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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manni2:
I'm also trying this theory ATM, will upgrade to a new phone soon but 4.4 has really been really slow after a while on my Gnex, even after converting to f2fs..

In other news, I now need to post in general discussion until I have enough posts to post in development :rolleyes: so here goes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infectedorganism:
For those of you still on 4.1, would you mind uploading and sharing the roms you are using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
These are the files&order I flash in Clockworkmod:

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BACKUP YOUR CURRENT ROM/FILES TO A PC, JUST IN CASE, CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.

But I've flashed all these files dozens of times over the past 2 years without any issues, after being disappointed from testing out 4.2+, 4.3+ and 4.4+ custom ROM's.

PA ROM

http://d-h.st/users/gangsterjoop?fld_id=9654

Gapps

http://d-h.st/la8

4.2 clock/camera/keyboard/gallery

http://d-h.st/Zja

Kernel

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pu9brbuovdhe22h/v3.0.53-ZenSERIES_v10_4.1_Final_Tuna.zip

L-material themed keyboard

http://d-h.st/V2e

GL

I can post all the other 3rd party apps I also use on a daily basis, if you would like.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infectedorganism:
This is more than enough. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Insane PPC:
i'm running omni on my toroplus now 4.4.4 and i would have to say this is much better than the stock roms (i've ran 4.1/4.2/4.3) and they all work, but i really dig the 4.4 only camera from google and i'm a version junkie...

i did try just stable releases from CM all the way back to 4.1.2 but couldn't get random things working and didn't feel like taking the time...

so far, between working 4g/3g handoff's, more stable wifi, access to the latest apps that need 4.4 (camera is the only one that comes to mind) i'll run omni...still hoping that the awesome kernel guys will get 3.4 working and we can move to android L for some of that awesome battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashclepdia:
actually, galaxy nexus was "made to run" ICS if you recall correctly ;)

JB debuted with the original nexus 7 :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kompressorgpl:
Hello! For this phone is better stock 4.3 or say CM 11 (4.4.4)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
True...

But ICS 4.0 was essentially JB 4.1 without Google Now.

Where JB 4.2+ added multiple changes to various app designs:

Camera

Clock

Gallery

Keyboard

Quick tiles

Multi-User Profiles
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ILA:
Um, "Project butter" was introduced with JB 4.1. I know everyone was after that on their ROMs...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 7175:
The best Android versions for the Galaxy Nexus are definitely 4.1 and 4.3 final releases. The problems with 4.4.x that finally made me ditch it are the unfixed radio issues and subsequent battery drain. I've heard that some roms such as Dirty Unicorns, Omnirom, and Slimkat have this fixed, or at least the radio cutout issue. My favorites though that give me good battery, performance, and features are 4.1.2 LiquidJB and 4.3.1 Vanir, the latter being my daily driver.

This folder includes 4.1.2 gapps and a few other addons (flash rom, gapps, then addons):

LiquidJB_4.1.2

Rom:

vanir_toro_4.3.1.zip

Gapps:

gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kompressorgpl:
Hello! I revert to 4.3 STOCK, and is far better!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashclepdia:
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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
Yes please thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
I use the following apps to help make everything run much smoother:

Lagfix - premium

Mediaserver killer

Greenify

Trickstermod

Other apps I use and highly recommended:

Nova launcher - prime

Pie - Pro - Controls

EasyEyez

PGM2 aka touchcontrol

Adaway

Weather and Clock widget Android

Screen off and lock

Exposed Framework w/which you can access many great customization/mod apps:

Gravitybox

KitKat toast backport

YouTube adaway

Smooth progress bar

Google voice offline

Play store fixes (fake DPI)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
Hi GL

The MD5 for 4.2 TransformPack, gapps-jb-20121011 and pa_toro-2.57-20130116 don't match by the way, even after multiple downloads.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
LOL

GL=Good Luck

N E ways

I checked the MD5 of the transform pack and gapps zip files I've got on my GN and they both match.

Not sure about the toro file, since I'm using the Maguro zip file(which I can confirm does match), I'm not on Wi-Fi so can't download files to confirm toro MD5.

The only file/link I've personal uploaded/posted is the Zen V10 kernel zip, since I can't seem to find it online anymore, the rest of the links are uploaded by other people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
HA! Thanks. I'll look around.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rjspring:
I'm using the latest ShinyROM and it has worked nearly flawless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
nearly? Which part gives you trouble? Version 7.9 is quite lagging to me. Perhaps some kernel tweaks I need to do but don't know about?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rjspring:
Had some power issues initially (fast battery drain), installed the '2 battery' app and power problems have since gone away. Also disabled the hangouts app, experienced the double texts issue. Both problems could have been related to my setup specifically, but very easily fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
downgrading

many people talk about having good experience with 4.3 on this device, vanir 4.3.1 pa 3.99 etc but i feel if i downgrade i would lose so many things specially theme engine. so i still cant decide what to do :( and btw how's the gaming performance on stock rom or pa 4.3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 7175:
Yeah the theme engine is pretty cool. Maybe I'll see if I can jimmy it into my 4.3.1 Vanir installation.

As for gaming, performance is about the same from what I've experienced with 3d hardware hungry games like Max Payne, GTA San Andreas, etc. Battery life gaming is way better on 4.3.1. In general, 4.3.1 is always gonna have a big advantage there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DonDizzurp:
It was the best because it was the last supported version. Everything after that was not officially supported. Drivers and what not were not officially coded by the good old folks at android.

This is why my Gnex is on JB.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
That would be awesome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ilgimmy:
I don't remember how it was on 4.1, bit I tried this summer to go back from 4.4.4 + f2fs to full stock 4.3 and it was painfully slow and overheating.

So i tried with Franco's kernel, with not much improvements.

Maybe my flash gas degraded, but 4.4.4 with f2fs is the only way I can use my maguro.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
I'm not fully understand this f2fs conversion idea and so a bit timid about doing it. Please clarify and show me more thanks since I'd to do it too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ilgimmy:
basically is a file system studied for flash and not for hard disk.

I don't exactly know f2fs, but I've worked with jffs2 in the past and I think it shall be similar.

In few and not so accurate words:

A flash memory is divided into sectors; every sector is composed by bytes and bits like an hard disk.

The issue with flash memories is that you can pass from 1 to 0 as much as you want, but to go back to 1 you need to erase the full sector.

Additionally there's a limit of erasure a sector can support before becoming unreliable.

So a standard file system, that thinks to work on a magnetic disk, erase files, and sectors, as needed.

A flash file system instead divides the sector into smaller units and when file data changes, instead of erasing the sector, marks the unit as no more valid.

When the entire sector is marked as invalid, it's erased.

This bring to high fragmentation of data, but as the flash drives has neither seek time, nor reading head wear, it's not a problem.

This is not 100% accurate but in shorter words, flash file systems take advantage of the read and seek speed ignoring fragmentation; hd file systems instead tries to optimize access time by reducing seek times...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Heryos:
I'm currently on KK 4.4.4 and I think that there are many lags
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ilgimmy:
try FML build with F2FS ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kompressorgpl:
Hello chaps! So after 1 week of, getting back to 4.3 stock, and can say that i like!!!! I was on CM 4.4.4 and was a nightmare!!! Lots of FC; no GPS and so on... Even the battery life (ok...was better but not awesome...). So forme stock will be!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] musical_chairs:
I'm a longtime Nova Prime user, but gave it up recently because it turned out to be the 'prime' reason that my GNex was getting laggy after a day or two of uptime. And no, I don't think JB was better than KitKat (though maybe if you really need to use Nova on a GNex, it is.)

(Latest OmniROM nightly, everything is stock including the kernel. I like custom kernels and have tried many of them, but haven't found one stable enough yet.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xaverius8535:
I am still in CyanogenMod 10.2.1 or the latest stable release there..

I think i will not upgrade to KK 4.4.4 until they are on stable version

and yes, I think JB is the best for now...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
If you can recommend an alternative to Nova Prime that does offers the following features I'd switch, cause I've tested them all and can't find any that do it all(smoothly):

Removal on home screen:

Dock bar, google search bar, apps drawer button

Swipe gestures for apps drawer, notifications, quick toggles

Hide apps, custom app tabs, rename apps, change app icons
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GorfDroid:
Try Lightning Launcher Extreme.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stewiehitman47:
TBH 4.1 was really somehow better. tapping on your recents panel is instantaneous as compared to kit kat. you definitely can feel a slight maybe 0.3-0.5 sec delay. I'm on carbonrom right now and it's actually pretty good even if it's kit kat. Plus i'm not really keen to revert back to jelly bean and lose the whole feel of kit kat :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] StormIceX:
4.3 is better than 4.1.2? I want to flash an old jb rom, but idk if I need to downgrade radio and bootloader

EDIT: one rom 4.1.2 based with the features of liquidsmooth 4.4.4?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rob420jones:
I'm running 4.4.4 drains the hell out of my batt tho thinking aboutntrying dirty unicorns
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
I tried it out, but felt it was way too complex...

Very cool if you want a completely personalized custom experience.

I guess all I really just need is a stock android style launcher with more control over what's visible/hidden and Nova does this flawlessly for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kompressorgpl:
Hello! As I said before, 4.3 is far better (on our phone for daily driver) than 4.4.4!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GorfDroid:
It takes getting used to for the first few days and there is definitely a learning curve. I like it more than nova because it supports more gestures, and you can get nice templates for it. It does everything nova does and more!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pianistaPL:
Maybe it will be helpful for someone - here is the latest Banks Core Gapps 4.3 http://stiangi.tihlde.org/android/gapps/banks/4.3/

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Guys, is anybody using any 4.3 ROM converted to f2fs? I've converted Purity ROM but it doesn't boot...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AbhishekS:
Anyone has the RasbeanJelly 4.1 link?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 11zeno11:
Anyone knows where can I find purity 4.2 ROM? All the links of the old thread are down.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
Unofficial liquid smooth kitkat . enough said
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 11zeno11:
I'm using it right now and I've been using it since day 1 but I noticed a loot of slowdown since when ls has merged the new theme engine. Are you feeling good with it? Any sysui crash? Your settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
Nope no crashes ...I have my system on ext and data and cache on f2fs ...its fast :D I like it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ashclepdia:
did you try maybe after converting it and installing as f2fs, flash for example DirtyV kernel that is in anykernel2 format, I'm wondering if even though you converted the rom itself to f2fs, the stock kernel that comes with it probably doesn't have the necessary changes for booting with f2fs mounts.

and dirtyV newest comes as anykernel2 package and I believe works with 4.3 based. would be worth a try let us know if it works
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrPutuLips:
I think that 4.0 was the best looking ROM, 4.3 was the most stable, and 4.4.4 with F2FS and ART is the fastest/smoothest. I want to try out ol' 4.1 with F2FS and ART (is it possible to get ART on 4.1?), and do some benchmarks against my current ROM. I think it would probably be faster considering the lack of Google Now's bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 11zeno11:
I used f2fs for all the partition a few month ago. The phone was damned fast at the begin but after a few days it became very unstable, a lot of apps where force closing so I came back to ext4. Do you thick that if I leave the system partition in ext4 it would be better with stability?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GorfDroid:
+10000
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
Yeah that's what I did I left the system untouched and converted the data and cache to f2fs. Didn't face any problem yet, it's running good. U should just convert the data, cache and leave the system to ext, that's what most of the guys are doing I guess . And it's no use converting the system to f2fs because by doing so u lose space like 100 MB of it I guess .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 11zeno11:
I think when I have the time to backup my files I will try this way! Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
You are welcome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Moverd85:
+1 Must admit I found JB better till this one came along.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
Wow!

I have to admit at first I was skeptical, but then though I'd test it out myself and it really is smooth.

I mean really smooth, so much so I then tested out PA 4.6 and it still is so slow, immediately when back to UN LS just to make sure it wasn't my device.

Then, I decided to test out a clean flash of my old, outdated, 2 year old PA2.57 4.1.2 ROM and it was even faster.

LOL

But seriously, I want to thank you for letting me know that KitKat finally has gotten smooth, but until someone gets tablet mode working on 4.4+ I'll have to stick to JB.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
There's no tablet mode on kk period.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
Oh it's there!

Just not working on GN.... Yet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2862722

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/tablet-ui-kitkat/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Moverd85:
Currently running FML with the new GPU drivers and I gotta say I think this JB love is gonna end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mysis:
I have been flashing CM nightlies once a week to my maguro, and lately have been noticing major performance issues (not counting the major battery drain since upgrading to CM11). However, I am not sure I am ready to part with the Google Now launcher. What I like about CM is being able to customize the status bar and notification drawer. Any recommendations for other udpated ROMs or could I get JB to run with Now Launcher (since it is in the Play Store these days). I need to breathe some new life into the old girl. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheMan0790:
Try the unofficial LiquidSmooth builds. Poo706 puts out really solid, stable and speedy builds every few days. I am using the ROM alongside Fancy Kernel r58 and it is working very well for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
Google Now Launcher works fine on JB 4.1.2

But not sure it's really worth switching now with the news about the new drivers, I doubt it'll be long before KitKat and Android L ROM'S become way better/smoother/stable than JB.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackie_alden:
Quote for fancy kernel, it's the best for f2fs roms. Anyway im on latest paranoid 4.6 beta and all works smooth and fast.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GorfDroid:
+10

This is the fastest my phone has ever been
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mysis:
This worked out great!

However, I just got a OnePlus One, so my Gnex can finally rest in peace. She was a good phone...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arukemo:
I've joined the Unofficial LS paired with FK club :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CoDe LaZaRuS:
Depend on the roms in my opinion. I am on kitkat and when I use a feature rich rom my phone does lag alot but if the rom that I'm using is very lightweight like Slimkat and liquid smooth then my experiance is mostly lagfree.

I have found that seeder always help keep my phone lag free.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
I just did that for UN LS and it's no longer smoooooth. Did I missed something?

I'll convert the other partitions later tonight.

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I converted cache and data partitions only and it's not smooooth anymore. What did you do exactly? The detail steps please thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55956817&postcount=369
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] valkata1212:
Dont think so, by performance maybe, but with customisation i preffer KitKat, the one with peanut butter :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christopher8989:
I converted cache and data using twrp 2.8 but didn't see any improvement so converted back to ext4. Now I can't access some parts of the sdcard. When use with any file manager it'll force close when got to that area.

I'm thinking of change recovery to philz or cwm and format again with ext4 to see if that helps.

Running f2fs enable rom and kernel, unofficial liquidsmooth 10/29 and fancy r59.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsiliha:
for me this is the next step, to convert my rom from ext4 to f2fs.

Now I am in liquidsmooth with stock kernel and it goes very fast.

Previously, i went back to jb but with cyanogen10.2. It was pretty quick and not lag at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Airlibik:
For me jb is the last smooth rom for gnex kiktak it's always be laggy on any rom.

you could notice it when u scroll down the notification bar it's not fluid it is sluggish.

I was using LS jb version till now,now I'm tring FML lollipop and it seems to be again fluid like it was on jb.

I hope is not just an impression.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isajoo:
I decided to finally test out FML Lollipop and even though it does run smooth, I've just gotten so use to all the great custom features on my 4.1.2 ROM, which still runs smooth and the new material designed Google apps all still are getting updated(play store, services, keep, music, maps, keyboard, gmail, hangouts/inbox/ messenger)

I might test it again later, if/when developers start adding more custom features.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P500:
I'm on LS with F2FS data and cache, and I must say it's pretty fast.

The only issue I've come along is some out-of-memory issues, which I think are present since the first 4.4 ports. Like when you're in an App for a long time and you go back to Home, the launcher has to reload itself.

When 5.0 is growing and developing, I might switch to those builds, but JB was damn smooth if I remember it correctly :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mr.pnutt:
I can honestly say that I love my Galaxy Nexus. I've never rooted it nor boot loader unlocked it. It still runs without any problems and I will gladly buy a standard Sim card if I had/decide to use it again for whatever reason. I now own a moto g 1st gen but my nexus to me is still a better device. I just wish that they kept the device up to date via OTA updates without having to root it and flash custom roms.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maximinus I:
I dunno I went back and tried 4.1.1,4.1.2,4.2.2,4.3 and 4.4.4. To be honest the earlier 4x roms were maybe a tad faster than the 4.3 and 4.4 roms. But they had horrible memory mgmt and would tend to show down after a couple days. 4.3 and 4.4 seem to be more stable speed wise with not a noticeable drop in performance after a couple days up and also more free ram on average than early 4x roms. This is just my observations after having tried fifty million roms to try to find a true keeper.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hr_alucard:
Hi to all, I have one noobish question... I'm now using KitKat roms on my gnex, but I never actually tried to go back. So I would appreciate if someone can tell me can I just flash this 4.1 roms and Gapps posted in this thread, or I need to change to old bootloader etc....

thx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maximinus I:
I have flashed and run them all on the latest bootloader and recovery. The only problem I ran into was having to unmount system so that the rom would install.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hr_alucard:
I didn't have to unmount system! Just flashed 4.1.2 right from latest bootloader and recovery, everything went smooth, works like a charm!

Thx for quick answer bro ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idrather:
Still searching!

I haven't tried any 4.1 rom yet, only 4.4 from CYM, SlimKat, and Paranoid. Non have been stable enough for my liking. Maybe I should try 4.1. Thanks for the thought.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ahmadairfan:
I never tried 4.1.x ROMs, but now I've been quite awhile on PSX 4.3 (deplecated) with Fancy, so fast. On terms of smoothness I prefer KitKat ROMs, take OmniMetal. On 4.3 it is blazingly fast, bugfree yet still has a lag. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JST99:
Based on my experience, I would say that 4.4 is arguably the best android version. Kitkat was built to run "comfortably" on devices with 512mb ram. Out Gnex has a full 1gb ram, meaning that it is more than capable of fully operating under the OS.

Android L developments are being made rapidly, and they seem very promising, especially with the new GPU drivers. Potentially Android L could be the new best. Who knows? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PGHammer:
NOT a Necro-Bump; just More Data

I've never run an L build on my GNex (which was mom's GNex, and was strictly stock, before it got passed down); in fact, I've run mostly N builds (and am currently running PureNexus 7.11), and N (not MM) seems to be the rather surprising champ so far on the GNex; however, I have some theories as to why.

1. ZRAM improvements - ZRAM is the virtual memory that Android has (as an OS) supported for years (at least back to L); however, to get the most out of it, you need a large base storage (not microSD) storage pool. The Galaxy Nexus predates SD cards (therefore, it doesn't support them at all); to compensate it has a larger (especially compared to a lot of devices of today) base storage capacity.

2. Firmware without bloat - compare the GNex firmware size to that of their MM and N contemporaries (a good comparison is, in fact, the PureNexus 7.11 firmware for the Nexus 7 2013, even though it is a tablet, and the same firmware for the Galaxy Nexus). Out of 29.72 GB of total storage space, I'm using *barely* 8.3 GB of it - this includes the ROM I'm running and several alternates that I haven't deleted.

3. GPU driver improvements - except for known GPU-piggish apps and games, I have no real complaints with performance - not even with War Commander: Rogue Assault (this is a game originally written for iOS; on top of that, it has a floor of MM on Android); basically a game that would be expected to be WAY out of the comfort zone of the TI OMAP at the core of this phone.

A real SHAME that the same attention isn't paid to ROMs targeting budget and midrange phones (or even tablets) of today (I'm not talking community, either - but ODM/"factory" ROMs); yes, MediaTek - I am specifically referring to you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JST99:
Interesting analysis. I have moved onto a different device, so I have not been involved in the Galaxy Nexus threads for some time. I can see that even Android N is available now on this device. How is your device doing in terms of battery life? I just think that more graphic-heavy animations and UI elements in L, M, and N make them much heavier compared to Kitkat, which was fairly slim and stable.