If you are an owner for the new Galaxy Nexus, you would probably be happy to know there are some really promising roms revealing themselves recently. Of course to even think about roms, you’ll need to have a rooted Galaxy Nexus. I posted a quick and easy root guide not to long ago, you can find that here.
I’m personally using the rom Android Revolution HD V1.3.2 by Mike1986. The rom has performed extremely well over the past couple days and I wanted to help throw the word out there.
System details:
- Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich) – official Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM firmware ITL41F
- This is improved version of stock ROM – no visual changes!
- Very fast, clean & stable!
- Multi-language (WWE)
- Full Arabic and Hebrew languages support! (ICS feature)
Included kernel details:
- New kernel: 3.0.9-mck-r3+
- Many CPU governors (Interactive, Ondemand, Performance, Conservative, UserSpace)
- NOOP as default scheduler
- USB drive / keyboard / mouse support
- CIFS support
- Screen improvements
- Purely config tweaks
- You can find custom kernels here
- Kernel source (paulobrien)
ROM details:
- Removed software (CPU) rendering – full PowerVR SGX 540 (GPU) rendering
- Fully optimized and tweaked
- ROOT (SU + SuperUser Permissions – Thanks to ChainsDD)
- Unsecured boot.img
- Newest BusyBox
- RAM optimizations
- Speed optimizations
- SD Card speed tweak
- Data, cache and system partitions mounting tweaks
- Battery auto-calibration script (Thanks to seo)
- Bloatware applications removed
- All system applications updated to latest available
- Zipaligned (Improved RAM management)
- Zipalign on boot (for user applications on data partition)
- Fully de-odexed
- init.d scripts (BusyBox run-parts) support
- Signatures hack
- Excellent battery life!
- Device partitions mounted & formatted as fast EXT4 with many optimizations and EXT4 alignment
- You can replace Samsung boot animation with any custom boot animation
- Support almost 24h a day
- …and many more!
This rom has increased my performance immensely. My battery appears to have lasted longer over the past couple days of use as well. Android Revolution HD is getting a lot of support as well, being updated every couple days. They are really smart by showing change logs, instructions, as well as optional kernels and basebands to flash with the rom. They lay everything out on the, so you know exactly what you’re downloading and installing.
I have had nothing but greatness with this rom. If you other Galaxy Nexus owners out there are in to the rooting and flashing rom scene, I suggest checking out the Android Revolution HD.
Please note there are universals versions, as well as GSM and LTE versions. Make sure you double check which version of the rom your getting before you flash it to your phone.
Link to Android Revolution HD for Galaxy Nexus GSM.
If Android Revolution HD isn’t your thing, you can always check back at XDA for more roms.
What rom do you currently use on your Galaxy Nexus? Please share your thoughts and rom recommendations with our community.
