they create an original piece of work. in android development, they take whats already out there, and do what they want with it.

it also seems as you think of the same and original works are about features. well, they are not. most of it is going to be inside the rom itself. like things that add speed, smoothness, and efficiency. most of the features are just added into the roms later, what its users like.

there are so many ways that you can make a rom your own, original. there are multitudes of ways you can mod what you are running. be creative, set it up as you personally like. make it yours.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Don't post it here. It will be against the rules.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowdevil:
Whatever you say we all love our Nexus 5 and what it offers..:D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeon3D:
I do love mine as well.

Really? There's one already available here (even tho it's outdated), that I found out in the OP of this Stickied Thread

Well, I never meant to say that I wanted bloated roms. I understand the Nexus thing with AOSP, I really do. But while I agree that it having AOSP with full source and absolutely no bloat is its greater selling point (and one of the reasons I bought it), I'd think that if people with "closed devices" are tinkering with their devices in order to make them faster/nicer/prettier/<insert adjective here>, that a device for which there is full source and binary blobs compatible with every android version released after the device's released date, people would be more inclined to make custom roms that differ a bit more/offer more functionaly than AOSP. One of the things with open-source is freedom of choice, and sure, if you want pureness by all means go AOSP, but what if you don't? While AOSP is pure, it's lacking quite some features we've come to love on other phones...

Again, see my previous point. If we have full source, we should have less issues while creating something more functional, prettier than people with closed devices.

Sure they have rights to it, as long as it is from the same device. Having a Xperia Z1 or T lockscreen or system UI on a LWW rom tho? I know it's illegal (on most countries) yet it is "accepted" here. I don't want stuff from another phone in my Nexus, but in the market there are so many good alternatives to AOSP/CM defaults that I find it strange that everyone is using either the AOSP Launcher (which has almost nil features and settings) or Launcher3 (or whatever it's called, which has like 1 or 2 more features than the AOSP launcher) and this is just a simple example.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Thats a list of roms, kernels and mods. It just gives people links. It does not seek to compare. Its comparison that is not allowed
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
he's talking about the google excel spreadsheet that compares the features. its a link in the thread.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I guess it's been missed by the moderators then as any comparison is against the rules.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ej8989:
Is this an xda-wide rule? I've seen posts such as this one for quite a while now.

source: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-s/general/war-obscurity-enter-risk-t2551028

You mean you expect devs here to build a rom that is quite similar to touchwiz, sense, and miui?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
prettier.. you do realized pretty is in the eye of the beholder? whats pretty to you is ugly as sin to me.

anyways, about creating something new and more functional.. the devs here work for free, on their own time. they have full time jobs, families, kids, and so on. they dont get paid for their efforts, or otberwise rewarded. where are they supposed to get the time for it? by the time they cteate something new, a new version of android will come out, and what they made will be looked past, among other things. maybe if we had full time xda devs.

what you need to do is create a rom yourself, or "shut up". as what you are posting is very disrespectful to the developers that we do have here.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
The forum rules don't say anything about this. The only thing that seems similar is the "no best rom threads," but there's nothing about not being allowed to create a comparison thread.

Anyway, I think there are a few reasons for what the OP is saying.

The SGS ran a custom manufacturer skin, so you would have an assortment of TouchWiz ROMs and AOSP ROMs that would seem to lead to more variety.

Although it has always been possible to run a custom launcher, Google has made it much easier/more seamlessly integrated with the addition of the Home settings. There's no real reason to integrate a custom launcher unless you're building your own, which CM does still include.

With the Theme Engine you don't see too many ROMs integrating their own themes. SlimKat does still have TRDS which is basically a custom theme.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
It's right up there in the general forum. It's a STICKIE! I don't know how you missed it.

Anyways here's the thread made by a moderator where it's clearly written that any kind of comparison threads aren't allowed:

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/message-moderators-users-please-read-t2500184

---------- Post added at 09:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 PM ----------

Yes it is. Comparison threads are frowned upon everywhere.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vfmmeo:
IMHO, the list about OP is talking about is much more a "feature list" than a "comparison list".
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
I didn't quote the OP, did I?? I was replying to the other two. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
lol, the op is NOT talking features. he wants to compare Roms for oiriginality, that isn't a feature list.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
A matrix of features vs Roms is a comparison.

a consideration or estimate of the similarities or dissimilarities between two things or people.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Well, it's not comparisons "per say", but more like "What's the best ROM/Kernel/Theme etc" type posts. These things are subjective by nature, and what one person likes, another may not. Or what works great on one device, may not work so well on another (sometimes devices differ based on build revisions).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Its still a comparison and them's the rules.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
[MENTION=3887557]Moscow Desire[/MENTION]

rootSU and I are talking about the OP's part of the post which stated that he will open a thread where he will make comparisons of all sorts. rootSU was simply stating that it's against the rules to do so. You can check the part of the post over here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54316248&postcount=6

A Stickie in the general section which was created by a Forum mod (soupmagnet) states that comparison between rom/kernel/phone or anything of that sort isn't allowed. http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/message-moderators-users-please-read-t2500184 (4th Point)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Well, back in the old days, things were hopping. New Mods, new features, look cool things...

But that was a few years ago.

Little by little, Google modified the AOSP code, adding features (more than likely from XDA). But Google is not concerned with "look good" things. They leave it up to manufacturers with skins and such. Apps progress, hardware gets better, new features are added (and mods for shortcomings that nobody thought of).

But eventually, you get to a point where you just cant change the way things look. Just add on to it. Honestly, the stock look is ok with most, as mostly users are within apps, not the interface.

Any changes to the UI or Frameworks, required decompiling, changing xml and smali code. Most folks have never ventured into this aspect. Not to mention the diversity in APKTool versions running from a CMD window.

Then comes "Exposed" modules. Now all the look cool features, mods, tweaks, etc, can be done without changing any of the apks (for the most part) to get the desired look, and add features that the manufacturers just didn't put in.

Things have become so much easier to cook ROMs. Now, we need not mess with APKTool, and can use a windows interface to decompile, alter, and recompile in a manner of a minute. Compare, copy and paste all from within the same app (explains why lots of ROMs pretty much have the exact same features) It's too easy to do now days for folks who really don't know how to cook.

So do all ROMs look the same? Pretty much, until you add the features via exposed modules. After all, ROMs are all derived from AOSP from Google.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Well, here is where things "might" get a little confusing.

"Best ROM/Kernel" etc threads are of course not allow just as the stickie stated. Why? Because of the tendency of causing arguments between folks loyal to a particular ROM or Dev. This is based on a lot of things being subjective.

Having a spreadsheet of features available to a ROM is pretty much no argument, as it's common knowledge and typically stated in the OP of each ROM thread. It's fact, and "not" subjective to how it runs on a device.

Having fields like "seems quicker, less crashes, smoother, prettier, etc" are subjective comments and of course would not be allowed. Benchmarks.... cough cough.... are, well, you know.

See where I'm going with this?

Personally, I think it's way too time consuming to flash every ROM and every OS version. The features are already listed. If somebody thinks it's necessary to itemize each specific feature (in ROM Updates, Halo, Pie, etc) well, I wish them luck, and will check back next year when it's finished.

But I certainly wouldn't have an issue with it. Besides, it would have to be continuously updated every time a cook makes a new release, or the thread would be closed eventually.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I only mention it because I've seen links to these spreadsheets removed from posts. Don't put the effort in if you can't share it. Best for the OP to ask one of our FSMs
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] kcrudup:
IF you are expert at ROMs and flashing you may find this helpful. I am really happy with the F2FS Filesystem on my OG Note; I've since bought the 2014 version, yet with F2FS the OG Note feels just as fast now. Samsung has put a lot of work into F2FS and reducing flash-based I/O waits is key for eliminating lag on Android.

I did the JB kernel first 'cause that's the source I had lying around. I'm going to build up a proper kernel source tree for KitKat for my 2014 Note in the next few days, then build one for the KitKat OG Note after that. The F2FS is from the tip of Linus' "master" branch, backported to the 3.0 kernel the OG Note uses.

I'm not going to do any newbie handholding- this is for experienced users- but the general way to use this is:

- Backup anything you'll want to save from your INTERNAL /sdcard, as it will be wiped

- Using an EXISTING TWRP (not the one here), make a backup of your /data (onto an external SD-Card)

- flash this recovery, then boot into it

- Wipe the /cache partition- it will reformat it as an F2FS partition

- "Advanced Wipe" the /data partition- use the "scary" wipe that says you'll lose EVERYTHING

- Do a /data (ONLY!) restore from the backup you'd just made from the previous (non-F2FS) recovery

- Wipe Dalvik Cache

- Shut down and go into Download (Odin) mode

- Flash the boot.img provided (it should work on any recent JB Samsung ROM)

- Reboot

- Restore any Internal /sdcard stuff you'd saved

- Enjoy speedy F2FS goodness (give it a minute after first-time booting so it can settle)

The boot.img is here.

The F2FS-enabled TWRP is here.

You know the rules- despite my testing and use, you may lose data, etc. etc. but if anyone uses this, be sure to let me know if it works for you, and especially if you have any issues with it. I'll put out the source to the kernel in time as well.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] Airtioteclint:
I've been thinking about going back to Jellybean, this might be the deciding factor.

Any chance on something for 4.4.4 aosp?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] kcrudup:
This is fairly easy to add to any ROM where you've got all the source code (i.e., AOSP and its variants like CM, etc.). I'm pretty sure I won't be making one though, as most non-Samsung ROMs are usually lacking some functionality so I never use one.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] RETIEF:
Not working on 8013

I followed the instructions, but when I install the recovery, get a boot loop every time. But it was worth a try. Thanks for all your hard work.

:crying:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] kcrudup:
It's probably the overclocking. Let me make up a non-OC set soon.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] kcrudup:
I just got a Notification from the "PM Bot" about this- if anyone's (still interested in?) using this, let me know.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] little_lerroyy:
I'd love to use this if we could get F2FS with CM12! By i presume for jellybean only.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Original Development] Shagerty:
This is cool, as just about everyone else said would be great to see KK support for the GT-N8000 KK ROMs ported to GT-N8013. THANK YOU either way AWESOME WORK!
[XDA Assist] Robotsforsale:
All I need is somewhere I can download stock ROMS for my Sprint Note 2, a link is very helpful!
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
The thread you need is [ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset
[XDA Assist] Robotsforsale:
Thanks so much, ive been looking for ages!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prosumer-GER:
I have some problems with USB-OTG-Connections (CM11 Nightly).

When I connect a USB-Stick it works as it should. But if I connect my Nikon DSLR (e.g. to do a tethered shooting with DSLRDashboard) the Camera is not detected by Android.

On my Galaxy S4 (rooted Samsung Kitkat) it works perfectly.

Any suggestions how to get it work on my Galaxy Tab2 as well?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokesh.3440:
Tab 2 supports only Pendrive,mouse,keyboard via OTG out of the box. If you wanna connect your camera with it,you need a powered USB HUB. S4 is a high end device; that's why it supports it by default.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prosumer-GER:
That would take me a a lot of flexibility/mobility.

I want to mount my Tablet on my camera tripod.

My idea was, to use the y-cable that came with an external hdd and connect the power port to my 10.000 mAh Battery Pack to get the needed extra-power. I've tried that with the external hdd and it worked: The Galaxy Tab detected the hdd as SD-card and mounted it as usbdisk0.

But when i try the same with my Nikon instead of the hdd, neither Adroid nor the "OTG Troubleshooter" detect anything.

.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakeshbro:
Try this app from Gplay DSLR

Edit :

Is it working on Touchwiz?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prosumer-GER:
As mentioned before, I'm on CM11. Not Samsungs Touchwiz. Should I really flash the crappy Samsung-Software? Not sure how to switch back to the STOCK-ROM easily because I'm on CM for ages.

And how can this software help me with my problem? If Android is not detecting my Nikon Camera, I'm pretty sure DSLR Controller (for Canon) can't handle my Nikon too.

My connectivity-issue is some OSI-Layers below, isn't it? ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltraWelfare:
Hello Nexus 5 users...

I've been recently searching about this phone as I am about to buy it...

I still can't gather all the pros and cons of the phone so I can make a conclusion

whether should or should I not buy it...

I've been reading reviews but my experience says that user comments are better than reviews...

I would really love if you could type some pros and cons of this phone.

Thank you very much
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Buy it, it's a great phone
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wh1t3Rose:
Yes just buy it man. IMO there are no cons.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einril:
Hi,

I've only had this phone for one month, so I can't talk about long term usage, but here's my pros and cons so far:

Pros

Very powerful and smooth

Stock Android

Great developer support, and it's very easy to install custom ROMs

The screen is simply gorgeous

Cons

No SD Card slot

No removable battery (it's relatively easy to replace, but not "on the go")

Can get relatively hot when playing intensive games (particularly PvZ 2)

Overall I'm really happy with it, and I think you won't regret buying it :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
it is an ok phone..considering for the price..for the price of the n5 u could get the oneplus or the g3 if u have the money

pros

cheap price

stock android

great development

cons

nonremoveable battery

no sd slot

not water resistant

no ir blaster

speakers are not that good

battery life blows

camera is not that good
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I'd debate that. The battery is very good, not the best, but very adequate.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokke9191:
Pros:

Cheap

Unlocked

Great screen

Perfect size

Wireless charging

Great dev support/community

Cons:

Speakers not loud enough imo, but can be modded to be louder

I love the n5. I wouldn't trade it for any phone currently out.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
my n5 couldnt last me not even 3hrs..stock and battery calibrated..i had to take my charger with me all the time..thats one of the main reasons i moved to the g3
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I consistently get over 5 hours sot and 20+ hours total. Not sure what you're doing to calibrate battery but it's not needed and probably eating battery. The battery is very dependent on your signal quality, the apps you use and your usage patterns. The battery on the n5 is not bad. If you're getting bad battery life it's a user issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
the battery calibration is just to erase the stats that way u could have an accurate battery meter..it will not increase battery life but it will improve the runtime of the system if the system thinks 20% is left when there is actually 50% or more left..u probably dont use the phone as much as me but i could tell u right now that it sucked..and im not the only one saying that
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
That said there are plenty of us getting great battery too. You may not be the only one not getting great battery but many of us do too.

Oh and by the way, the battery meter is 100% unlinked to stats.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hello00:
it just resets the stats
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
My battery is terrible... It's been off charge for 25 hours now. Had 2 1/2 hours on the screen and 1h phone calls with data/wifi/location all on and still has 25% left. I don't know how i cope ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Charging resets the stats. Unless you're confused and don't actually mean stats.

[Info] What are battery stats and is wiping them helpful?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltraWelfare:
Thanks for all the reviews...

I will think it again and may buy this phone instead...

How about the phone quality?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GtrCraft:
Pretty good, you won't be dissapointed
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
So I got this DNA that I'm trying to return to stock and the bootloader loads up and the device is S-OFF but when I try to run ADB and FASTBOOT commands through the computer to flash the new recovery, but my computer doesn't recognize the device. I have the necessary files and drivers installed and even when I plug in my phone, it changes from FASTBOOT to FASTBOOTUSB. My questions is what am I doing wrong? How can I flash a new recovery to my phone?
[HTC Droid DNA] iHateWebOS:
Are you doing sudo before commands? For example: "sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
No, im just typing in the command without putting sudo in the beginning. Should I be doing that?
[HTC Droid DNA] Jaggar345:
Just use flashify and do it on the phone you won't need a computer.
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
How can I use flashify if my phone doesn't boot up?
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
Now I'm getting this message when I'm trying to flash the recovery
[HTC Droid DNA] d08speed3:
Try this

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip PL83IMG_#.##_Recovery.zip (whatever you have it named)

HTC DNA

LG Optimus G
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
That didnt work either.... :(
[HTC Droid DNA] d08speed3:
Re-download the recovery image and name it right? You placed it in your ADB folder correct?

HTC DNA

LG Optimus G

---------- Post added at 10:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------

Do you currently have any recovery on your phone?

HTC DNA

LG Optimus G
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
No I dont have any recovery on my phone currently...Trying to put one on there so I can get an OS on my phone
[HTC Droid DNA] d08speed3:
Try this program...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219175
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
I don't know why I'm not getting this but it's still not working for me. The program is stuck on Press any key to continue when I select that it's in Android and I want to flash the TWRP recovery to the phone.

:mad:
[HTC Droid DNA] d08speed3:
Try this program?...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53986261

Where are you getting your recovery IMG file from? Are you putting it in the adb folder? Read this thread....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2612740

Per TWRP site...

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/127

HTC DNA

LG Optimus G
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
I've got all of the files in the correct folders after reading the instructions for this program and other programs that required the adb and fastboot files and the drivers but still for some odd reason it is not recognizing my device. The only screens that function on my phone are the HBOOT and the FASTBOOT screens. I have moonshine S-OFF and my HBOOT version is 1.33.4444, Radio version is 1.01.04.0308. The only thing I can thing of as to why my phone won't let me flash a recovery or even be recognized by my computer is because the USB debugging wasn't checked before the OS was erased. If thats the case, am I stuck with an inoperable phone?

:confused::(
[HTC Droid DNA] d08speed3:
Try a different computer or USB port.

HTC DNA

LG Optimus G
[HTC Droid DNA] RLGL:
What OS is on your computer?
[HTC Droid DNA] Rozay77:
Windows 7